Adam
Thirlwell is the author of “Politics”
(for which he won the 2003 Betty Trask Award), “Strategie”
(20004), and “Miss
Herbert” (2007)
Adam Thirlwell – read
his entry on Wikipedia
The Cyrillic Alphabet - the
story short in Granta, but it was the 12 page extract of his novel Politics
in Arete that led to Adam
Thirlwell's inclusion Granta’s list of the 20 Best Young British novelists in
2003. It's difficult to see exactly what made the judges so excited about
this short story - but then again, I guess I wouldn't have commissioned the
brilliant Zadie Smith from
her short stories alone. Like Federico, Adam Thirlwell has won an obscure prize
- the 2000 Shelley-Mills Prize (Awardd: the princely sum of £100) - maybe,
like Federico, he'll go on to win bigger things? The Shelley-Mills Prize
is "to promote the study of the works of William Shakespeare" - given
the name of the prize, this does not make any sense - was the original donator
of the prize a Kerryman? Oh, and he was also one of the winners of the
Violet Vaughan Morgan Essay Prize in 1999. See? The boy can write
Obscure
unpublished novelist joins the elite - the Guardian reports on Adam
Thirlwell's sudden rise to fame. Since Adam Thirlwell is an Oxford
Fellow, he may well be obscure, but he's hardly Jude
Going
down in the anals of literature - Emma Brockes gives us the dirt on
Adam Thirlwell's work. Nana and Moshe and their sexual handcuffs etc
A
Question of Merit - Stephanie Merritt questions the whole idea of
including unpublished writers on Granta's list. I blame the agents
myself, always looking for anyway to promote their unpublished authors.
Admittedly, my criticism of agents' actions would not appear to make much sense.
But it does look like a degrading bidding process went on - don't get me wrong
- the judges weren't bribed - the whole prrocess just feels as lusty and bloody
as a shark attack, and it does not look as though the judges were wholly in
control
Chatting up…
Adam Thirlwell – read his interview with Cherwell
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