Joe Dunthorne (born 1982) is a Welsh novelist, poet and journalist. He made his name with his novel ''

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'' (2008), made into a film in 2010. His second novel, ''Wild Abandon'' (2011), won the RSL Encore Award. A selection of his poems was published in 2010 in the

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New Poets series. His first solo collection of poems appeared in 2019.

Early life

Joseph Oliver Dunthorne was born in

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, Wales in 1982. He has two sisters, Anna and Leah. Dunthorne was educated at Olchfa School, Swansea before going on to study Creative Writing at the

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. He received BA and MA degrees in Creative Writing from UEA. In the final year of his BA course, he began writing his debut novel ''

''. During study for his MA at UEA, he won the university's inaugural Curtis Brown Prize for ‘’Submarine’’.

Career

Dunthorne's first novel ''Submarine'', in which a teenager records with comedy and anguish his relationship with his girlfriend and his lop-sided view of the strains on his parents' marriage, was published by

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to critical acclaim in 2008. Shortly afterwards, the novel was made into a film, directed by

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and starring

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, and

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. The film premiered at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival, and was shown in London, Berlin and Swansea before going on general release in March 2011. In 2010, a selection of Dunthorne's poetry was published as part of the Faber New Poets pamphlet series. Publication in the Faber New Poets series is open to poets who have yet to publish a first collection. The scheme also offers mentoring and financial support. In 2019, Dunthorne published his first collection of poetry, ''O Positive''. Dunthorne's second novel, ''Wild Abandon'', was published by Penguin in 2011. An account of a brother and sister living in a rural commune, it went on to win the Royal Society of Literature's

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for Best Second Novel. Dunthorne lives in London.

Publications

Fiction

* 2008: ''

'',

* 2011: ''Wild Abandon'',

* 2018: ''The Adulterants,''

Poetry

* 2010: ''Faber New Poets 5'',

* 2019: ''O Positive'',

References

External links

Joe Dunthorne
1982 births Living people 21st-century Welsh novelists 21st-century Welsh poets 21st-century British male writers 21st-century Welsh writers Date of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the University of East Anglia British male novelists British male poets People educated at Olchfa School People from Swansea {{UK-novelist-stub