Caitlin Moran
Caitlin Moran , actually Catherine Elizabeth Moran , (born April 5, 1975 in Brighton ) is a British journalist, author and feminist.
Life
Moran grew up as the eldest of eight siblings in poor conditions in Wolverhampton . Her Irish father was a psychedelic rock drummer who was forced to quit his job due to osteoarthritis . She looked for ways out of the cramped domestic environment and found one that worked in reading and writing. At the age of 15 she won The Observer's Young Reporter of the Year competition . At the age of 16, she published her first journalistic article in the musicians' weekly Melody Maker .
Moran has a very high opinion of the writer Terry Pratchett , she said that she got 80 percent of what she knew about writing from reading his books.
She actually wrote her first book, The Chronicles of Narmo , when she was almost 16 years old, although it was not published until 1992 by Corgi Publishers . The Munich publisher cbt published the book for young people in 2017 under the title Meine happy crazy Großfamilie or Mein first novel at 15 3/4 in German.
She began her television career in 1992 as the host television presenter of the pop music show Naked City on the commercial network Channel 4 . Your inspired by her childhood and youth experiences screenplays led to the successful dramedy - sitcom television series Raised by Wolves also on Channel 4 that were erstgesendet of 23 December 2013 to 6 April 2016 in two seasons of 30-minute programs.
In July 2012, Moran was made a Fellow of the University of Aberystwyth .
Moran is a columnist for the national London newspaper The Times and is known for her books "How to Be a Woman. How I Learned To Be a Woman" and "How To Build a Girl", among others.
In the 2010s she began another career as a writer. The national British Book Awards was How to Be A Woman 2011 "Book of the Year". In quick succession, How to Be a Woman came onto the English book market in 2011 , Moranthology in 2012 , and How To Build a Girl in 2014 . The latter was made into a film under the international title All about a girl . At the same time, the semi-autobiographical book was the start of a trilogy that continued with How to Be Famous in 2018 .
Caitlin Moran has been married to Peter Paphides , rock music journalist for the London newspaper The Times , since 1999 . The couple have two daughters and live in Coventry . Moran had previously lived and worked in London for many years .
Works
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How to Be a Woman , Ebury Press, ISBN 978-0-09-194073-7 .
- How to be a woman: How I learned to be a woman, translated from English by Susanne Reinker, Ullstein, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-548-37493-2 .
- Moranthology , Ebury Press, ISBN 978-0-09-194088-1 .
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How To Build a Girl , Ebury Press, ISBN 978-0-09-194900-6 .
- All about a girl: Roman , from the English by Regina Rawlinson, Carl's Books, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-570-58542-9 .
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The chronicles of Narmo , Corgi, ISBN 0-552-52724-6 .
- My happy crazy extended family or my first novel at the age of 15 3/4 , book for young people, translated from English by Ilse Rothfuss, cbt Verlag, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-570-31118-9 .
- Moranifesto , Ebury Press, ISBN 978-0091949044 .
- How to Be Famous , Harper, ISBN 978-0062433770 .
Awards
- 2010: British Press Awards (BPA) Columnist of the Year
- 2011: British Press Awards Critic of the Year
- 2011: British Press Awards Interviewer of the Year
- 2012: voted Columnist of the Year by the London Press Club
- 2013: The Comment Awards Culture Commentator of the Year
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "The Saturday interview: Caitlin Moran," The Guardian, June 18, 2011, accessed April 9, 2019
- ↑ "Writers' tributes" , The Telegraph accessed August 27, 2015 April 9, 2019
- ↑ "Atrocious mess, precocious mind: Meet Caitlin Moran, newspaper columnist, television presenter, novelist, screenwriter" , The Independent recalled of 17 May 1994, 9 April 2019
- ↑ Novelist and columnist honored , Aberystwyth university July 13, 2012, accessed April 9, 2019
- ^ The Times, http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/profile/Caitlin-Moran
- ^ "How to do it", in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, September 30, 2015.
- ↑ Kitty Empire: How to Be Famous by Caitlin Moran review - sex, drugs and Britpop , book review in: The Guardian, June 28, 2018, accessed April 9, 2019
- ↑ 2011 Press Awards: Caitlin Moran's speech , The Guardian, April 6, 2011, accessed April 9, 2019
- ↑ BBC Newsnight journalists win award for spiked Jimmy Savile investigation , The Guardian, May 22, 2013, accessed April 9, 2019
- ↑ 2013 Winners of The Comment Awards , commentawards.com 2013-12-04, accessed April 9, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moran, Caitlin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moran, Catherine Elizabeth (legal name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British journalist, author and feminist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5th 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brighton |