Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain CBE | |
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Born |
London | 2 August 1943
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | English |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater |
Sorbonne University of East Anglia (B.A.) |
Notable award(s) |
Orange Prize (2008) Whitbread Award (1999) Prix Femina Étranger (1994 James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1992) Sunday Express Book of the Year (1989) Giles Cooper Award (1984) |
Rose Tremain CBE (born 2 August 1943) is an award-winning English author, and current Chancellor of the University of East Anglia.
Life
Rose Tremain was born Rosemary Jane Thomson on 2 August 1943 in London. She was educated at Francis Holland School, Crofton Grange School, the Sorbonne (1961-1962) and the University of East Anglia (BA, English Literature).[1] She later went on to teach creative writing at the University of East Anglia from 1988 to 1995, and was appointed Chancellor in 2013.[2]
She married Jon Tremain in 1971 and they had one daughter, Eleanor, born in 1972, who became an actress. The marriage lasted about five years. Her second marriage, to theatre director Jonathan Dudley, in 1982, lasted about nine years; and she has been with Richard Holmes since 1992. She lives in Norfolk.[3][4]
Writing
Her influences include William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 1967 novel, 100 Years of Solitude and the magical realism style.
She is an historical novelist who approaches her subjects "from unexpected angles, concentrating her attention on unglamorous outsiders."[5]
In 2009, she donated the short story The Jester of Astapovo to Oxfam's "Ox-Tales" project, four collections of UK stories written by 38 authors. Her story was published in the 'Earth' collection.[6]
Awards and honors
- 2013 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, shortlist, Merivel: A Man of His Time[7][8]
- 2012 Wellcome Trust Book Prize, shortlist, Merivel: A Man of His Time[9]
- 2008 Orange Prize, The Road Home
- 1999 Whitbread Award, Music and Silence
- 1994 Prix Femina Étranger, Sacred Country
- 1992 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Sacred Country
- 1989 Sunday Express Book of the Year, Restoration
- 1984 Giles Cooper Award, Temporary Shelter (play)
Selected bibliography
Novels
- Sadler's Birthday (1976), ISBN 0-356-08387-X
- Letter to Sister Benedicta (1978), ISBN 0-354-04353-6
- The Cupboard (1981), ISBN 0-354-04769-8
- Journey to the Volcano (1985), ISBN 0-241-11651-1
- The Swimming Pool Season (1985), ISBN 0-241-11496-9
- Restoration (1989), ISBN 0-241-12695-9
- Sacred Country (1992), ISBN 1-85619-118-4
- The Way I Found Her (1997), ISBN 1-85619-409-4
- Music and Silence (1999), ISBN 1-86056-027-X
- The Colour (2003), ISBN 0-7011-7296-7
- The Road Home (2008), ISBN 978-0-09-947846-1
- Trespass (2010 W.W. Norton)
- Merivel: A Man of His Time (2012), ISBN 978-0701185206
Collections of short stories
- The Colonel's Daughter and other stories (1983)
- The Garden of the Villa Mollini and other stories (1987)
- Evangelista's Fan and other stories (1994)
- The Darkness of Wallis Simpson and other stories (2006)
For children
- Journey to the Volcano (1985)
References
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/may/10/featuresreviews.guardianreview5 Author Profile from The Guardian
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-22142504
- ↑ Author Notes from 2002 Vintage edition of Sacred County.
- ↑ Journeys home: Rose Tremain reflects on the past and her present life writing in the south of France
- ↑ Costume dramatist | By genre | Guardian Unlimited Books
- ↑ Oxfam: Ox-Tales
- ↑ 18 April 2013. "Shortlist for 2013 Walter Scott Prize Announced". Borders Book Festival. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
- ↑ "Tan Twan Eng wins The Walter Scott Prize". Borders Book Festival. 14 June 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
- ↑ Charlotte Williams (15 October 2012). "Random House gets four nods for Wellcome Trust Book Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
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