Somerset Maugham Award
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Philip Hensher
フィリップ・ヘンシャー
Firippu Henshā
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1965-02-20 （South London）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Sheffield, England → London, England
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Critic, Journalist
- Active Years
- 1994-2024
- Affiliations
- Bath Spa University, University of Exeter
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
- Nominations
- Man Booker Prize longlist (2002, The Mulberry Empire), Man Booker Prize shortlist (2008, The Northern Clemency), Green Carnation Prize shortlist (2012, 2013)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford | — | Literature | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Jesus College, Cambridge | — | 18th-century painting and satire | PhD | — | United Kingdom |
Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford
Literature
Year of Graduation:
1988
Country:
United Kingdom
Jesus College, Cambridge
18th-century painting and satire
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
1992
Country:
United Kingdom
PhD thesis on 18th-century painting and satire
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Somerset Maugham Award | Kitchen Venom | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Ondaatje Prize | Scenes from Early Life | — | Royal Society of Literature | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Stonewall Prize | — | Journalist of the Year | — | 受賞 |
| 2012 | German Travel Writers Award | — | — | — | 1位 |
Somerset Maugham Award
1996
Work:
Kitchen Venom
Result:
受賞
Ondaatje Prize
2013
Work:
Scenes from Early Life
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
受賞
Stonewall Prize
2007
Category:
Journalist of the Year
Result:
受賞
German Travel Writers Award
2012
Result:
1位
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Mulberry Empire
2002 Historical novelHistorical novel echoing folk tales, longlisted for Man Booker Prize.
ImperialismNarrative forms
The Northern Clemency
2008 NovelSemi-autobiographical novel, shortlisted for Man Booker Prize.
FamilySocial change
Scenes from Early Life
2012 NovelBased on husband's childhood during Bangladesh independence war. Won Ondaatje Prize.
WarChildhood
Bibliography
- Other Lulus (1994)
- Kitchen Venom (1996)
- Pleasured (1998)
- The Mulberry Empire (2002)
- The Fit (2004)
- The Northern Clemency (2008)
- King of the Badgers (2011)
- Scenes from Early Life (2012)
- The Emperor Waltz (2014)
- The Friendly Ones (2018)
- A Small Revolution in Germany (2020)
- To Battersea Park (2023)
- The Bedroom of the Mister's Wife (1999, short stories)
- Tales of Persuasion (2016, short stories)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Ironic, knowing distance from charactersIcily precise skewerings of pretension and hypocrisy
Legacy
Prominent contemporary British novelist, multiple Booker Prize nominee, Fellow of Royal Society of Literature, listed among influential LGBT people.