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第4回（1987年） Winner
Peter Benson
ピーター・ベンソン
Peter Benson
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1956-01-01
- 国籍
- United Kingdom
- 言語
- English
経歴
- 職業
- novelist, playwright, short story writer, poet
- 活動期間
- 1987年〜
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Guardian Fiction Prize | The Levels | — | — | Winner |
| 1987 | Authors' Club Best First Novel Award | The Levels | — | Authors' Club | Winner |
| 1987 | Betty Trask Prize | The Levels | — | — | Winner |
| 1987 | Whitbread Book Award (Costa Book Awards) | The Levels | — | — | Shortlisted |
| 1987 | Premio Letterario Chianti | The Levels | — | — | Shortlisted |
| 1990 | Encore Award | A Lesser Dependency | — | — | Winner |
| 1990 | Somerset Maugham Award | The Other Occupant | — | — | Winner |
| 1994 | Society of Authors Travelling Scholarship | — | — | Society of Authors | Awarded |
| 2012 | Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize (selected) | Two Cows and a Vanful of Smoke | — | Jerwood | Selected |
Guardian Fiction Prize
1987
対象作品:
The Levels
結果:
Winner
Authors' Club Best First Novel Award
1987
対象作品:
The Levels
主催:
Authors' Club
結果:
Winner
Betty Trask Prize
1987
対象作品:
The Levels
結果:
Winner
Whitbread Book Award (Costa Book Awards)
1987
対象作品:
The Levels
結果:
Shortlisted
Premio Letterario Chianti
1987
対象作品:
The Levels
結果:
Shortlisted
Encore Award
1990
対象作品:
A Lesser Dependency
結果:
Winner
Somerset Maugham Award
1990
対象作品:
The Other Occupant
結果:
Winner
Society of Authors Travelling Scholarship
1994
主催:
Society of Authors
結果:
Awarded
Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize (selected)
2012
対象作品:
Two Cows and a Vanful of Smoke
主催:
Jerwood
結果:
Selected
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Levels
1987年 NovelDebut novel set among the levels of western England, exploring relationships and landscape; critically acclaimed.
landscape and placehuman relationshipsbelonging
A Lesser Dependency
1989年 NovelA study of inner life and subtle dependencies; winner of the Encore Award.
dependencyself-awareness
The Other Occupant
1990年 NovelA shorter novel probing solitude and place; recipient of the Somerset Maugham Award.
lonelinessplace
Two Cows and a Vanful of Smoke
2011年 NovelAn ensemble piece focusing on middle-aged characters; selected for Jerwood Fiction Uncovered in 2012.
middle agecommunityeveryday events
The Stromness Dinner
2020年 NovelA recent work exploring human interactions around a provincial town and dinner table.
local communityfood and relationships
全著作
- The Levels (1987)
- A Lesser Dependency (1989)
- The Other Occupant (1990)
- Odo's Hanging (1993)
- Riptide (1994)
- A Private Moon (1995)
- The Shape of Clouds (1997)
- Two Cows and a Vanful of Smoke (2011)
- Isabel's Skin (2012)
- The South in Winter (2017)
- The Stromness Dinner (2020)
- Kidnap Fury of the Smoking Lovers (2022)
- The Two Friends (2013, play)
- Short stories (Jude, Alan, Rajastan, Gates of Swimming, Dominion etc.)
作風・主題
- 文体
- lyrical and restrained descriptionintimate attention to characters' inner livescharacteristic of modern British fiction
- 頻出モチーフ
- landscape (particularly levels/marshes and provincial settings)loneliness and belongingdetails of everyday life
評価・遺産
Peter Benson is considered one of the notable British novelists since the 1980s, receiving acclaim particularly for his debut The Levels. He has published across genres and is praised for his distinctive voice.
引用
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One of the most distinctive voices in modern British fiction.
出典: London Evening Standard (quoted)
豆知識
- He is father to a daughter, Ella (born 1995), with poet Carol Ann Duffy.
- His debut novel The Levels won multiple awards and brought him critical attention.