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William Boyd

ウィリアム・ボイド

Uiriamu Boido

ペンネーム: Nat Tate（Pseudonym used for artworks and for the Nat Tate literary/art hoax）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1952-03-07 （Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana)）
国籍
British
言語
English
居住地歴
Ghana and Nigeria (early childhood) → Chelsea, London → Bergerac, Dordogne, France (farmhouse and vineyard)

経歴

職業
Novelist, Short-story writer, Screenwriter, Film director
活動期間
1977年〜2025年
所属
Chelsea Arts Club
所属団体
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
影響を受けた人物
Ian Fleming, Evelyn Waugh, Anton Chekhov
影響を与えた人物
Contemporary British novelists (notably writers of spy and historical fiction)

学歴

University of Nice
期間: 1970年代初期（在籍）
国: France
Attended; specific degree/major not publicly specified
University of Glasgow
English & Philosophy
学位: M.A. (Hons)
期間: 1970年代
国: United Kingdom
Obtained M.A. (Hons) in English & Philosophy
Jesus College, Oxford
期間: 在籍（中途退学）
国: United Kingdom
Attended but did not graduate

受賞歴

Whitbread First Novel Award
1981
対象作品: A Good Man in Africa
主催: Whitbread (now Costa)
結果: winner
Somerset Maugham Award
1982
対象作品: A Good Man in Africa
主催: Society of Authors
結果: winner
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
1982
対象作品: An Ice-Cream War
主催: Mail on Sunday / John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
結果: winner
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1990
対象作品: Brazzaville Beach
主催: University of Edinburgh (James Tait Black)
結果: winner
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
1995
対象作品: The Blue Afternoon
部門: Fiction
主催: Los Angeles Times
結果: winner
Prix Jean Monnet de Littérature Européenne
2003
対象作品: Any Human Heart
主催: Littératures Européennes
結果: winner
Grand prix des lectrices de Elle
2003
対象作品: À livre ouvert (French edition of Any Human Heart)
主催: Elle (France)
結果: winner
Costa Book Award
2006
対象作品: Restless
部門: Novel of the Year
主催: Costa
結果: winner
McVitie's Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year
1991
対象作品: Brazzaville Beach
主催: McVitie's / Scottish literary awards
結果: winner
The Sunday Express Book of the Year
1993
対象作品: The Blue Afternoon
主催: The Sunday Express
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

A Good Man in Africa

1981年 Novel (satire / black humour)

A satirical novel set in West Africa about a disaster-prone British diplomat; uses black humour to explore social and cultural tensions and personal ethics.

colonialismcultural clashpower and corruption
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] A Good Man in Africa (film) / Bruce Beresford (1994)
翻訳
  • A Good Man in Africa (translations available)

Any Human Heart

2002年 Novel (autobiographical form / fictional diaries)

Follows the life of fictional writer Logan Mountstuart through journal entries; a 'whole-life' novel that blends historical figures with fiction to portray the 20th century.

history and personal biographymemoryintersection of fiction and reality
映像化・舞台化
  • [Television (miniseries)] Any Human Heart (TV series) (2010)
翻訳
  • À livre ouvert (French edition)

Restless

2006年 Novel (historical / spy)

Tells of a daughter who discovers her mother's recruitment as a spy during WWII; links personal history with espionage history.

family secretsespionageimpact of war
映像化・舞台化
  • [Television (miniseries)] Restless (TV miniseries) (2012)
翻訳
  • Translated into multiple languages

Solo

2013年 Novel (spy / action)

An official James Bond novel set in 1969, commissioned by the Ian Fleming estate.

espionageCold War erapersonal conflict
翻訳
  • Published in multiple languages

全著作

  • A Good Man in Africa (1981)
  • An Ice-Cream War (1982)
  • Brazzaville Beach (1990)
  • Any Human Heart (2002)
  • Restless (2006)
  • Solo (2013)
  • Trio (2020)
  • The Romantic (2022)
  • Gabriel's Moon (2024)
  • The Predicament (2025)

翻案

  • Any Human Heart adapted as TV series (2010)
  • A Good Man in Africa adapted as film (1994)
  • Restless adapted as TV miniseries (2012)
  • The Trench (film, 1999; directed by William Boyd)

作品の翻訳

  • À livre ouvert (French edition of Any Human Heart)

作風・主題

文体
vivid narrative voicefusion of fact and fictionwhole-life novels (following a protagonist across a lifetime)
頻出モチーフ
intersection of personal and historyidentityespionage and intelligenceAfrican settings and landscapes

評価・遺産

William Boyd is internationally acclaimed for his storytelling novels and has received numerous literary prizes. Known for skillfully blending history and fiction, he is regarded as an important figure in contemporary British literature.

関連学会

  • Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)

資料所蔵先

  • Leeds University Library Special Collections (archival material)

大衆文化への影響

  • Adaptation of Any Human Heart increased public recognition
  • The Nat Tate hoax drew widespread attention in the art world

引用

  • “Vigorous, entertaining novels produced by an exceptionally fertile imagination.”
    出典: John Self (commentary for The Booker Prizes) (2023年)

豆知識

  • Published the Nat Tate hoax (a fake artist biography) in 1998
  • Owns a farmhouse and vineyard (Château Pecachard) in Dordogne, France
  • Authored the official James Bond novel Solo (2013)
  • Featured on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in March 2025