Waverton Good Read Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (2007) Winner
Paul Torday
ポール・トーデイ
Pōru Tōdei
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1946-08-01 （Croxdale, County Durham）
- Died
- 2013-12-18 age 67
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Northumberland
Career
- Occupations
- businessman, writer
- Active Years
- 2006-2013
- Nominations
- Galaxy British Book Awards Best Newcomer nomination
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Grammar School, Newcastle | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Pembroke College, Oxford | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Royal Grammar School, Newcastle
Country:
United Kingdom
Pembroke College, Oxford
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | comic writing | Bollinger | winner |
| 2008 | Waverton Good Read Award | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | — | — | winner |
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
2007
Work:
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Category:
comic writing
Organization:
Bollinger
Result:
winner
Waverton Good Read Award
2008
Work:
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
2006 comic novelA political satire about a project to introduce salmon fishing in Yemen.
political satirefly fishingMiddle East
Adaptations
- [film] Salmon Fishing in the Yemen / Lasse Hallström (2011)
Bibliography
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2006)
- The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce (2008)
- The Girl on the Landing (2009)
- The Hopeless Life Of Charlie Summers (2010)
- More Than You Can Say (2011)
- The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall (2012)
- Light Shining in the Forest (2013)
- The Death Of An Owl (2016)
Legacy
Late-blooming author whose debut novel Salmon Fishing in the Yemen won awards; Paul Torday Memorial Prize established posthumously.
In Popular Culture
- Son Piers Torday is a children's author.
Trivia
- Debuted as a novelist at age 60.
- Interest in fly fishing and the Middle East.