Paul Kingsnorth
Autore di The Wake
Sull'Autore
Paul Kingsnorth was born in 1972 in Worcester. He is an English writer who was former deputy -editor of the Ecologist and a co-founder of the Dark Mountain Project. He was educated at St. Anne's College, Oxford, where he studied modern history. During this period he became involved in the British mostra altro road protest movement at sites including Twyford Down and Solsbury Hill London. In 2004, he was one of the founders of the Free West Papua Campaign, which campaigns for the secession of the provinces of Papua and West Papua from Indonesia. In recent years, he has written for or contributed to the Guardian, Independent, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, Le Monde, and New Statesman. His first book, One No, Many Yeses, an investigative journey through the 'anti-globalisation' movement, was published in six languages in thirteen countries. His second book, Real England, was published by Portobello Books in 2008. His first collection of poetry, Kidland and other poems, was published by Salmon in 2011.He won the Poetry Life National Competition in 1998, and was named BBC Wildlife Poet of the Year in the same year. In 2012, he won the Wenlock Prize.His first novel, The Wake, published in April 2014, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Folio Prize, shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize and won the Gordon Burn Prize. It also won the inaugural Book of the Year at UK Bookseller Industry Awards. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Kingsnorth protesting the construction of a bypass near Bath in 1994
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Opere di Paul Kingsnorth
Opere correlate
These Our Monsters: The English Heritage Collection of Short Stories (2019) — Collaboratore — 17 copie
Under Summer Pastures : Explorations And Essays From Ireland's Temperate Rainforests — Collaboratore — 2 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1972
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Worcester, Worcestershire, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Ireland
- Attività lavorative
- author
writer
editor (The Ecologist magazine)
journalist
founder (2009; Dark Mountain Project)
Utenti
Discussioni
2014 Booker Prize longlist: The Wake in Booker Prize (Agosto 2014)
Recensioni
Liste
Five star books (1)
Booker Prize (1)
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 17
- Opere correlate
- 3
- Utenti
- 1,466
- Popolarità
- #17,521
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 50
- ISBN
- 53
- Lingue
- 5
- Preferito da
- 2