Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 23 (1993) Winner
Rachel Cusk
レイチェル・カスク
Reicheru Kasuku
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1967-02-08 （Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Los Angeles, United States → Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom → London, United Kingdom → Norfolk, United Kingdom → Paris, France
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, author, professor of creative writing
- Active Years
- 1993-
- Affiliations
- Kingston University
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
- Nominations
- Arlington Park (Orange Prize shortlist, 2007), Outline (multiple shortlists, 2014-2015), Transit (Goldsmiths Prize shortlist, 2016), Kudos (Goldsmiths Prize shortlist, 2018), Second Place (Booker Prize longlist, 2021)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Convent School | — | General Education | — | — | United Kingdom |
| New College, Oxford | — | English | — | — | United Kingdom |
St Mary's Convent School
General Education
Country:
United Kingdom
Cambridge
New College, Oxford
English
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Whitbread First Novel Award | Saving Agnes | — | Whitbread Literary Awards | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Somerset Maugham Award | The Country Life | — | The Society of Authors | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Prix Femina étranger | Second Place | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2024 | Goldsmiths Prize | Parade | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2024 | Premio Malaparte | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Whitbread First Novel Award
1993
Work:
Saving Agnes
Organization:
Whitbread Literary Awards
Result:
受賞
Somerset Maugham Award
1997
Work:
The Country Life
Organization:
The Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
Prix Femina étranger
2022
Work:
Second Place
Result:
受賞
Goldsmiths Prize
2024
Work:
Parade
Result:
受賞
Premio Malaparte
2024
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (1998) Winner
Goldsmiths Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (2024) Winner
Works
Major Works
Outline
2014 autofictionAn unnamed narrator chronicles conversations with others as a writer.
selfothernessnarrative
Transit
2016 autofictionSecond book in the Outline trilogy.
transformationrebuilding
Kudos
2018 autofictionFinal book in the Outline trilogy.
failurerefusal
Second Place
2021 novelInspired by Mabel Dodge Luhan's memoir hosting D.H. Lawrence.
arthospitalitypandemic
Parade
2024 novelLatest novel, winner of Goldsmiths Prize.
Bibliography
- Saving Agnes (1993)
- The Temporary (1995)
- The Country Life (1997)
- The Lucky Ones (2003)
- In the Fold (2005)
- Arlington Park (2006)
- Parade (2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimentalconversation-drivenrejection of narrative conventionautofictional
- Recurring Motifs
- femininitymarriagedivorcemotherhoodself and other
Legacy
Known for innovative novel forms, highly acclaimed for the Outline trilogy and experimental autofiction.
Trivia
- Named in Granta's Best of Young British Novelists (2003)
- From a Catholic family
- Moved to Paris in protest against Brexit