Ali Smith

Ali Smith (2011)

Ali Smith CBE (born August 24, 1962 in Inverness ) is a Scottish writer who lives in England.

Life

Smith grew up in Inverness and currently lives in Cambridge . Smith studied in Aberdeen and then in Cambridge. After completing her studies at Strathclyde University , she was employed as a lecturer . Smith developed Chronic Fatigue Syndrome . Due to illness, she had to give up her profession as a literature lecturer and began working on her first collection of short stories, Free Love and Other Stories .

Most of her works are in the Penguin - Imprint appeared Hamish Hamilton. In Germany her books are published by Luchterhand Literaturverlag .

Several of her poems were set to music as part of the "Ballads of the Book" project.

Smith has lived with her partner Sarah Wood for over 17 years and dedicates all of their books to her.

Prizes and awards

• 2005: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize for The Accidental
• 2012: Hawthornden Prize for There but for the
• 2013: Nomination for the Goldsmiths Prize for Artful
• 2014: Shortlist for the Booker Prize for How To Be Both
• 2014: Winning the Goldsmiths Prize for How To Be Both
• 2014: Costa Book Award for How To Be Both
• 2015: Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction for How To Be Both
• 2017: Shortlist for the Booker Prize for Autumn
• She was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on the Queen's New Years List in 2015 .

Works by Smith

Short stories (selection)

• The First Person and Other Stories. Penguin, 2009 (German The first person, translated by Silvia Morawetz , Luchterhand Literaturverlag, Munich 2009)
• Ali Smith's Supersonic 70s. (Pocket Penguins 70's, No. 30), Penguin, 2005 (corresponds to the opening chapter of The Accidental )
• The Whole Story and Other Stories. 2003.
• Other Stories and Other Stories. 1999.
• Free Love and Other Stories. 1995, (received the Saltire First Book of the Year Award )

Novels

• Jump . Hamish Hamilton, London 2019, ISBN 978-0-241-20704-8 .
• Winter . Hamish Hamilton, London 2017, ISBN 978-0-241-20702-4 .
• Autumn. Hamish Hamilton, London 2016, ISBN 978-0-241-20700-0 .
  • German: autumn. Translated by Silvia Morawetz. Luchterhand Literaturverlag, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-630-87578-1 .
• How to Be Both. Hamish Hamilton, London 2014, ISBN 978-0-241-14521-0 .
  • dt .: to be both. Translated by Silvia Morawetz, Luchterhand Literaturverlag, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-630-87495-1 .
• There but for the. Hamish Hamilton, 2011.
  • dt .: It would have been the same for me. Translated by Silvia Morawetz . Luchterhand Literaturverlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-630-87312-1 .
• Girl Meets Boy: The Myth of Iphis. Canongate, 2007.
• The Accidental. 2004, (listed for the Man Booker Prize 2005 and winner of the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award 2005 ).
  • German: The random one. Translated by Silvia Morawetz, Luchterhand Literaturverlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-630-87233-9 .
• Hotel World. 2001, (Winner of the Encore Award , and the Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Award , listed for the 2001 Man Booker Prize ).
• Like. Virago, 1997.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ballads of the Book Project , official website
2. ^ Novel approach struck a chord with Inverness writer ( Memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), The Inverness Courier , March 30, 2007
3. ^ Life stories , The Guardian , May 22, 2005
4. ^ Ali Smith wins Bailey's prize with How to Be Both in: The Guardian , June 3, 2015, accessed June 4, 2015

Web links

• Short biography and reviews of works by Ali Smith at perlentaucher.de
• Ali Smith biography
• Idle promise, Ballads of the Book project , The Scotsman , Jan. 13, 2007
• Mslexia Back edition ( Memento from May 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
• Notes from north of the border, Ballads of the Book project , The Sunday Times , Jan. 21, 2007
• A babel of voices , The Guardian , April 19, 2003
• Astute Fiery Luxurious , The Guardian , August 2, 2003
• LibraryThing Author Profile