Susanna Clarke

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Susanna Clarke at the 63rd World Science Fiction Congress ( Worldcon ) in Glasgow in August 2005

Susanna Mary Clarke (born November 1, 1959 in Nottingham ) is a British writer . She achieved fame with her fantastic novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell .

Life

Clarke was born in Nottingham in 1959, the eldest daughter of a Methodist pastor. She moved frequently during her childhood and lived in various cities in Northern England and Scotland .

Later she studied at St Hilda's College of Oxford University . After graduating, she worked for a number of non-fiction publishers for some time. In 1990 she worked as an English teacher at Fiat in Turin for a year . In 1991 she went to Bilbao (Spain) to teach English .

In 1992 Clarke returned to Great Britain and between 1993 and 2003 he was editing the cookbooks division of the Simon & Schuster publishing house in Cambridge . Before her novel, she already published a few short stories. She currently lives in Cambridge with her significant other, the writer Colin Greenland .

Awards

  • 2005 Hugo Award for Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell for best novel
  • 2005 Locus Award for Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell in the "First Novel" category
  • 2005 Mythopoeic Award for Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell in the category "Adult Literature"
  • 2005 SF Site Readers Poll for Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell in the category "Sf / Fantasy Book"
  • 2005 World Fantasy Award for Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell for best novel
  • 2007 Geffen Award for Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell in the category "Fantasy Book"

bibliography

The Raven King (short stories)
  • The Ladies of Grace Adieu (1996, in: Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Ed.): Starlight 1 )
  • On Lickerish Hill (1997, in: Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (Eds.): Black Swan, White Raven )
  • Mrs Mabb (1998, in: Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Ed.): Starlight 2 )
  • The Duke of Wellington Misplaces His Horse (1999)
  • Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower (2000, in: Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (Eds.): Black Heart, Ivory Bones ; also: Mr Simonelli or The Fairy Widower , 2006)
  • Tom Brightwind, or, How the Fairy Bridge Was Built at Thoresby (2001, in: Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Ed.): Starlight 3 ; also: Tom Brightwind or How the Fairy Bridge Was Built at Thoresby , 2006)
  • Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2004, novel)
    • German: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Translated by Anette Grube & Rebekka Göpfert. Bloomsbury Berlin, 2004, ISBN 3-8270-0522-1 .
  • Antickes and Frets (2006, in: Susanna Clarke: The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories )
  • Introduction by Professor James Sutherland, Director of Sidhe Studies, University of Aberdeen (2006, in: Susanna Clarke: The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories )
  • John Uskglass and the Cumbrian Charcoal Burner (2006, in: Susanna Clarke: The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories )
  • The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (2006, collection)
    • English: The ladies of Grace Adieu. Translated by Anette Grube. Bloomsbury, 2006, ISBN 3-8270-0688-0 .
Novels
  • Piranesi (2020)
Short stories
  • Stopp't-Clock Yard ( Sandman -Geschichte; 1996, in: Neil Gaiman and Edward E. Kramer (as Ed Kramer) (Eds.): The Sandman: Book of Dreams )

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Clarke, Susanna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clarke, Susanna Mary (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Nottingham