James Lasdun (born 1958 in London) is a writer and academic who currently lives in upstate New York. He is the son of the British Architect Sir Denys Lasdun. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Sir Denys Lasdun (8 September 1914-11 January 2001) was an eminent English architect of the 20th century, particularly associated with the Modernist design of the Royal National Theatre on Londons South Bank of the River Thames. ...

Career

Writing

He has written two novels, The Horned Man in 2002 and Seven Lies, which was longlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize for fiction. He has published three collections of short stories, including The Siege and other stories, whose title story was filmed by Bernardo Bertolucci as Besieged. He has also published a number of books of poetry, including "Woman Police Officer in Elevator" and "Landscape with Chainsaw" [1], which was published in 2001 and was shorlisted for the Forward Prize for poetry. 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... Bernardo Bertolucci. ... A siege is a prolonged military assault of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition. ... The Forward Poetry prizes were created in 1991. ...

Teaching

James Lasdun teaches poetry and fiction writing at Princeton University, New York University and Columbia University. [2] Princeton University is a coeducational private university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ... New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ... Columbia University is a private university whose main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ...

Honors

Among his many honours, he is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in poetry, and the 1999 winner of the London Times Literary Supplement Poetry Competition. [3] In May 2006 he won the inaugural UK National Short Story Prize [4] for his story An Anxious Man, beating competition from other acclaimed story writers including William Trevor, Rose Tremain and Michel Faber, and taking a prize of £15,000. Chair of the judges, Francine Stock, said "What we kept coming back to however was the visceral resonance of the winning story. We chose the story that lingered most but both the winner and the runner up extended the possibilities of what you can do with the short story." [5] The Times Literary Supplement (or TLS) is a weekly literary review published in London by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation. ... William Trevor (born 24 May 1928) CBE, is a short story writer, novelist and playwright. ... Rose Tremain is an author and academic. ... Michel Faber (1960- ) is a writer of fiction. ... Francine Stock was born in 1958 and is best known as a TV presenter on Newsnight and The Money Programme on BBC2. ...