Stella Duffy
Stella Duffy , OBE , (born March 2, 1963 in London ) is a British writer and theater maker.
Life
Stella Duffy grew up in New Zealand . She studied literature and theater at Victoria University of Wellington . She returned to London and lives in Lambeth with her wife, the playwright Shelley Silas . She has published (by 2016) fourteen novels, five detective novels from a “Saz Martin series”, a large number of stories and ten plays. The novels State of Happiness were nominated in 2004 and The Room of Lost Things in 2008 on the longlist of the Orange Prize .
In 2013 she founded the communication center “Fun Palaces”. In 2016 she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her cultural activities .
Works (selection)
-
Calendar Girl (1994)
- September woman . Translation of Nina Schindler. Hamburg: Argument, 1998
- Wavewalker (1996)
- Beneath the Blonde (1997)
- Singling Out the Couples (1998)
- Eating Cake (1999)
- Fresh Flesh (1999)
- Immaculate Conceit (2000). Also as a play for the National Youth Theater of Great Britain
- Heartless: a nasty fairy tale of eternal happiness . Christine Strüh in Romanian. Hamburg: Europa-Verl., 2000
- Tart Noir (2002)
- State of Happiness (2004)
- Parallel Lies (2005)
-
Mouths of Babes (2005)
- Child mouth . Translation by Stefan Haußmann. Hamburg: Argument-Verl., 2009
- The Room of Lost Things (2008) on the Orange Prize longlist
- Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore (2010)
- The Purple Shroud (2012)
- London Lies Beneath (2016)
Awards
- 2016: Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- 2013: Crime Writers' Association Macallan Short Story Dagger
- 2010: Stonewall Writer of the Year
- 2008: Stonewall Writer of the Year
- 2002: Crime Writers' Association Macallan Short Story Dagger
Web links
- Literature by and about Stella Duffy in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Stella Duffy in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Stella Duffy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Stella Duffy , website
- Stella Duffy , at the British Council
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rhik Samadder: Stella Duffy: Some people might think: "Working class, lesbian, left wing - ugh!", But they'd find I'm fun to have a drink with , in: The Guardian , May 17, 2014
- ↑ Stella Duffy awarded an OBE for services to the Arts , at funpalaces
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Duffy, Stella |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Duffy, Stella Frances Silas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |