Helen Dunmore
Helen Dunmore (born December 12, 1952 in Beverley , Yorkshire , † June 5, 2017 in Bristol , South West England ) was a British writer and poet.
Life
Helen Dunmore wrote poetry, novels and children's books. She was the second child of her parents and attended school in Nottingham . In her novels she repeatedly dealt with the psychology of interpersonal relationships, especially in crisis situations. Helen Dunmore studied English at the University of York and taught in Finland for two years before publishing her first novel. In addition to her literary work, she continued to teach, write reviews and reviews for The Times and the Observer . She took part in shows about art on the BBC radio program.
She won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 1996 when it was first presented with The Scent of Snow . In 2001 she was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction and the shortlisted for the Whitbread Book Award with The Siege . Her book The Betrayal was on the longlist of the Booker Prize 2010. Helen Dunmore was on the jury for both the TS Eliot Prize and the Whitbread Book Award and was a member of the Royal Society of Literature .
In March 2017, she publicly announced that she had cancer and had a slim chance of a cure. On April 25, 2017, she wrote her last poem, which she sent to her publisher. In the poem entitled Hold out your arms , she speaks directly to death. At the family's request, the poem will be included in the second edition of their last collection of poems, Inside the Wave , which first appeared in April 2017. She lived in Bristol where she died on June 5, 2017 at the age of 64.
A collection of short stories under the title Girl, Balancing and Other Stories has been posthumously announced for June 2018 .
Works
Novels
- 1993 Zennor in Darkness
- 1994 Burning Bright
- 1996 A Spell of Winter
- The scent of snow, by Lore Pilgram; Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1998. ISBN 978-3-7857-1511-6
- 1996 Talking to the Dead
- In the first light of the day, German by Claudia Geng, Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1998. ISBN 978-3-7857-1501-7
- 1998 Your Blue-Eyed Boy
- The voice of the sea, German by Claudia Geng, Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2001. ISBN 978-3-404-15114-1
- 1999 With your Crooked Heart
- Dark as the human heart, German Claudia Geng, Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2004. ISBN 978-3-7857-2163-6
- 2002 The Siege
- The thousand days of Anna Michailowna, German by Edda Petri, Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2003. ISBN 978-3-7857-2127-8
- 2003 Mourning Ruby
- The sky that divides us, German by Xenia Osthelder, Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2007. ISBN 978-3-404-15680-1
- 2006 House of Orphans
- Vom Schnee und von der Liebe, German by Xenia Osthelder, Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2008. ISBN 978-3-404-15856-0
- 2008 Counting the Stars
- 2010 The Betrayal
- 2012 The Greatcoat
- 2014 The Lie
- 2016 exposure
- Birdcage Walk . Hutchinson, 2017
Stories (anthologies)
- 1997 Love of Fat Men
- 2001 Ice Cream
- 2005 Rose, 1944
Youth books
- 2004 The Lilac Tree (also as Zillah and Me )
- Zelda and I, German by Ute Mihr, Beltz and Gelberg, Weinheim 2001. ISBN 978-3-407-78511-4
- 2004 The Seal Cove (also as The Zillah Rebellion )
- 2004 The Silver Bead
- 2005 Ingo (Indigo series, vol. 1)
- Nixenblut, German by Knut Krüger, cbj, Munich 2011. ISBN 978-3-570-40036-4
- 2006 The Tide Knot (Indigo Series, Vol. 2)
- Mermaid magician, German by Knut Krüger, cbj, Munich 2011. ISBN 978-3-570-40037-1
- 2007 The Deep (Indigo Series, Vol. 3)
- Nixenfluch, German by Knut Krüger, cbj, Munich 2011. ISBN 978-3-570-40035-7
- 2008 The Crossing of Ingo (Indigo Series, Vol. 4)
- 2012 Stormswept (Indigo Series, Vol. 5)
Children's books
- 1992 Going to Egypt
- 1995 In the Money
- 1996 Go Fox
- 1996 Fatal Error
- 1996 Amina's Blanket
- 1998 Clyde's Leopard
- 1998 Great-Grandma's Dancing Dress
- 1999 Brother Brother, Sister Sister
- Brother, brother, sister, sister, German by Ute Mihr; Beltz and Gelberg, Weinheim 1999. ISBN 978-3-407-79805-3
- 2000 Aliens Don't Eat Bacon Sandwiches
- 2001 The Ugly Duckling
- 2003 Tara's Tree House
- 1997-2000 The Allie Books
- 2010 The Ferry Birds
Poetry (anthologies)
- 1983 The Apple Fall
- 1986 The Sea Skater
- 1988 The Raw Garden
- 1991 Short Days, Long Nights
- 1994 Recovering a Body
- 1994 Secrets
- 1997 Bestiary
- 2001 Out of the Blue
- 2006 Glad of these times
- 2012 The Malarkey
- 2017 Inside the Wave
Prizes and awards
- 1996: Orange Prize for Fiction for The Scent of Snow
- 2010: National Poetry Competition for The Malarkey
- 2017: Costa Book Award (Poetry; also "Book of the Year") for Inside the Wave (posthumously)
Web links
- Literature by and about Helen Dunmore in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Kate Kellaway: Helen Dunmore obituary. In: The Guardian . Guardian News & Media Ltd., June 5, 2017, accessed June 6, 2017 .
- ^ Helen Dunmore: facing mortality and what we leave behind. In: The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Ltd., accessed June 6, 2017.
- ↑ Danuta Kean, Helen Dunmore, Helen Dunmore's family reveal poem written in the author's last days , in: The Guardian, June 6, 2017, accessed June 7, 2017. See there for the text of the poem.
- ↑ Poet wins posthumous Costa award for collection written as she was dying , telegraph.co.uk, January 2, 2018, accessed January 4, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dunmore, Helen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beverley , Yorkshire , England , United Kingdom |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th June 2017 |
| Place of death | Bristol , South West England , England , United Kingdom |