Betty Trask Prize and Awards
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Edition 9 (1992) Winner
Tibor Fischer
ティボル・フィッシャー
Tibor Fischer
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1959-11-15 （Stockport, England）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Stockport, England → Bromley, Kent
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Short-story writer
- Active Years
- 1992-2025
- Affiliations
- Royal Literary Fund, City and Guilds of London Art School, Royal Society of Literature
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Nominations
- Booker Prize shortlist (Under the Frog)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peterhouse, Cambridge | — | Latin and French | — | — | United Kingdom |
Peterhouse, Cambridge
Latin and French
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Betty Trask Prize | Under the Frog | — | Society of Authors | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Granta Best of Young British Novelists | — | — | Granta | 選出 |
Betty Trask Prize
1992
Work:
Under the Frog
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
Granta Best of Young British Novelists
1993
Organization:
Granta
Result:
選出
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Under the Frog
1992 NovelA debut novel about a Hungarian basketball team in the early years of Communism in Hungary.
Hungarian RevolutionCommunism
The Thought Gang
1994 NovelA delinquent philosophy professor teams up with a one-armed bandit in France for bank robberies.
CrimePhilosophy
The Collector Collector
1997 NovelA 5000-year-old Sumerian pot narrates a weekend in South London.
AncientModern life
Voyage to the End of the Room
2003 NovelConcerns an agoraphobic ex-dancer.
Agoraphobia
Good to be God
2008 NovelA man starts a religion in Florida using a friend's credit card.
ReligionScam
Bibliography
- Under the Frog (1992)
- The Thought Gang (1994)
- The Collector Collector (1997)
- Voyage to the End of the Room (2003)
- Good to be God (2008)
- The Hungarian Tiger (2014)
- How to Rule the World (2018)
- Don't Read This Book If You're Stupid (2000) / I Like Being Killed (US)
- Crushed Mexican Spiders (2011)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- SatiricalHumorous
- Recurring Motifs
- Hungarian heritageAbsurdity
Legacy
Selected by Granta as one of the best young British writers; Booker shortlist. British novelist of Hungarian descent.
Trivia
- Parents were Hungarian basketball players who fled Hungary in 1956. Father worked at BBC.