Somerset Maugham Award
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Sara Maitland
サラ・メイトランド
Sara Maitland
Aliases:
Sarah Louise Maitland
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1950-02-27 （London）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Roman Catholic
- Residence History
- London → Wiltshire → Oxford → Isle of Skye → Galloway
Career
- Occupations
- Writer of short stories, Novelist, Amateur theologian
- Active Years
- 1978-
- Affiliations
- Lancaster University, St Chad's College, Durham University
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's School, Calne | — | Girls' boarding school | — | 12歳から大学入学まで | United Kingdom |
| Oxford University | — | English | — | 1968-1971 | United Kingdom |
St Mary's School, Calne
Girls' boarding school
Period:
12歳から大学入学まで
Country:
United Kingdom
Described as a terrible place
Oxford University
English
Period:
1968-1971
Year of Graduation:
1971
Country:
United Kingdom
Alumna of St Anne's College
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Somerset Maugham Award | Daughter of Jerusalem | — | Unknown | winner |
| 2009 | Bristol Festival of Ideas Book Prize | A Book of Silence | — | Unknown | nomination |
| 2009 | BBC National Short Story Award | Moss Witch | — | BBC | runner-up |
Somerset Maugham Award
1979
Work:
Daughter of Jerusalem
Organization:
Unknown
Result:
winner
Bristol Festival of Ideas Book Prize
2009
Work:
A Book of Silence
Organization:
Unknown
Result:
nomination
BBC National Short Story Award
2009
Work:
Moss Witch
Organization:
BBC
Result:
runner-up
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Daughter of Jerusalem
1978 NovelReligious fantasy novel
ChristianityWomen
A Book of Silence
2008 NonfictionExploration of silence and autobiographical account
SilenceSolitudePrayer
A Big Enough God
1994 TheologyArtful theology
TheologyArt
True North / Far North
1983 Short storyDark mythological tale
MythologyFairy tales
Adaptations
- [Film] Far North / 不明 (2007)
Bibliography
- Daughter of Jerusalem (1978), Virgin Territory (1984), Arky Types (1987), Three Times Table (1991), Home Truths (1993), Hagiographies (1998), Brittle Joys (1999), Telling Tales (1983), A Book of Spells (1987), Women Fly When Men Aren't Watching (1992), Angel and Me (1996), On Becoming A Fairy Godmother (2003), Far North & Other Dark Tales (2008), Moss Witch (2013), A Map of the New Country (1983), Vesta Tilley (1986), A Big-Enough God (1994), Virtuous Magic (1998), Novel Thoughts (1999), Awesome God (2002), The Write Guide (2007), Stations of the Cross (2009), A Book of Silence (2008), Gossip from the Forest (2012), How to Be Alone (2014)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Magic realist tendency
- Recurring Motifs
- ChristianitySaintsLives of womenMythologyFairy tales
Health
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Mental disarray大学時代Inability to carry out routine tasks, mental hospital visits
Legacy
British writer of religious fantasy, known for short stories and theology. Seeker of solitude and silence.
In Popular Culture
- Friend of Bill Clinton during Oxford years
- Worked with Stanley Kubrick on A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Trivia
- From upper-class London family with Scottish descent
- Scandalized brother by winning foot race in short dress in 1966
- Friends with Bill Clinton at Oxford
- Converted to Roman Catholicism after 1993 divorce
- Lives as modern hermit in Galloway
- Taught at Lancaster University MA in Creative Writing
- Fellow of St Chad's College, Durham