Alex Wheatle

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Alex Alphonso Wheatle MBE (born January 3, 1963 ) is a British author with Jamaican roots.

Life

Born in 1963 to Jamaican parents, Wheatle spent most of his childhood at the Shirley Oaks Children's Home . At sixteen he became a founding member of the Crucial Rocker Soundsystem ; his DJ name was Yardman Irie . Wheatle also wrote texts about everyday life in Brixton . He lived in a social services hostel in Brixton around 1980 and was involved in the 1981 riots there and its aftermath. He was imprisoned and read the works of authors such as Chester Himes , Richard Wright , CLR James and John Steinbeck while in prison . His cellmate was a Rastafarian who encouraged him to start reading and take care of his education.

Wheatle has commented on the riots in Brixton in the past, including in 2006 on the BBC program Battle of Brixton . His early works are based on his life as a teenager in Brixton and the years he was under the care of the social service.

Wheatle lives in London . He is a member of the English P.EN and attends school facilities where he encourages creative writing and gives lectures.

Awards

At the Queen's Birthday Honors in 2008, Wheatle was awarded the Order of the British Empire for services to literature.

His young adult novel, Liccle Bit. The little one from Crongton was on the longlist of the Carnegie Medal 2016.

The 2016 book, The Knights of Crongton , won the 50th Guardian Children's Fiction Prize . SF Said , one of the judges, said of the book: "Poetic, rhythmic and unique, Wheatle's literature is reinventing English literature with an eerie panache. Although Crongton was invented by him, it shows parallels with the situation in many cities , not just in England but worldwide. The Knights of Crongton is an important novel, by an important voice in British children's literature. "

For the "Crongton" trilogy with Who needs a heart when it can be broken , The Knights of Crongton and Liccle Bit - The Little One from Crongton , Wheatle was awarded the Lynx of the Month in August 2019 together with the translator Conny Lösch .

Works and publications

  • Brixton Rock . Black Amber, 1999.
  • East of Acre Lane . Fourth Estate, 2001.
  • The Seven Sisters . Fourth Estate, 2002.
  • Checkers , with Mark Parham. X-Press, 2003.
  • Iceland songs . Allison & Busby, 2005.
  • The Dirty South ( Serpent's Tail , 2008)
  • Brenton Brown . Arcadia Books, 2011.
  • License bit . Atom Books, 2015.
  • Crongton Knights . Atom Books, 2016.
  • Straight Outta Crongton . Atom Books, 2017.
    • Who needs a heart when it can be broken . Translation by Conny Lösch. Kunstmann, Munich 2019. ISBN 978-3-95614-286-4

Wheatle's books have been translated into French, Italian, Welsh, and Japanese (as of early 2019).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Susijn Agency.
  2. ↑ Alex Wheatle: 'I felt like the token black writer who talks about ghetto stuff' website of The Guardian. Retrieved November 23, 2016
  3. ↑ Broadcast April 10, 2008 on BBC Two . See "Opposite sides of Brixton's front line," BBC News article.
  4. ↑ Alex Wheatle ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Interview with Myvillage. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.myvillage.com
  5. ↑ Birthday Honors List 2008 ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.honours.gov.uk
  6. ↑ Alex Wheatle wins 2016 Guardian children's fiction prize website from The Guardian. Retrieved November 23, 2016
  7. ↑ "Wheatle wins Guardian Children's Fiction Prize" , The Bookseller , Accessed on 18 November 2016th
  8. ↑ Who needs a heart ... , radiobremen.de, August 1, 2019, accessed on August 3, 2019

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personal data
SURNAME Wheatle, Alex
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wheatle, Alex Alphonso (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British author
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1963