James Meek (author)

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This article is about a living British writer. For the clergyman of the same name, see James Meek.

James Meek (born 1962) is a British writer and journalist. He was born in London and grew up in Dundee, Scotland.

Meek spent several years living in the former Soviet Union in the 1990s and now resides in London. He has published three novels and two short story collections. His third novel, The People’s Act of Love (2005), received significant critical acclaim and went on to win the Scottish Arts Council Book of Year Award and the Ondaatje Prize. It has been translated into twenty languages.

A film version of The People's Act of Love adapted by Johnny Depp is in development.

Meek currently writes for The Guardian newspaper and has reported on subjects including the war in Iraq, the Chechen conflict, the treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay and tax avoidance by wealthy individuals in the UK.

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Czech

  • Sibiřské drama : syrový milostný příběh z období ruské revoluce, 2006, ISBN 80-7217-446-0

Danish

Dutch

  • Uit liefde van het volk

German

Italian

Norwegian

  • Kjærlighetens utposter, 2007

Swedish

  • Den yttersta kärlekens gulag, 2006

Portuguese

  • O Acto de Amor do Povo, 2006

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