Rhidian Brook

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Rhidian Brook (born 1964 in Tenby , Wales ) is a British writer , screenwriter and journalist .

Life

Brook grew up in Pembrokeshire . He graduated from Churcher's College in Hampshire, southern England, with a degree in 1982.

His debut novel The Testimony Of Taliesin Jones ( HarperCollins ) won three literary prizes, including the Somerset Maugham Award 1997. It served as the literary template for the 2000 film The Miracles of Taliesin Jones by Martin Duffy with Jonathan Pryce in the lead role. His second novel Jesus And The Adman (HarperCollins) came out in 1999.

His third novel, The Aftermath (Penguin), was published in April 2013 and has been translated into 25 languages. Based on the experiences of his grandfather, the author tells of the altruistic attitude of a British major who lets a German architect live in his undestroyed villa in post-war Hamburg, which was confiscated by the occupying forces. The novel was filmed under the title No Man's Land - The Aftermath with Keira Knightley and Alexander Skarsgård as the main actors, had its world premiere on February 26, 2019 at the Glasgow Film Festival and was also released in German cinemas in April 2019. Brook wrote the script himself. His fourth novel The Killing of Butterfly Joe (Picador) came out in March 2018.

Brook's short stories were first published in The Paris Review , The New Statesman , Time Out . Others were broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 's Short Story series. Since 2000 he has been a consistent contributor to the BBC Radio 4 program Thought for the Day .

His first television scriptwriting, Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle , aired on BBC One in 2005 and starred Timothy Spall . Brook wrote for the BBC television series Silent Witness from 2005 to 2007. This was followed in 2008 by the docudrama Atlantis for BBC1. His screenplay for the dramedy -Spielfilm Africa United ( Pathé ), came out as a movie in October of 2010. He then wrote the script for The Aftermath for the film adaptation by director Scott Free. Brook is currently (as of 2019) in the process of creating the script for the filming of his fourth novel.

Brook also writes articles for daily newspapers, including The Observer , The Guardian, and The Daily Telegraph . In 2005 he hosted Nailing The Cross , a documentary series for BBC1. In 2006 he hosted the radio series In The Blood for the BBC World Service . This described the travel experiences of Brook and his family by AIDS - a pandemic in many African countries. His non-fiction book about this trip - More Than Eyes Can See - was published in 2007 by Marion Boyars.

Rhidian Brook lives in London with his wife and two children .

Works

  • The Testimony of Taliesin Jones (1996)
  • Jesus and the Adman (1999)
  • More Than Eyes Can See: A Nine Month Journey into the Aids Pandemic (2007)
  • The Aftermath (2013)
  • The Killing of Butterfly Joe (2018)

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ OC Rhidian Brook's Novel Made into Movie , Churcher's College accessed February 26, 2019 September 21, 2019
  2. ↑ Adam Mars-Jones: The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook - review , reviewed in The Guardian June 3, 2013, accessed September 21, 2019
  3. ↑ Author profile Rhidian Brook at Penguin-Verlag, accessed September 21, 2019
  4. ↑ BBC - Thought for the Day , BBC, accessed September 21, 2019
  5. ^ Before Africa United: Life, death and lessons in human kindness , The Guardian, October 22, 2010, accessed September 21, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Brook, Rhidian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer, screenwriter and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Tenby , Wales