Betty Trask Prize and Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (2001) Winner
Patrick Neate
パトリック・ニート
Patorikku Nīto
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1970 （South London）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Roman Catholic
- Residence History
- South London → Cambridge
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Journalist, Poet, Screenwriter, Podcaster
- Active Years
- 2000-2024
- Affiliations
- Book Slam (Founder)
- Nominations
- Shortlisted for Authors' Club Award, Shortlisted for L.A. Times Book Award, Shortlisted for Edgar Award
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Paul's School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Cambridge University | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
St. Paul's School
Country:
United Kingdom
Cambridge University
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Betty Trask Award | Musungu Jim | — | Society of Authors | winner |
| 2001 | Whitbread Award | Twelve Bar Blues | — | — | winner |
| 2005 | NBCC Award for Criticism | Where You're At | — | National Book Critics Circle | winner |
Betty Trask Award
2000
Work:
Musungu Jim
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
winner
Whitbread Award
2001
Work:
Twelve Bar Blues
Result:
winner
NBCC Award for Criticism
2005
Work:
Where You're At
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 31 (2001) Winner
Works
Major Works
Musungu Jim
2000 NovelEnvisages a coup triggered off by a hapless gap year student in an African dictatorship not unlike Mugabe's Zimbabwe.
storytellingidentity
Twelve Bar Blues
2001 NovelInterweaves various characters but focusses chiefly on Lick Holden, a semi-mythical horn player.
nature of storyculture
City of Tiny Lights
2005 Mystery ThrillerCricket-loving detective Tommy Akhtar uncovers crime that leads into terrorist cells.
terrorismLondon
Adaptations
- [Film] City of Tiny Lights / Pete Travis (2016)
Where You're At
2004 Non-fictionExplores the meanings hip-hop has accrued in different cultures.
hip-hop
Jerusalem
2009 NovelThree-way plot: Boer War soldier, Jim/Musa/dictator, contemporary Britain with hip-hop 'Nobody'.
Englishnessstory
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyricalentertainingeasy read
- Recurring Motifs
- nature of storypower of stories to create identitiesalternative point of view
Legacy
British novelist known for award-winning works exploring culture, story, and identity.
Trivia
- Son of cricketer and lawyer Francis Neate.
- Nephew of cricketer Patrick Whistler Neate.
- Younger brother of social policy expert Polly Neate.