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英國新銳文學(xué)之旅：城市?生活?文學(xué)
2010年11月11-15日
說起英國文學(xué)，很多讀者的腦海中會立刻浮現(xiàn)出莎士比亞、狄更斯、簡?奧斯汀、夏洛蒂?勃朗特、拜倫、雪萊這些傳統(tǒng)文學(xué)大師的名字，而對英國當(dāng)代文學(xué)卻相對陌生。事實上，當(dāng)今英國文壇比以往任何時候都欣欣向榮，小說、戲劇、散文、詩歌等各種文學(xué)類別都得到了繁榮和發(fā)展。
2010年11月，英國使館文化教育特邀英國當(dāng)代文壇三位新銳作家，柯斯達(dá)圖書獎獲獎?wù)邉P瑟琳?奧弗林（Catherine O'Flynn）和拉斐爾?塞爾伯恩（Raphael Selbourne）、星期日泰晤士報年度新作家大獎獲得者羅斯?瑞信（Ross Raisin）來華，為中國讀者奉上一系列精彩的文學(xué)活動。此次三位英國作家將帶著其處女作品，在廣州、深圳、北京和天津舉辦四場文學(xué)活動，近距離與讀者分享他們的文學(xué)創(chuàng)作之路和人生經(jīng)歷，幸運者有機(jī)會獲得作家送出的簽名著作！
活動安排：
1、廣州行： 邂逅英倫文壇新力量——英國新銳文學(xué)作家交流講座
時間：2010年11月11日（星期四）14:30-17:00
地點：廣東外語外貿(mào)大學(xué)圖書館多功能報告廳（廣州市白云區(qū)白云大道北2號）
2、深圳行：邂逅英倫文壇新力量——英國新銳文學(xué)作家書友交流會
時間：2010年11月12日（星期五）20:00-22:00
地點：深圳書城中心書城周五書友會多功能廳（福田區(qū)福中一路，地鐵四號線少年宮站）
3、北京行：邂逅英倫文壇新力量——英國新銳文學(xué)作家交流會
時間：2010年11月14日（星期日）15:00-17:00
地點：北京單向街書店（朝陽區(qū)朝陽公園路6號院藍(lán)色港灣11號樓rs-16號）
4、天津行：英國新銳文學(xué)作家講座
時間：2010年11月15日（星期一）18：00-19：30
地點：天津外國語大學(xué) (中國天津市河西區(qū)馬場道117號)
英國新銳文學(xué)作家介紹
拉斐爾?塞爾伯恩
Raphael Selbourne
處女作：《鏗鏘麗人(Beauty)》
“以純正的原汁原味捕捉了城市里真實的人性?！薄滤顾膶W(xué)獎處女作獎項評委
拉斐爾出生在英國牛津一個顯赫的書香世家，他在Sussex大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)政治，隨后前往意大利成為一名翻譯。他曾經(jīng)做過廣告推銷員及售賣小摩托車，更在中國當(dāng)過老師。2004年開始定居英國西米德蘭。在中斷了伯明翰大學(xué)的伊斯蘭研究學(xué)碩士課程后，他開始撰寫小說Beauty《鏗鏘麗人》，講述了一個孟加拉穆斯林女孩逃離強(qiáng)迫婚姻的故事，精準(zhǔn)地描繪了一個富有同情心和挑戰(zhàn)性的擁有多元文化的英格蘭都市。該小說為他贏得了2009年英國柯斯達(dá)圖書獎（Costa Book Awards）小說新作獎的殊榮。
凱瑟琳?奧弗林
Catherine O'Flynn
處女作：《那些逝去的(What Was Lost)》
“做為一部處女作，《那些逝去的》寫的十分精彩”——英國獨立報
凱瑟琳出生于1970年，在伯明翰長大，在家里六個小孩中排名小幺，父母以經(jīng)營著糖果店為生。凱瑟琳曾經(jīng)當(dāng)過記者，網(wǎng)站編輯，郵遞員，還在多個購物中心打過工。2007年，凱瑟琳以自己成長的經(jīng)歷以及在唱片公司打工的際遇為線索，寫下了其首部小說What Was Lost《那些逝去的》并獲得了廣泛的好評。該小說以生活在80年代中期一個失蹤小女孩的熱情與樂觀向上，深刻揭露了現(xiàn)代人生活的無奈與空虛，因此獲得了多項重要文學(xué)獎的提名，小說更在2008年的柯斯達(dá)圖書獎（Costa Book Awards）上獲得了金獎。凱瑟琳也獲得了當(dāng)年英國Galaxy文學(xué)大獎年度新人的稱號。她的第二本作品The News Where You Are 2010年7月1日在伯明翰正式發(fā)行，并獲得了一致的好口碑。
羅斯?瑞信
Ross Raisin
處女作：《狂野的荒原(God's Own Country)》
“該書是語言學(xué)的盛宴，作者的自創(chuàng)詞語讓人忍俊不禁?！薄l(wèi)報
羅斯?瑞信1979年出生于約克郡的Keighley，在倫敦國王學(xué)院學(xué)習(xí)英國文學(xué)，并成為一名兼職的紅酒吧經(jīng)理。其后羅斯前往金史密斯學(xué)院攻讀創(chuàng)意寫作碩士學(xué)位。2008年，羅斯出版了他的處女作小說God's Own Country《狂野的荒原》，小說得到了廣大好評，并分別獲得了8個文學(xué)獎項的提名，獲得了衛(wèi)報首作獎與John Llewellyn Rhys文學(xué)獎的提名，并獲得了Betty Trask處女文學(xué)獎及星期日泰晤士報“年度新作家大獎”。衛(wèi)報評論人Justine Jordan稱贊此作品讓人“手不釋卷”，羅斯目前在倫敦生活，正準(zhǔn)備推出其第二本小說作品。
NEW WRITINGS FROM UK: CITY, LIFE AND LITERATURE
The Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy warmly invites, three of the UK’s new writing authors, to visit China this November to present to Chinese readers a series of exciting literary activities.
British literature is currently in a particularly vibrant period with many energetic and innovative works filling and enriching the modern British literary scene. Ross Raisin, the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2009; Raphael Selbourne and Catherine O’Flynn, Costa Award winning novelists in recent years, as representatives of contemporary British literature writers will offer 4 literary activities in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Beijing and Tianjin to share the living stories in their writing careers. Join us and you will have the chance to get a original copy of the novels signed by the writers.
Events:
1, Guangzhou：Dialogues with the Literature Rising Stars
Date：1430-1700, Friday, 11th November 2010
Venue：Multi-function Room, Library, Guangdong University of Foreign Study
2, Shenzhen：Dialogues with the Literature Rising Stars
Date：2000-2200, Friday, 12th November 2010
Venue：Multi-function Room, Friday Reader’s Club, Shenzhen Book City
3, Beijing: Dialogues with the Literature Rising Stars
Date：Sunday, 14th November 2010
Venue：OneWayStreet Bookstore
4, Tianjin：
Date: 18:00-19:30, Monday, 15th November 2010
Venue: Tianjin Foreign Studies University
New Writers from UK
Raphael Selbourne
First published book: Beauty
“Captures the raw humanity of inner city life with extraordinary authenticity”— Judges of the Costa First Novel Award
Born in Oxford within a distinguished academic family, Raphael Selbourne studied politics at Sussex University, before moving to Italy where he was a translator, sold TV advertising and scooters. He has also taught in China and since 2004 in the West Midlands, where he now lives. He interrupted an MA in Islamic Studies at Birmingham University to write Beauty, which describes a twenty-year-old Bangladeshi woman, back in England having disgraced her family by fleeing an abusive arranged marriage. Beauty is described as “a sharply rendered, compassionate and challenging portrait of a fragmented, multicultural urban England”, and won the 2009 Costa First Novel Award.
Catherine O'Flynn
First published book: What Was Lost
“Catherine O'Flynn's poignant first novel explores bereavement and loneliness, what it is to be invisible and what it takes to be found. Her prose is taut, and the story intricately plotted and compelling.” Francesca Segal, The Telegraph
Catherine O’Flynn was born in 1970 and raised in Birmingham, the youngest of six children. Her parents ran a sweet shop. She worked briefly in journalism, then at a series of shopping centres. She has also been a web editor, a postwoman and a mystery shopper. O’Flynn’s first novel, What Was Lost, drew on her experience of working in record stores – and of growing up as a child intrigued by clues, suspects and methods of detection. News Where You Are, her second novel, was released in July this year to much critical acclaim. She also edited Roads Ahead, Tindal Street Press’ 2009 anthology of young new writers.
Ross Raisin
First published book: God's Own Country
“… a joy to read for the dialect alone, a linguistic feast as chewy as parkin, full of beltengers and hubbleshoos, nimrods and charvers.”— Justine Jordan，Guardian
Ross Raisin was born in Yorkshire in 1979, near Bradford and Ilkley. He studied English at King’s College in London and worked for a time as co-manager of a wine bar. He studied for an MA in Creative Writing at Goldsmith’s University in London before his debut novel, God's Own Country, was bought in a hotly-contested auction by Viking Penguin. It was published to great critical acclaim in 2008 and Ross was shortlisted for 8 separate awards for the book, winning the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2009. He lives in London and is currently finishing his second novel.
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