Burial Rites

Burial Rites
	First edition (Australia)
Author	Hannah Kent
Country	Australia
Language	English
Genre	Novel
Publisher	Pan Macmillan (AUS); Little, Brown (US); Picador (UK)
Publication date	2013
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	338
ISBN	9781742612829

Burial Rites (2013) is a novel by Australian author Hannah Kent, based on a true story.

Plot summary[]

Burial Rites tells the story of Agnes Magnúsdóttir, a servant in northern Iceland who was condemned to death after the murder of two men, one of whom was her employer, and became the last woman put to death in Iceland.^[1]

Notes[]

Burial Rites was included in the VCE text response texts from 2014.
Dedication: For my Family
Included in the QCAA prescribed text list in 2020.^[2]

Reviews[]

The Guardian^[3]
Sydney Review of Books^[4]

Interviews[]

The Australian - "Hannah Kent's debut novel Burial Rites is written in cold blood" by Stephen Romei^[5]

Awards and nominations[]

2011 inaugural winner Writing Australia Unpublished Manuscript Award
2013 shortlisted 'The Nib': CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature
2013 shortlisted Guardian First Book Award
2013 winner 'The Nib': CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature — The Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize
2014 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Fiction
2014 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — People's Choice Award
2014 winner Indie Awards — Debut Fiction
2014 shortlisted Stella Prize
2014 shortlisted ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
2014 shortlisted Women's Prize for Fiction (UK) — Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
2014 winner Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year
2014 winner Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award — Australian Booksellers Association^[6]
2014 winner Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Booktopia People's Choice Award
2014 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
2014 winner Davitt Award — Best Debut Crime Novel
2014 winner Davitt Award — Readers' Choice Award
2014 shortlisted National Book Awards (UK) — International Author of the Year
2014 shortlisted Voss Literary Prize
2015 shortlisted International Dublin Literary Award

Film[]

In 2017, it was announced that Luca Guadagnino will direct a film adaptation starring Jennifer Lawrence.^[7]

References[]

^ Kent, Hannah 'Keep Calm and Carry On: An Unexpected Path to Publication', Kill Your Darlings, Issue 13 (April 2013)
^ "Prescribed Text List" (PDF). Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority. October 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
^ "Burial Rites by Hannah Kent, review", The Guardian, 31 August 2013
^ "The Real Deal by Ben Etherington", Sydney Review of Books, 8 November 2013
^ "Hannah Kent's debut novel Burial Rites is written in cold blood" by Stephen Romei, The Australian, 20 April 2013
^ "The Nielsen BookData Booksellers' Choice Award - Australian Booksellers Association". www.booksellers.org.au. Archived from the original on 2019-07-24. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
^ Brent Lang (12 December 2017). "Jennifer Lawrence to Star in Luca Guadagnino's 'Burial Rites'". Variety.

External links[]

Burial Rites, Official Publisher Site

[1] Kent, Hannah 'Keep Calm and Carry On: An Unexpected Path to Publication', Kill Your Darlings, Issue 13 (April 2013)

[2] "Prescribed Text List" (PDF). Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority. October 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2020-08-14.

[3] "Burial Rites by Hannah Kent, review", The Guardian, 31 August 2013

[4] "The Real Deal by Ben Etherington", Sydney Review of Books, 8 November 2013

[5] "Hannah Kent's debut novel Burial Rites is written in cold blood" by Stephen Romei, The Australian, 20 April 2013

[6] "The Nielsen BookData Booksellers' Choice Award - Australian Booksellers Association". www.booksellers.org.au. Archived from the original on 2019-07-24. Retrieved 2019-08-07.

[7] Brent Lang (12 December 2017). "Jennifer Lawrence to Star in Luca Guadagnino's 'Burial Rites'". Variety.

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