Howard Jacobson
Howard Jacobson (born August 25, 1942 in Manchester ) is a British writer and journalist . He is also a moderator , eg for Channel 4 and the op-ed - columnist for The Independent operates.
Life
Jacobson, who comes from a Jewish family, feels connected to certain Jewish traditions and the history of the Jews, but does not attend a synagogue. He studied at Downing College in Cambridge , then went to Sydney University for a three-year teaching post . He then worked as a professor at Selwyn College , Cambridge.
Awards
Howard Jacobson received the Booker Prize in 2010 for his novel The Finkler Question, the most important British literary prize, on whose longlist he had appeared twice in previous years (2002 with Who's Sorry Now? And 2006 with Kalooki Nights ). Jacobson is one of the oldest Booker Prize recipients.
- 2000: Wingate Literary Prize (again in 2007)
- 2000: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for The Mighty Waltz
- 2010: Booker Prize for The Finkler Question
- 2013: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize (again) for Zoo Time
- 2013: Shortlist of the Goldsmiths Prize for J: A Novel
Works
- Novels
- Coming From Behind , Chatto & Windus, 1983
- Peeping Tom , Chatto & Windus, 1984
- Redback , Bantam, 1986
- The Very Model of a Man , Viking, 1992
- No More Mister Nice Guy , Cape, 1998
- The Mighty Waltz , Cape, 1999
- Who's Sorry Now? , Cape, 2002
- The Making of Henry , Cape, 2004
- Kalooki Nights , Cape, 2006
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The Act of Love , Cape, 2008
- German: Love service , novel, from the English by Thomas Stegers; dva, Munich 2012 ISBN 978-3-421-04406-8
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The Finkler Question , Bloomsbury Publishing, London 2010 ISBN 978-1-408-80910-5 - Winner of the Booker Prize 2010
- German: The Finkler Question , novel, from the English by Bernhard Robben ; dva, Munich 2011 ISBN 978-3-421-04523-2 .
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Zoo Time , Novel, 2012.
- German: In the zoo , novel, from the English by Friedhelm Rathjen . dva, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-421-04564-5 .
- J: A Novel , Bloomsbury, 2014.
- Shylock is my name . Hogarth Press, 2016
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Pussy. Vintage Digital, 2017
- German: Pussy. Translation Johann Christoph Maass. Tropics, Stuttgart 2018
- Non-fiction
- Shakespeare's Magnanimity: Four Tragic Heroes, Their Friends and Families (co-author with Wilbur Sanders), Chatto & Windus, 1978
- In the Land of Oz , Hamish Hamilton, 1987
- Roots Schmoots: Journeys Among Jews , Viking, 1993
- Seriously Funny: From the Ridiculous to the Sublime , Viking, 1997
Web links
- Literature by and about Howard Jacobson in the catalog of the German National Library
- Howard Jacobson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Howard Jacobson wins the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2010
- Roleplay with Jews , Michael Wuliger , Jüdische Allgemeine , October 28, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ Howard Jacobson on themanbookerprize.com ( Memento of the original dated December 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ Jacobson is a master of tragicomics. Die Zeit , October 13, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jacobson, Howard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manchester |