James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
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Edition 42 (1960) Winner
Rex Warner
レックス・ワーナー
Rekkusu Wāna
Aliases:
Reginald Ernest Warner
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1905-03-09 （Birmingham）
- Died
- 1986-06-24 （Wallingford, Oxfordshire） age 81
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Christianity
- Residence History
- Gloucestershire → Oxford → Egypt → Athens → Bowdoin College, Maine → University of Connecticut, Connecticut → England
Career
- Occupations
- classicist, writer, translator, professor
- Active Years
- 1930-1986
- Affiliations
- Director of the British Institute, Athens (1945-1947), Tallman Professor of Classics, Bowdoin College (1961), Professor, University of Connecticut (1962-1973)
- Influenced By
- Franz Kafka, W. H. Auden, Cecil Day-Lewis, Stephen Spender
- Influenced
- George Seferis
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wadham College, Oxford | — | Classics and English | BA | 1925-1928 | United Kingdom |
| St. George's School, Harpenden | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Wadham College, Oxford
Classics and English
Degree:
BA
Period:
1925-1928
Year of Graduation:
1928
Country:
United Kingdom
1st in Classical Moderations (1925), 3rd in English (1928)
St. George's School, Harpenden
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | Imperial Caesar | fiction | University of Edinburgh | winner |
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1960
Work:
Imperial Caesar
Category:
fiction
Organization:
University of Edinburgh
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Aerodrome
1941 Allegorical novelAn allegorical novel where a young hero chooses between village life and the air force amid moral dilemmas.
anti-fascismhumanityanti-war
Adaptations
- [TV drama] The Aerodrome / Giles Foster (1983)
Imperial Caesar
1960 Historical novelHistorical novel about Imperial Caesar.
powerhistory
The Wild Goose Chase
1937 Dystopian novelDystopian fantasy of revolution against tyranny.
anti-fascism
Bibliography
- The Wild Goose Chase (1937)
- The Professor (1938)
- The Aerodrome (1941)
- Why Was I Killed? (1943)
- Imperial Caesar (1960)
- The Converts (1967)
Adaptations
- BBC TV adaptation of The Aerodrome (1983)
Translations by Author
- Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- novels of ideasKafkaesque influenceallegorical style
- Recurring Motifs
- anti-fascismdystopiaclassical themes
Legacy
Remembered as a 1930s novelist of ideas with anti-fascist themes, best known for The Aerodrome. Famous for translations of Greek and Latin classics, including over a million copies of Thucydides.
Archives
- Brigham Young University L. Tom Perry Special Collections
In Popular Culture
- BBC TV adaptation of The Aerodrome (1983)