Sam Byers
Sam Byers (born 1979 ) is a British writer.
Life
Sam Byers graduated from the University of East Anglia in Norwich and received an MA in creative writing in 2004. In 2014 he received his doctorate from the university, for which he wrote his novel and essay “A Failed Entertainment”: The Process of Paying Attention In and To Infinite Jest .
Byers is a contributor to Granta and Tank magazines and reviews for The Times Literary Supplement . In 2012 he published his first novel Idiopathy , which is entitled Ubi pus, ibi evacua . The novel received a Betty Trask Award and a Waterstone 11 award for debut novels, and was shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Book Award for debut novels and the Desmond Elliott Prize . The novel was subsequently published in Hebrew, Dutch, French, Spanish and German translations.
Works (selection)
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Idiopathy . Faber & Faber, 2012
- Idiopathy: a novel about love, narcissism and sick cows . Translation by Barbara Heller and Rudolf Hermstein . Stuttgart: Tropics, 2013
- Perfidious Albion (2018).
literature
- Joshua Cohen : Bleaker Pastures . Review, in: The New York Times , July 7, 2013
Web links
- Literature by and about Sam Byers in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Sam Byers in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Sam Byers , website
- Sam Byers , contributions to The Spectator
- Sameer Rahim: Waterstones 11: Interview with Sam Byers . Interview, in: The Daily Telegraph , January 14, 2013
- Sam Byers . Interview, at Foyles
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dissertation , at UEA
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Byers, Sam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1979 |