D.B.C. Pierre (born 1961 in Australia) is a writer. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ...

Born Peter Warren Finlay, the "DBC" part of his nom-de-plume (normally so written, without punctuation) stands for "Dirty But Clean". A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author. ...

Pierre was awarded the Booker Prize for fiction on 14 October 2003 for his novel Vernon God Little. He is the third Australian to be so honored, although he has told the British press that he prefers to consider himself a Mexican. The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, Nahid Sikander, also often known as the Booker Prize, is one of the worlds most prestigious literary prizes, and awarded each year for the best original full-length novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland in the... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Vernon God Little Vernon God Little is the debut novel of Australian born author D.B.C. Pierre (real name Peter Warren Finlay). ...

He was brought up in Mexico City in a wealthy family and lived a privileged childhood. His father fell ill in his sixteenth year and died after three years. When President José López Portillo issued a decree nationalizing the country's banking system, the family's assets declined. Pierre has called this event, which cost his family its fortune, "the beginning of his problems". Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México, México D.F. or simply México, pronounced /mexiko/ in IPA) is the capital and largest city of the nation of Mexico. ... The President of the United Mexican States is the head of state of Mexico. ... Term of office: 1 December 1976 – 1 December 1982 Preceded by: Luis Echeverría Álvarez Succeeded by: Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado Date of birth: 16 June 1920 Place of birth: Mexico City Date of death: 17 February 2004 Place of death: Mexico City Profession: Lawyer First Lady: Carmen Romano...

Pierre asserts that, in following years, nine were spent in a drug-induced haze. He was involved in illegal and unprofitable schemes, including one aimed at locating the lost gold of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma. He has also confessed to once selling a house on behalf of his best friend, but then neglecting to hand over the proceeds in order to finance his drug habit. A psychoactive drug or psychotropic substance is a chemical that alters brain function, resulting in temporary changes in perception, mood, consciousness, or behavior. ... The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central México in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. ... Moctezuma II (also Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin) (C. A.D.1466-1520) was an Aztec ruler or huey tlatoani, c. ...

For most of the 1990s, he lived as a recluse – in his own words, "repolarizing and deconstructing himself" while listening to Russian orchestral music. He found work as a graphic designer and, in 2000, relocated to Ireland, where he edited his debut novel.

The Booker Prize comes with a monetary award of GBP 50,000. Upon being notified of his victory, Pierre said that the money would go one third of the way toward paying off his debts. GBP redirects here. ...

Published works

• Vernon God Little (2003)
• Ludmila's Broken English (February 2006)

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Appearances

• Tilley's, Canberra's notorious Speakeasy, where DBC Pierre was presented with organic corn (in reference to his first encounter with Australian Customs). (Book launch, March 2006.)
• Enough Rope, interview with Andrew Denton (possibly DBCP's antithesis) on ABC (Australian But Clean) television. (Interview, May 2006.)

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Quotations

Freak, dickhead, arsehole, dumb, farting machine, awkward and bumbling. – DBC Pierre describing himself the day after winning the Booker Prize. [1]

Mexico, with its contrasts, its crushing poverty and sparkling wealth, its institutionalised corruption and cultural wisdom, its love of life and its embracing of death, undoubtedly set me on a path toward the deep end, philosophically and emotionally speaking. – DBC Pierre. [2]

External links

• How did I get here? – article on DBC Pierre (The Guardian)
• Strong first impression – interview with DBC Pierre (Powell's City of Books)
• What have you learnt in your time on this planet? – recorded interview with DBC Pierre, April 2006 (RTRFM)