Louise Dean (author)

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Louise Dean is an English novelist, the author of four published works.

Works[]

Dean's published novels are Becoming Strangers,[1] This Human Season.,[2] The Idea of Love and The Old Romantic.

Dean writes about difficult and less glamorous themes. Her first book, Becoming Strangers, dealt with themes of ageing, pancreatic cancer and Alzheimers. Her second, This Human Season, studied the Blanket or Dirty Protest in the H blocks, leading up to the hunger strike in Northern Ireland in 1981 and the assassinations of prison warders. Her third book, The Idea of Love, released in 2008, discusses mental illness, the pharmaceutical business and the exploitation of Africa.[3] Her fourth book, The Old Romantic, is a darkly comedic hymn to England and an uplifting literary work about an old curmudgeon trying to return to the bosom of his family before his demise.[4]

Awards[]

Dean was the winner of a Betty Trask Prize in 2004,[5] long-listed for the Man Booker Prize[6] and the Guardian First Book prize and IMAP, and winner of Le Prince Maurice prize in 2006.[7] Most recently she has been shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards 2020 Short Story Award.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Julie Myerson (21 February 2004). "Morphine and Molloy". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  2. ^ Paul Gray (25 February 2007). "Time of Troubles". New York Times. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  3. ^ Jessica Mann (10 August 2008). "Review: The Idea of Love by Louise Dean". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  4. ^ [louisedean.com.]
  5. ^ Olivia Boler (4 February 2007). "Inside a Belfast prison". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  6. ^ Stephanie Merritt (29 August 2004). "Take a punt on the Booker... ...the winner may surprise you". The Observer. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  7. ^ John Ezard (29 May 2006). "t's no Booker, but a free trip to Mauritius will do". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
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