Janet Winterson ( born Jeanette Winterson ; born August 27, 1959 ) is an English writer .
| Janet Winterson | |
|---|---|
| Jeanette winterson | |
 Janet Winterson, Warsaw , Poland , February 16, 2005 | |
| Date of Birth | August 27, 1959 (aged 60) |
| Place of Birth | Manchester , UK |
| Citizenship |  Great Britain |
| Occupation | Prose writer |
| Years of creativity | 1985 - |
| Direction | realism magical realism |
| Genre | Sexual / Gender Identity |
| Language of Works | |
| Debut | “ There are other fruits besides oranges ” |
| Awards | [d] [d] ( 1990 ) [d] ( 1991 ) [d] ( 1993 ) [d] ( 2016 ) [d] |
| jeanettewinterson.com | |
| Artworks on the site Lib.ru | |
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Biography
Born in Manchester , was adopted by the Pentecostal family who lived in Akrington, Lancashire . Foster parents hoped that she would become a Christian missionary , and as a teenager she went home with sermons . At 16, she told her parents that she was a lesbian and left home. In preparation for the final exams for the high school course, she worked in the evenings and at weekends. During the year before entering university, she worked in a psychiatric hospital to earn money for study. Having entered Oxford University , she studied English and literature at St. Catherine's College. After she moved to London , her first autobiographical novel, “Besides Oranges, There Are Other Fruits” (“Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit”) was published when the author was 26 years old. The story was awarded the Whitebred Prize for Best First Book in 1985, and the Winterson screenplay was awarded the British Television Prize ( BAFTA ) for the best television show in the drama genre.
While the first novel by Janet Winterson is written in the genre of realism , her later works relate to the genre of magical realism and explore the boundaries of the physical and real worlds, the sexual identity of the sexes.
Winterson books have been awarded several literary prizes. She was awarded the Order of the British Empire for her services in literary work in 2006 .
Her friend for 12 years, until 2000 , was Peggy Reynolds ( English Peggy Reynolds ), a scientist and radio host of the BBC [4] .
Bibliography
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)
- Boating for Beginners (1985)
- Fit For The Future (1986)
- The Passion (1987)
- Sexing the Cherry (1989)
- Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit: the script (1990)
- Written on the Body (1992) (in the Russian translation of “The Cryptography of the Flesh”)
- Art & Lies: A Piece for Three Voices and a Bawd (1994)
- Great Moments in Aviation: the script (1995)
- Art Objects (1995)
- Gut Symmetries (1997)
- The World and Other Places (1998)
- The Powerbook (2000)
- The King of Capri (2003)
- Lighthousekeeping (2004)
- Weight (2005)
- Tanglewreck (2006)
- The Stone Gods (2007)
Publications in Russian
- Stories // Foreign Literature, 2001 , No. 11
- Body letters
- The cryptography of the flesh. M .: Eksmo, 2002 ISBN 5-699-01284-2
- Passion. M .: Eksmo, 2002 ISBN 5-699-01876-X
- A play for three voices and summaries. M .: Eksmo, 2003 ISBN 5-699-03822-1
- Burden. The myth of Atlas and Hercules. M .: Open World, 2005 ISBN 5-9743-0012-2
- The economy of light. M .: Eksmo, 2006 ISBN 5-699-18658-1
Notes
- ↑ BNF ID : 2011 Open Data Platform .
- ↑ Record # 4961254 // VIAF - 2012.
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 119484919 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ BBC Radio 4 Presenter Peggy Reynolds
Links
- Jeanette Winterson's website
- Jeanette Winterson author page by Guardian Unlimited
- Janet Winterson in the library of Maxim Moshkov