Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (1988) Winner
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
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Whitbread Award | The Comforts of Madness | 最優秀新人小説賞および年間最優秀作品賞 | Whitbread | 受賞 |
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 fictionFirst-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.