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Stanley Middleton
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Stanley Middleton
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1919-08-01 （Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, England）
- Died
- 2009-07-25 （nursing home in Nottingham, England） age 89
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Methodist (Christian)
- Residence History
- Bulwell, Nottingham → Greater Nottingham area
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, English teacher, organist, watercolourist
- Active Years
- 1958-2008
- Affiliations
- Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Pavement School | — | — | — | — | England |
| University of Nottingham (University College Nottingham) | — | — | — | — | England |
High Pavement School
Country:
England
Secondary education. Later taught at the same school.
University of Nottingham (University College Nottingham)
Country:
England
Began writing while at university.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Booker Prize | Holiday | — | Booker Prize committee | winner |
Booker Prize
1974
Work:
Holiday
Organization:
Booker Prize committee
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Holiday
1974 Novel (regional/psychological)A novel exploring the interior life and everyday tensions of provincial middle-class characters, focusing on mid-life crises and interpersonal relationships.
provincial lifemid-life crisismorality and choiceinterpersonal relationships
A Short Answer
1958 NovelMiddleton's early novel, notable for its observational character studies drawn from everyday life.
everyday lifecharacter study
Her Three Wise Men
2008 NovelA late-career novel (his 44th) that portrays characters and relationships from a mature perspective.
later-life perspectivehuman relationships
Bibliography
- A Short Answer (1958)
- Harris's Requiem (1960)
- A Serious Woman (1961)
- The Just Exchange (1962)
- Two's Company (1963)
- Him They Compelled (1964)
- Terms of Reference (1966)
- The Golden Evening (1968)
- Wages of Virtue (1969)
- Apple of the Eye (1970)
- Brazen Prison (1971)
- Cold Gradations (1972)
- A Man Made of Smoke (1973)
- Holiday (1974)
- Distractions (1975)
- Still Waters (1976)
- Ends and Means (1977)
- Two Brothers (1978)
- In a Strange Land (1979)
- The Other Side (1980)
- Blind Understanding (1982)
- Entry into Jerusalem (1983)
- The Daysman (1984)
- Valley of Decision (1985)
- An After-Dinner's Sleep (1986)
- After a Fashion (1987)
- Recovery (1988)
- Vacant Places (1989)
- Changes and Chances (1990)
- Beginning to End (1991)
- A Place to Stand (1992)
- Married Past Redemption (1993)
- Catalysts (1994)
- Toward the Sea (1995)
- Live and Learn (1996)
- Brief Hours (1997)
- Against the Dark (1998)
- Necessary Ends (1999)
- Small Change (2000)
- Love in the Provinces (2002)
- Brief Garlands (2004)
- Sterner Stuff (2005)
- Mother's Boy (2006)
- Her Three Wise Men (2008)
- A Cautious Approach (2010, 遺作)
- Stanley Middleton at Eighty (1999, edited festschrift)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- understated prosedetailed psychological描写regional realism
- Recurring Motifs
- small events of everyday lifemoral dilemmasdomestic life
Health
-
cancer晩年（2000年代後半）Suffered from cancer in later years; published last work in 2008 and died in 2009 after illness.
Legacy
Middleton was highly regarded for his sensitive portrayals of provincial middle-class life and won the Booker Prize in 1974. He is known for his body of work set around Nottingham and his restrained prose.
Academic Societies
- Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
In Popular Culture
- Appeared as a guest on the TV programme "This Is Your Life" (1980, episode featuring Peter Bowles)
Quotes
-
I did not feel I should be honoured simply for doing my job.
Source: BBC / The Guardian (reporting on FOI disclosure regarding refusal of OBE in 1979) (2012)
Trivia
- Revealed to have refused an OBE in 1979.
- Taught English for many years at High Pavement; actor Peter Bowles was among his pupils.
- Active as a church organist and a competent watercolourist; contributed artwork to some book covers.
- His Booker-winning novel 'Holiday' was the subject of a 2006 journalistic stunt showing many publishers had originally rejected its opening chapters.