Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1975) Winner
Winifred Cawley
ウィニフレッド・コーリー（旧姓：コーゼンズ）
Winifred Cawley
Aliases:
Winifred Cozens / Winifred Cozens Cawley
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1915-01-24 （Felton, Northumberland, England）
- Died
- 2001-05-08 age 86
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Felton, Northumberland, England → Wallsend-on-Tyne, England → Romania → Yugoslavia (then) → Egypt → Sheffield, England → Brisbane, Australia → Leeds, England
Career
- Occupations
- Teacher, Author (children's books), Writer
- Active Years
- 1937-1976
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle University | English studies | English Studies | — | 1930年代（奨学金で在学） | United Kingdom |
| University College London | Faculty of Education (teaching diploma) | Teacher training / Diploma | 教職ディプロマ（Teaching diploma） | 1937 | United Kingdom |
| University College London (master's studies, unfinished) | Faculty of Arts (Theatre/Restoration drama) | Theatre Studies (Restoration drama) | — | 中退 | United Kingdom |
Newcastle University
English studies
/ English Studies
Period:
1930年代（奨学金で在学）
Country:
United Kingdom
Attended on a scholarship for English studies; exact degree and graduation year unclear.
University College London
Faculty of Education (teaching diploma)
/ Teacher training / Diploma
Degree:
教職ディプロマ（Teaching diploma）
Period:
1937
Year of Graduation:
1937
Country:
United Kingdom
Earned a teaching diploma in 1937. Began master's studies in Restoration drama but left upon marriage.
University College London (master's studies, unfinished)
Faculty of Arts (Theatre/Restoration drama)
/ Theatre Studies (Restoration drama)
Period:
中退
Country:
United Kingdom
Started master's work but did not complete due to marriage.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Guardian Children's Fiction Prize | Gran at Coalgate | 児童文学 | The Guardian | 受賞 |
| 1974 | Carnegie Medal | Gran at Coalgate | 児童文学 | Library Association (now CILIP) | commended（選考委員による推奨） |
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
1975
Work:
Gran at Coalgate
Category:
児童文学
Organization:
The Guardian
Result:
受賞
Carnegie Medal
1974
Work:
Gran at Coalgate
Category:
児童文学
Organization:
Library Association (now CILIP)
Result:
commended（選考委員による推奨）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Down the Long Stairs
1964 Children's historical fictionWritten while living in Brisbane; an early novel set in Northumberland, North-East England. A children's historical story set around the English Civil War that explores place and individual experience.
regional identityEnglish Civil Warhistory from a child's perspective
Feast of the Serpent
1969 Children's historical fictionA historical children's novel set in the late 1640s. Uses Northumberland settings to depict the effects of war and social upheaval through young protagonists.
war and societylocal communityhistorical perspective
Gran at Coalgate
1974 Children's social realismA story centered on disputes over wages and working hours among coal miners and the local community affected by events leading to the 1926 General Strike. Noted for its frank treatment of class and place; winner of the 1975 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.
labor disputesclassfamily and intergenerational relationshipsregional identity (Northumberland)
Silver Everything and Many Mansions
1976 Semi-autobiographical children's novelA semi-autobiographical novel drawing on the author's childhood experiences. Portrays poverty and coming-of-age in interwar Northumberland.
povertycoming of agememory and place
Bibliography
- Feast of the Serpent
- Down the Long Stairs
- Gran at Coalgate
- Silver Everything and Many Mansions
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- social realismstrong sense of place (Northumberland)straightforward, unembellished narrative voice
- Recurring Motifs
- mines and labourpoverty and classfamily, especially grandmothersNorth-East England landscape
Legacy
Winifred Cawley's children's books are recognized for their early contribution to social realism in children's literature, addressing class and regional identity. 'Gran at Coalgate' is particularly noted as a Guardian Children's Fiction Prize winner.
Archives
- National Library of Australia (catalogue record)
Quotes
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Cawley's four books for children "made a significant contribution in the early days of social realism in children's books... Cawley contributed to the expanding horizons of children's books, not only on matters of class but also on the importance of place and region."
Source: Julia Eccleshare, obituary/essay in The Guardian (2001)
Trivia
- Born in Felton to a family of servants.
- Wrote her first novel while in Brisbane and mailed it to Oxford University Press.
- All four of her novels are set in Northumberland.
- Winner of the 1975 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for Gran at Coalgate.