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Encyclopedia > James Gordon Farrell

James Gordon Farrell (23 January 1935— 11 August or 12 August 1979) more usually known as J.G. Farrell was an Irish and British writer of historical novels. His most famous novels are his Empire Trilogy (Troubles, The Siege of Krishnapur and The Singapore Grip), which all deal with attacks against British colonial rule. The Siege of Krishnapur won the 1973 Booker Prize. Farrell died in 1979 while fishing; a freak wave, the result of the same storm which killed 17 people in the 1979 Fastnet race disaster, washed him out to sea. He was buried in the cemetery of St. James's Church [1] in Durrus (West Cork, Ireland). January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A historical novel is a novel in which the story is set among historical events, or more generally, in which the time of the action predates the lifetime of the author. ... The Siege of Krishnapur is a novel by the author J.G. Farrell, and was published in 1973. ... The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known as the Man Booker Prize, or simply the Man Booker, is one of the worlds most important literary prizes, and awarded each year for the best original novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland in... Storms during the 1979 Fastnet race wrought havoc on over 300 yachts taking part in the biennial race, resulting in 17 fatalities. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...


His papers are held by the manuscript library at Trinity College, Dublin under the title: Papers of James Gordon Farrell (1935-1979): Manuscripts of his Novels, of Unfinished Novels, Plays etc., with some Notebooks and Presscuttings TCD MSS 9128-60


A movie, Troubles, based on the Farrell book, was made in 1988 (directed by Christopher Morahan)[[2]].


Works

  • 1963 A Man From Elsewhere
  • 1965 The Lung
  • 1967 A Girl in the Head

Empire Trilogy: 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...

  • 1970 Troubles
  • 1973 The Siege of Krishnapur
  • 1973-74 The Pussycat Who Fell in Love with a Suitcase. Atlantis. 6 (Winter 1973/4), pp. 6-10
  • 1978 The Singapore Grip
  • 1981 The Hill Station, not completed

1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

About Farrell

  • 1981 John Spurling, Margareth Drabble, Malcolm Dean: Personal Memories of J.G. Farrell; The Hill Station
  • 1986 Ronald Binns, J.G. Farrell
  • 1979 Bernard Bergonzi, The Contemporary English Novel
  • 1997 Michael C. Prusse, "Tomorrow is Another Day": The Fictions of James Gordon Farrell
  • 1997 Derek Mahon: The World of J.G. Farrell,(poem), říjen 1997
  • 1999 Lavinia Greacen, J.G. Farrell. The Making of a Writer
  • 2000 Elisabeth Delattre: Histoire et fiction dans Troubles de J.G.Farrell ", Etudes Irlandaises, printemps 2000, n° 25-1, pp. 65-80
  • 2002 Elisabeth Delattre: Du Monde romanesque au poème : 'The World of J.G.Farrell' de Derek Mahon ", Etudes Irlandaises, printemps 2002, n° 27-1, pp. 93-105
  • 2003 Elisabeth Delattre: Intégrer, exclure ou la genèse d'une œuvre : Troubles de J.G.Farrell ", in Irlande : Inclusion, exclusion, publié sous la direction de Françoise Canon-Roger, Presses Universitaires de Reims, 2003, pp. 65-80.

1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Prizes

Man Booker Prize: Man Booker Prize for Fiction Winners

1969: Newby 70: Rubens 71: Naipaul 72: Berger 73: Farrell 74: Gordimer, Middleton 75: Jhabvala 76: Storey 77: Scott 78: Murdoch 79: Fitzgerald 80: Golding 81: Rushdie 82: Keneally 83: Coetzee 84: Brookner 85: Hulme 86: Amis 87: Lively 88: Carey 89: Ishiguro 90: Byatt 91: Okri 92: Ondaatje, Unsworth 93: Doyle 94: Kelman 95: Barker 96: Swift 97: Roy 98: McEwan 99: Coetzee 2000: Atwood 01: Carey 02: Martel 03: Pierre 04: Hollinghurst 05: Banville 06: Desai 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known as the Man Booker Prize, or simply the Man Booker, is one of the worlds most important literary prizes, and awarded each year for the best original novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland in... The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known as the Booker Prize, is one of the worlds most prestigious literary prizes, awarded each year for the best original full-length novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland in the English language. ... The following is a list of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction. ... Percy Howard Newby (June 25, 1918 - September 6, 1997) was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator. ... Bernice Rubens (July 26, 1928 - October 13, 2004) was a Welsh novelist and screenwriter. ... V.S.Naipauls 2005 book Literary Occasions Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, T.C. (born August 17, 1932, in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago), better known as V. S. Naipaul, is a Trinidadian-born British novelist of Hindu Bhumihar Brahmin heritage from Gorakhpur in Eastern U.P. and Indo-Trinidadian ethnicity. ... John Peter Berger (born November 5, 1926) is an art critic, novelist, painter, and author. ... Nadine Gordimer (born 20 November 1923) is a South African novelist and writer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in literature and 1974 Booker Prize. ... Stanley Middleton (born August 1, 1919) is a British novelist. ... Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, CBE (born May 7, 1927) is a Booker prize-winning novelist, short story writer, and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. ... David Benjamin Storey (born 13 July 1933) is an English playwright, screenwriter and award winning novelist. ... Paul Mark Scott (25 March 1920 – 1 March 1978) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet, best known for his monumental tetralogy the Raj Quartet. ... Dame Iris Murdoch Dame Jean Iris Murdoch DBE (July 15, 1919 – February 8, 1999) was an Irish born British writer and philosopher, best known for her novels, which combine rich characterization and compelling plotlines, usually involving ethical or sexual themes. ... Penelope Fitzgerald (17 December 1916 - 28 April 2000) was an English poet, novelist and biographer. ... Sir William Gerald Golding (September 19, 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, poet, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1983), best known for his work Lord of the Flies. ... Salman Rushdie (born Ahmed Salman Rushdie, Urdu: ‎, on June 19, 1947, in Bombay, India) is a British-Indian essayist and author of fiction, most of which is set on the Indian subcontinent. ... Thomas Keneally Thomas Michael Keneally (born October 7, 1935) also Tom Keneally, is an Australian novelist. ... John Maxwell Coetzee John Maxwell Coetzee (IPA pronunciation: ; born February 9, 1940), often called J.M. Coetzee, is a South Africa-born Australian author and academic. ... Anita Brookner (born July 16, 1928) is an English novelist and art historian born in London. ... Keri Hulme is a New Zealand writer, best known for her debut (and to this point, only) novel, The bone people. ... Sir Kingsley William Amis (April 16, 1922 – October 22, 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. ... Penelope Lively (born March 17, 1933) is a prolific, popular and critically acclaimed author of fiction for both children and adults. ... Peter Philip Carey (born May 7, 1943) is an Australian novelist. ... Kazuo Ishiguro (カズオ・イシグロ Kazuo Ishiguro, originally 石黒一雄 Ishiguro Kazuo, born November 8, 1954) is a British author of Japanese origin. ... Dame Antonia Susan Byatt , DBE, (born August 24, 1936, Sheffield, England) has been hailed by some as one of the great postmodern novelists in Britain. ... Ben Okri (born March 15, 1959) is a Nigerian poet and novelist. ... Philip Michael Ondaatje, OC (born 12 September 1943) is a Canadian/Sri Lankan novelist and poet perhaps best known for his Booker Prize winning novel adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film, The English Patient. ... Barry Unsworth (born 1930) is a British novelist who is known for novels with historical themes. ... Roddy Doyle (born May 1958 in Dublin) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. ... James Kelman (born in Glasgow on June 9, 1946) is an influential writer of novels, short stories and plays. ... Pat Barker (born May 8, 1943) is an English writer and historian. ... Graham Colin Swift (born May 4, 1949) is a well-known British author. ... Suzanna Arundhati Roy[1] (Malayalam: അരുന്ധതി റോയ്, Bengali: অরুন্ধতী রায় Orundhoti Rae, Hindi: अरुंधती राय ArundhatÄ« Rāy) (born November 24, 1961) is an Indian novelist, activist. ... Ian McEwan CBE, (born June 21, 1948), is a British novelist (sometimes nicknamed Ian Macabre because of the nature of his early work). ... John Maxwell Coetzee John Maxwell Coetzee (IPA pronunciation: ; born February 9, 1940), often called J.M. Coetzee, is a South Africa-born Australian author and academic. ... Margaret Eleanor Atwood, OC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian writer. ... Peter Philip Carey (born May 7, 1943) is an Australian novelist. ... Yann Martel Yann Martel (born June 25, 1963) is a Canadian author. ... DBC Pierre (born 1961 in Australia) is a writer. ... Alan Hollinghurst is a gay British novelist. ... John Banville (born 8 December 1945) is an Irish novelist and journalist. ... Kiran Desai (born 3 September 1971) [1] is a South Asian American author. ...


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