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Horatio Clare (born 1973) is an English author known for travel, memoir, nature and children's books. He worked at the BBC as a producer on '' Front Row'' (
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), ''
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'' and ''The Verb'' (
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). Clare has written memoirs such as ''Running for the Hills'' and ''Truant: Notes from the Slippery Slope'', a novella, ''The Prince's Pen'', and numerous works of travel and
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: these include ''A Single Swallow'' (2009) and ''Down to the Sea in Ships'' (2014). He wrote and edited ''Sicily Through Writers' Eyes'' in 2006. In 2015 he published ''Orison for A Curlew'', a combination of travel and nature writing, and in the winter of 2017 Chatto and Windus published ''Icebreaker – A Voyage Far North'', the record of a journey around the Bay of Bothnia with the Finnish government's Icebreaker 'Otso'. His 2019 work ''The Light in the Dark: a winter journal'' is an exploration of the highs and lows of the British winter. ''Heavy Light: a Journey Through Madness, Mania and Healing'' appeared in 2021, published by Chatto & Windus. The work describes Clare's own breakdown, sectioning, psychiatric treatment, and recovery. Two children's books, ''Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot'' and a sequel ''Aubrey and the Terrible Ladybirds'' appeared in 2015 and 2017. Both Aubrey books were longlisted for the Carnegie Medal.


Background and career

Born in London, Clare grew up on a hill farm in the Black Mountains of South Wales. He later attended
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and the
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before reading English at the
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. Clare describes the experiences of his childhood in his first book, the best-seller ''Running for the Hills''. His second book, ''Truant: Notes from the Slippery Slope'' was published in 2008. In 2009 Clare's third book, ''A Single Swallow: Following an epic journey from South Africa to South Wales''", was published. In 2014 Chatto and Windus published ''Down to the Sea in Ships: Of Ageless Oceans and Modern Men'', the best-selling story of two voyages on container vessels Clare joined. In 2015 his first children's book, ''Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot'', was published by Firefly, and an account of the disappearance of the slender-billed curlew, ''Orison for a Curlew'' was published by Little Toller Books. In 2017 "Aubrey and the Terrible Ladybirds" was published by Firefly. A collection of retellings of Welsh legends, "Myths and Legends of the Brecon Beacons", was published by Graffeg. Clare is the author and editor of ''Sicily Through Writers' Eyes'', an anthology of writings about
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, and a contributor to the collections ''Red City: Marrakech Through Writers' Eyes'' and ''Meetings With Remarkable Muslims''. His journalism has appeared in ''
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"and ''
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''. His 2021 book ''Heavy Light'' describes his breakdown,
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, psychiatric treatment, and recovery.


Awards and honours

*2007
Somerset Maugham Award The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each year by the Society of Authors. Set up by William Somerset Maugham in 1947 the awards enable young writers to enrich their work by gaining experience in foreign countries. The awa ...
winner for ''Running for the Hills'' *2007
Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award The Sunday Times / University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year award is a literary prize awarded to a British author under the age of 35 for a published work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry. It is administered by the Society of Authors and ha ...
shortlist for ''Running for the Hills'' *2010
Dolman Best Travel Book Award The Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards celebrate the best travel writing and travel writers in the world. The awards include the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year and the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing ...
shortlisted for ''A Single Swallow'' *2010
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Winner: Travel Feature 2010 "Rock of Ages – Ethiopian Highlands" *2015
Wales Book of the Year The Wales Book of the Year is a Welsh literary award given annually to the best Welsh and English language works in the fields of fiction and literary criticism by Welsh or Welsh interest authors. Established in 1992, the awards are currently ad ...
Shortlisted for ''Down to the Sea in Ships'' *2015
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winner for ''Down to the Sea in Ships'' *2016
Branford Boase Award The Branford Boase Award is a British literary award presented annually to an outstanding children's or young-adult novel by a first-time writer; "the most promising book for seven year-olds and upwards by a first time novelist." The award is sha ...
Winner, Debut Children's Book of the Year, ''Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot''. *2016 Carnegie Medal, Longlist, for ''Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot'' *2017 Carnegie Medal, Longlist for ''Aubrey and the Terrible Ladybirds'' *2018 Wales Book of the Year, Shortlisted for ''Icebreaker: A Voyage Far North'' *2018 Grand Prix des Lecteurs Le Journal de Mickey, Shortlisted for ''Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot''


Publications

* ''Marrakech the Red City: the City through Writers' Eyes'', Sickle Moon / Eland, 2003 * ''Meetings With Remarkable Muslims'', Eland 2005 * ''Sicily: Through Writers' Eye'', Eland, 2006 * ''Running for the Hills'', John Murray, 2006 * ''Truant: Notes from A Slippery Slope'', John Murrary, 2007 * ''A Single Swallow'', Chatto and Windus (UK) and Nieuw Amsterdam (Netherlands), 2009 * ''The Prince's Pen'', Seren Books 2011, New Tales from the Mabinogion series * ''Down to the Sea in Ships'', Chatto and Windus 2014 * ''The Paratrooper's Princess'' Accent Press / Quickreads 2015 * ''Orison for a Curlew'', Little Toller Books 2015. * ''Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot'' Firefly 2015 * ''Aubrey and the Terrible Ladybirds'' Firefly 2017 * ''Myths and Legends of the Brecon Beacons'' Graffeg 2017 * ''Icebreaker – A Voyage Far North'' Chatto and Windus 2017 *''Something of His Art: Walking to Lübeck with J.S. Bach'' Little Toller 2018 *''The Light in the Dark: A Winter Journal'' Elliott & Thompson Limited 2019 *''Heavy Light: a Journey Through Madness, Mania and Healing'' Chatto & Windus 2021


References


External links

* Websit


Horatio Clare's thoughtful memoir, Running for the Hills, is an account of his childhood on a Welsh sheep farm
Daniel Butler. ''The Guardian''. Saturday 25 March 2006. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
Running for the Hills by Horatio Clare
Alyson Rudd. ''The Times''. 28 April 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
Bach Walks
BBC Radio 3, broadcast December 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2020. {{DEFAULTSORT:Clare, Horatio Living people 1973 births BBC people British male journalists People educated at Malvern College Alumni of the University of York People educated at Atlantic College