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Paul Sayer

ポール・セイヤー

Pōru Seiyā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1955-10-04 (South Milford, near Leeds)
Nationality
England, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Residence History
York area (since age 18) → Haxby (current)

Career

Occupations
author, psychiatric nurse, school cleaner, Royal Literary Fund fellow
Active Years
1988-
Affiliations
University of York, University of Leeds
Nominations
Booker Prize longlist (The Absolution Game)

Awards

Whitbread Award
1988
Work: The Comforts of Madness
Category: 最優秀新人小説賞および年間最優秀作品賞
Organization: Whitbread
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Comforts of Madness

1988 Literary fiction

First-person account of a speechless, catatonic patient in a hospital therapy unit, drawing on author's experiences.

madnessisolationpsychiatric care

Bibliography

  • The Comforts of Madness (1988)
  • Howling at the Moon (1990)
  • The Absolution Game (1992)
  • The Storm-bringer (1994)
  • The God Child (1996)
  • Men in Rage (1998)
  • Like So Totally (2010)
  • The True Adventures of Richard Turpin (2014)
  • The Perils of Sanity (2021)

Health

  • renal complaint
    長期間
    Received kidney transplant in 2011

Legacy

Debut novel won Whitbread Awards for Best First Novel and Book of the Year; later hiatus but resumed writing.