Hawthornden Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 37 (1969) Winner
Piers Paul Read
ピアーズ・ポール・リード
Piaazu Pōru Rīdo
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1941-03-07 （Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Roman Catholic
- Residence History
- Beaconsfield, England → North Yorkshire, England → London, UK → West Berlin, West Germany → New York, USA
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Historian, Biographer, Playwright, Scriptwriter
- Active Years
- 1966-
- Affiliations
- Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), Catholic Writers' Guild
- Memberships
- Institute of Contemporary Arts (1971–1975), Society of Authors (1973–1976), Royal Society of Literature (2001–2007)
- Influenced By
- Herbert Read, Michel Butor, Witold Gombrowicz, Tom Stoppard
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's College, Cambridge | Faculty of History | History | B.A. (1961), M.A. (1962) | 1959-1962 | United Kingdom |
| Ampleforth College | — | Benedictine | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Gilling Castle | — | Benedictine | — | — | United Kingdom |
St. John's College, Cambridge
Faculty of History
/ History
Degree:
B.A. (1961), M.A. (1962)
Period:
1959-1962
Year of Graduation:
1962
Country:
United Kingdom
Studied history
Ampleforth College
Benedictine
Country:
United Kingdom
Educated by Benedictine monks
Gilling Castle
Benedictine
Country:
United Kingdom
Educated by Benedictine monks
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Sir Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize | The Junkers | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1969 | Hawthornden Prize | Monk Dawson | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1969 | Somerset Maugham Award | Monk Dawson | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1974 | Thomas More Medal | Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1986 | Enid McLeod Award | The Free Frenchman | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1988 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | A Season in the West | — | — | 受賞 |
Sir Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
1968
Work:
The Junkers
Result:
受賞
Hawthornden Prize
1969
Work:
Monk Dawson
Result:
受賞
Somerset Maugham Award
1969
Work:
Monk Dawson
Result:
受賞
Thomas More Medal
1974
Work:
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Result:
受賞
Enid McLeod Award
1986
Work:
The Free Frenchman
Result:
受賞
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1988
Work:
A Season in the West
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 70 (1988) Winner
Works
Major Works
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
1974 Non-fiction/ReportageStory of the 1972 Andes plane crash survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571.
SurvivalCatholic faithHuman limits
Adaptations
- [Film] Alive / Frank Marshall (1993)
Monk Dawson
1969 NovelStory of a monk, inspired by his time at Ampleforth College.
Sin and redemptionCatholicism
Adaptations
- [Film] Monk Dawson / Tom Waller (1998)
Bibliography
- Game in Heaven with Tussy Marx (1966)
- The Junkers (1968)
- Monk Dawson (1969)
- The Professor's Daughter (1971)
- The Upstart (1973)
- Polonaise (1976)
- A Married Man (1979)
- The Villa Golitsyn (1981)
- The Free Frenchman (1986)
- A Season in the West (1988)
- On the Third Day (1990)
- A Patriot in Berlin (1995)
- Knights of the Cross (1997)
- Alice in Exile (2001)
- The Death of a Pope (2009)
- The Misogynist (2010)
- Scarpia (2015)
Adaptations
- Alive (film, 1993)
- Monk Dawson (film, 1998)
- A Married Man (TV, 1984)
- The Free Frenchman (TV, 1988)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Traditional linear narrativeThriller elementsCatholic influences
- Recurring Motifs
- Sin and redemptionCatholic faithEuropean historySympathy for Germany
Legacy
Novelist influenced by Catholic faith, best known for Alive. Deals with European history and religious themes.
Archives
- Brotherton Library, University of Leeds
In Popular Culture
- Alive adapted into popular film
Trivia
- Son of poet and art critic Herbert Read
- Mother was a convert to Roman Catholicism
- Romantically involved with 15-year-old Anna Wintour at age 24
- Predicted election of Pope Benedict XVI in 2005