Simon Van Booy

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Simon Van Booy

Simon Van Booy (* 1975) is a British writer and essayist.

Life

Simon Van Booy was born in London and grew up in Wales. He lived in Kentucky, Paris and Athens, among others. He currently resides in New York with his wife and daughter.

Van Booy writes novels, short stories and philosophy books. His essays and articles appear in the newspapers The New York Times , The Daily Telegraph , The Guardian , The Mail and The Times , among others . He also works for radio and the stage. In 2011 he wrote his first script. In addition to his writing activities, Van Booy teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York and is involved in the Rutgers Early College Humanities Program. In 2013 he founded the organization Writers for Children , which promotes writing projects by children.

Publications

Van Booy's texts have been translated into fifteen languages.

Short stories

  • The Secret Lives of People in Love (2007)
  • Love Begins in Winter (2009)

Philosophical essays

  • Why We Need Love (2011)
  • Why Our Decisions Don't Matter (2011)
  • Why We Fight (2011)

Novels

  • Everything Beautiful Began After (2011)
  • The Illusion of Separateness (2012)

Other publications

  • Love & The Five Senses (2002)
  • Pobble's Way (2010)

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Simon Van Booy: Raising a Princess Single-Handedly . In: The New York Times , June 28, 2009. 
  2. ↑ Simon Van Booy: Childhood: a fleeting beauty not to be missed . In: The Daily Telegraph , August 17, 2009. 
  3. ↑ Simon Van Booy: Simon Van Booy: Love and loss at Christmas . In: The Guardian , December 19, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2011. 
personal data
SURNAME Van Booy, Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer and essayist
DATE OF BIRTH 1975