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第9回（1992年） Winner
Tibor Fischer
ティボル・フィッシャー
Tibor Fischer
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1959-11-15 （Stockport, England）
- 国籍
- British
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Stockport, England → Bromley, Kent
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Short-story writer
- 活動期間
- 1992年〜2025年
- 所属
- Royal Literary Fund, City and Guilds of London Art School, Royal Society of Literature
- 所属団体
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- ノミネート
- Booker Prize shortlist (Under the Frog)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peterhouse, Cambridge | — | Latin and French | — | — | United Kingdom |
Peterhouse, Cambridge
Latin and French
国:
United Kingdom
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
対象作品:
Under the Frog
主催:
Society of Authors
結果:
受賞
Granta Best of Young British Novelists
1993
主催:
Granta
結果:
選出
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Under the Frog
1992年 NovelA debut novel about a Hungarian basketball team in the early years of Communism in Hungary.
Hungarian RevolutionCommunism
The Thought Gang
1994年 NovelA delinquent philosophy professor teams up with a one-armed bandit in France for bank robberies.
CrimePhilosophy
The Collector Collector
1997年 NovelA 5000-year-old Sumerian pot narrates a weekend in South London.
AncientModern life
Voyage to the End of the Room
2003年 NovelConcerns an agoraphobic ex-dancer.
Agoraphobia
Good to be God
2008年 NovelA man starts a religion in Florida using a friend's credit card.
ReligionScam
全著作
- 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)
作風・主題
- 文体
- SatiricalHumorous
- 頻出モチーフ
- Hungarian heritageAbsurdity
評価・遺産
Selected by Granta as one of the best young British writers; Booker shortlist. British novelist of Hungarian descent.
豆知識
- Parents were Hungarian basketball players who fled Hungary in 1956. Father worked at BBC.