James Lasdun (born 1958) is an English novelist and poet.

Life and career

Lasdun was born in

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, the son of Susan (Bendit) and British architect Sir

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. Lasdun has written four novels, including , a

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, and , which was an

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Book of the Year and was longlisted for the

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for fiction. He has published four collections of short stories, including , the title story of which was adapted for film by

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as in 1998. His latest collection was chosen as a Best Book of the Year by , the , the and the . Lasdun has written four books of poetry, one of which, ''Landscape with Chainsaw'', was a finalist for the

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, the

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and the

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. It was also selected as a TLS International Book of the Year. In 2013 he published a memoir: ''Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked''. With

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'' in 1997, based on his story , winning both the Best Feature Award and the Waldo Salt Best Screenplay Award at Sundance. Together they also wrote the next Nossiter film ''

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'' in 2000, starring Charlotte Rampling and Stellan Skarsgard, selected for the official selection of the

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in 2000. His reviews and essays have appeared in , , the , and ''The New Yorker''. With his wife, Pia Davis, Lasdun has written two guidebooks dedicated to the combined pleasures of walking and eating: one in Tuscany and Umbria, the other in Provence. He has taught creative writing at Princeton, New York University, the New York State Writers' Institute, the New School, Columbia University and Bennington College. Critical appraisals of his work include reviews by James Wood in ''The Guardian'',

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in ''

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'' and Johanna Thomas-Corr in ''The Observer''.

Bibliography

Novels

* * Paperback. * Hardcover. *

Short fiction

;Collections * a.k.a. . * * (a.k.a. . * Paperback.

Poetry

;Collections * * * * * Paperback. *

Nonfiction

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Miscellaneous

* . * . * * * * * * * Paperback. *.

Honors

*Winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize (short stories) *Recipient of

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in poetry *Winner (with Jonathan Nossiter) of the Sundance Waldo Salt Best Screenplay Award for the film ''Sunday'' *Winner (1999) of the London ''

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'' Poetry Competition *Winner of the inaugural

BBC National Short Story Award BBC National Short Story Award is a British literary award for short stories. It was founded in 2005 by the NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) with support from BBC Radio 4 and ''Prospect'' magazine. The winner re ...

(May 2006)The Short Story (UK) website
/ref> for his story ''An Anxious Man'' *Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lasdun, James 1958 births Living people English Jews English writers Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Jewish poets People educated at Westminster School, London The New Yorker people English male novelists O. Henry Award winners