Jim Crace
Jim Crace (born March 1, 1946 in Hertfordshire , England ) is a British writer. He lives near Birmingham .
Crace, one of the most important British authors of the present, has written seven novels to date and has received almost all of the well-known Anglo-Saxon literary prizes.
Before starting to work as a freelance writer, he spent several years in Sudan and Botswana .
Awards and nominations
- 1986 David Higham Prize for Fiction for Continent
- 1986 Guardian Fiction Prize for Continent
- 1986 Whitbread Award (First novel) for Continent
- 1988 Premio Antico Fattore
- 1989 GAP International Prize for Literature for The Gift of Stones
- 1992 American Academy of Arts and Letters E. M. Forster Award
- 1995 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize for Signals of Distress
- 1997 Booker Prize for Fiction nomination for Quarantine
- 1997 Whitbread Award for Quarantine
- 1999 National Book Critics Circle Award for Being Dead
- 1999 Whitbread Award nomination for Being Dead
- 1999 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award nomination for Being Dead
- 2013 Booker Prize for Fiction nomination for Harvest
- 2013 Goldsmiths Prize nomination for Harvest
- 2014 Windham – Campbell Literature Prize (Fiction)
- 2014 Walter Scott Prize nomination for Harvest
- 2014 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Harvest
- 2015 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for Harvest
Works (selection)
- City of Kisses (2004) ISBN 3896672606
- Satan 's Larder (OT The Devil's Larder , 2001), 2002; ISBN 3813502015
- A Man, a Woman and Death (2000), ISBN 3813501744
- The Temptation in the Desert (1998) ISBN 3896670743
Web links
- Literature by and about Jim Crace in the catalog of the German National Library
Single receipts
- ↑ Walter Scott Prize Shortlist 2014 . Walter Scott Prize. April 4, 2014. Archived from the original on April 15, 2014. 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. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crace, Jim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hertfordshire , England |