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Siobhan Dowd

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Siobhan Dowd

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性別
女性
生誕
1960-02-04 (London)
死没
2007-08-21 (Oxford) 47歳
国籍
British
言語
English
宗教
Roman Catholic Church
居住地歴
London → New York → Oxford

経歴

職業
Writer, Activist
活動期間
2004年〜2007年
所属
International PEN, PEN American Center, English PEN
ノミネート
Carnegie Medal shortlist (A Swift Pure Cry), Guardian Children's Fiction Prize longlist

学歴

Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Classics
学位: BA Hons
国: United Kingdom
BA Hons degree in Classics
Greenwich University
Gender and Ethnic Studies
学位: MA
国: United Kingdom
MA with distinction

受賞歴

Carnegie Medal
2009
対象作品: Bog Child
部門: 児童書
主催: CILIP
結果: 受賞(死後)
Branford Boase Award
2007
対象作品: A Swift Pure Cry
結果: 受賞
Eilís Dillon Award
2007
対象作品: A Swift Pure Cry
主催: Children's Books Ireland
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

A Swift Pure Cry

2006年 Children's literature

Story of teenager Shell in County Cork, Ireland, dealing with poverty and family issues.

PovertyFamilyComing of age

The London Eye Mystery

2007年 Children's literature

Siblings solve the mystery of a boy disappearing on the London Eye.

MysteryFamilyAutism

Bog Child

2008年 Children's literature

A boy discovers a girl's body in Irish peat bog in 1980s.

The TroublesHistorySupernatural

Solace of the Road

2009年 Children's literature

A girl runs away pretending to be someone else on a journey.

IdentityJourneyAbuse

全著作

  • A Swift Pure Cry
  • The London Eye Mystery
  • Bog Child
  • Solace of the Road

作家による翻訳

  • This Prison Where I Live (ed.)
  • The Roads of the Roma (co-ed.)

作風・主題

文体
Concise and emotionally rich style
頻出モチーフ
LossIdentitySocially disadvantaged

健康

  • Breast cancer
    2004-2007
    Continued writing despite diagnosis, died from it

評価・遺産

Rising star in children's literature, posthumous Carnegie Medal winner. Siobhan Dowd Trust established.

大衆文化への影響

  • Her idea for A Monster Calls completed by Patrick Ness, winning dual Carnegie and Greenaway Medals

豆知識

  • Born in London to Irish parents
  • Married twice