Andrew Crumey

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Andrew Crumey (born 1961 in Kirkintilloch , north of Glasgow , Scotland ) is a British writer .

Life

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Andrew Crumey studied theoretical physics and mathematics at St. Andrews University in Scotland. He graduated with honors in both subjects and went to London in 1983, where he received his doctorate in theoretical physics from Imperial College . He then worked as a social worker . He returned to Imperial College to do research on non-linear systems . In 1992 he moved to Newcastle upon Tyne , where he worked as a teacher for four years. From 1996 he was a literary critic and then an editor for the newspaper Scotland on Sunday . He quit this post when he received the Northern Rock Foundation Writer's Award in 2006 .

His novels are characterized by subtle humor and a nested narrative style in which parallel realities and alternative story designs play a role. This aspect of his work is inspired by his preoccupation with the many-worlds interpretation of quantum physics .

His books have been translated into 15 languages. The novels "Die Geliebte des Kartographen" and "Roussau und die geile Furztierchen" have been published in German. Crumey lives in Newcastle upon Tyne , he is married and has two children.

Publications

  • Music in a Foreign Language (1994)
  • Pfitz (1995) (German: The Cartographer's Beloved (2002))
  • D'Alembert's Principle (1996)
  • Mr Mee (2000) (German: Rousseau and the horny fur animals (2003))
  • Mobius Dick (2004)
  • Sputnik Caledonia (2008)
  • The Secret Knowledge (2013)

Prizes and awards

With his first novel "Music in a Foreign Language" he won the prestigious Saltire First Book Award . His fourth novel "Mr Mee" won the Scottish Arts Council book award . For his novel “Sputnik Caledonia”, which was still in the making at the time, he received the Northern Rock Foundation Writer's Award in 2006, worth £ 60,000 .

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personal data
SURNAME Crumey, Andrew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British novelist
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirkintilloch , Scotland