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 Denys Lasdun. 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 Man Booker Prize for fiction. He has published four collections of short stories, including , the title story of which was adapted for film by Bernardo Bertolucci 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 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. 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 Jonathan Nossiter, Lasdun co-wrote the film ''

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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 '' Signs and Wonders'' in 2000, starring Charlotte Rampling and Stellan Skarsgard, selected for the official selection of the 50th Berlin International Film Festival 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

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Short fiction

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Poetry

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Nonfiction

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Miscellaneous

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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 '' Times Literary Supplement'' Poetry Competition *Winner of the inaugural BBC National Short Story Award (May 2006)The Short Story (UK) website
/ref> for his story ''An Anxious Man'' *Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

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{{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