Alan Hollinghurst facts for kids
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Sir
Alan Hollinghurst
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Alan Hollinghurst at the 2011 Texas Book Festival
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| Born | Alan James Hollinghurst 26 May 1954 Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Writer, translator |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford (BA, MLitt) |
| Period | 1975– |
| Genre | Novel, poem, short story |
| Notable works | The Swimming-Pool Library The Folding Star The Spell The Line of Beauty The Stranger's Child The Sparsholt Affair Our Evenings |
| Notable awards | Newdigate Prize 1974 Stonewall Book Award 1989 Somerset Maugham Award 1989 James Tait Black Memorial Prize 1994 Booker Prize 2004 |
Sir Alan James Hollinghurst was born on May 26, 1954. He is a famous English writer. He writes novels, poems, and short stories. He also translates books from other languages.
Alan Hollinghurst has won many important awards for his writing. In 1989, he received the Somerset Maugham Award. He also won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1994. His novel The Line of Beauty won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2004. His books are known for their detailed descriptions and interesting characters.
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Early Life and School
Alan Hollinghurst was born in Stroud, a town in Gloucestershire, England. He was the only child of James and Elizabeth Hollinghurst. His father worked as a bank manager.
Alan went to Canford School in Dorset. After school, he studied English at Magdalen College, Oxford. He earned his first degree in 1975 and a master's degree in 1979. His master's paper was about the works of three writers: Ronald Firbank, E. M. Forster, and L. P. Hartley.
While at Oxford, he shared a house with Andrew Motion. Andrew Motion later became a very important poet in England. Alan Hollinghurst won the Newdigate Prize for poetry. This was a year before Andrew Motion won the same award.
In the late 1970s, Alan taught at Oxford colleges. These included Magdalen, Somerville, and Corpus Christi. In 1981, he taught at UCL. The next year, in 1982, he started working for The Times Literary Supplement. He became the deputy editor there from 1985 to 1990.
His Writing Career
Alan Hollinghurst is known for his detailed and well-written novels. He won the 2004 Booker Prize for his book The Line of Beauty. This award is one of the most important in the world of books.
His next novel, The Stranger's Child, was also very popular. It was on the longlist for the Booker Prize in 2011. This means it was one of the books considered for the award that year.
Many people think highly of his writing. The Guardian newspaper called him "one of the great writers of our time." The Sunday Times newspaper said that his writing style is amazing. They said he has no one equal among living English writers.
Awards and Honors
Alan Hollinghurst has received many awards for his work. Here are some of them:
- 1974: Newdigate Prize
- 1989: Somerset Maugham Award, for The Swimming-Pool Library
- 1989: Stonewall Book Award, for The Swimming-Pool Library
- 1994: James Tait Black Memorial Prize, for The Folding Star
- 1995: He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. This is a special honor for writers.
- 2004: Booker Prize, for The Line of Beauty
- 2011: Booker Prize, longlist for The Stranger's Child
- 2011: Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement from Publishing Triangle
List of His Works
Alan Hollinghurst has written many different types of works.
Poetry
- Isherwood is at Santa Monica (1975)
- Poetry Introduction 4 (1978)
- Confidential Chats with Boys (1982)
- "Mud" (1982)
Short Stories
- A Thieving Boy (1983)
- Sharps and Flats (1993) – This story was later included in his novel The Folding Star.
- Highlights (2007)
Novels
- The Swimming-Pool Library, 1988
- The Folding Star, 1994
- The Spell, 1998
- The Line of Beauty, 2004
- The Stranger's Child, 2011
- The Sparsholt Affair, 2017
- Our Evenings, 2024
Translations
Alan Hollinghurst has also translated plays from French into English.
- Bajazet by Jean Racine, 1991
- Bérénice and Bajazet by Jean Racine, 2012
As Editor
He has also helped edit other books.
- New Writing 4 (with A. S. Byatt), 1995
- A. E. Housman: poems selected by Alan Hollinghurst, 2001
Foreword
- Three Novels by Ronald Firbank, 2000
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See also
In Spanish: Alan Hollinghurst para niños
