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Patrick McGrath

パトリック・マグラス

Patorikku Magurasu

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1950-02-07 (London, England)
国籍
United Kingdom
言語
English
宗教
Catholic
居住地歴
Near Broadmoor Hospital, London → New York City

経歴

職業
Novelist, Professor
活動期間
1989年〜
所属
The New School, Princeton University
所属団体
Royal Society of Literature
ノミネート
Guardian Fiction Prize shortlist (Asylum)

学歴

Birmingham College of Commerce
English and American Literature
学位: Honours degree
期間: 1967-1971
卒業年: 1971
国: United Kingdom
Awarded externally by University of London

受賞歴

Premio Flaiano Prize
2000
対象作品: Martha Peake
結果: 受賞
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
2002
主催: Royal Society of Literature
結果: 選出
Doctor of the University
2018
主催: University of Stirling
結果: 授与

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Grotesque

1989年 Gothic fiction

A grotesque tale

Mental illness
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] The Grotesque / John-Paul Davidson (1995)

Spider

1990年 Gothic fiction

Story of a mentally disturbed man

Mental illnessUnreliable narrator
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Spider / David Cronenberg (2002)

Asylum

1996年 Gothic fiction

Forbidden love in an asylum

AdulteryMental illness
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Asylum / David Mackenzie (2005)

Martha Peake: a Novel of the Revolution

2000年 Historical novel

Story set during the American Revolution

Revolution

全著作

  • The Grotesque (1989)
  • Spider (1990)
  • Dr Haggard's Disease (1993)
  • Asylum (1996)
  • Martha Peake (2000)
  • Port Mungo (2004)
  • Trauma (2008)
  • Constance (2013)
  • The Wardrobe Mistress (2017)
  • Last Days in Cleaver Square (2021)

作風・主題

文体
First-person unreliable narratorGothic narration
頻出モチーフ
Mental illnessRepressed homosexualityAdulterous relationships

評価・遺産

Renowned as a master of gothic fiction, acclaimed for depicting the darkness of the mind.

資料所蔵先

  • University of Stirling

豆知識

  • His father was Medical Superintendent at Broadmoor Hospital.
  • Educated at Jesuit boarding schools.