Ray Robinson (novelist)

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Ray Robinson (born 1971 in Bedale, North Yorkshire) is a British novelist, screenwriter and musician.

Career[]

Robinson is a graduate of Liverpool School of Art, where he studied graphic design. He was awarded a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University in 2006.[1]

His debut novel Electricity[2] was shortlisted for both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize[3] and the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award.[4] The screen adaptation of Electricity premiered at the BFI London Film Festival 2014, starring Agyness Deyn.[5] The film won Best Screenplay at the inaugural National Film Awards in 2015.[6]

His other novels are The Man Without (2008), Forgetting Zoë (2010),[7] Jawbone Lake (2013) and The Mating Habits of Stags (2019). Forgetting Zoë was a winner of the inaugural Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize[8] and The Mating Habits of Stags was shortlisted for the Portico Prize.[9] Robinson was hailed as "among the most impressive voices of Britain's younger generation" by the Irish Times.[10]

As a screenwriter, he co-authored the documentary film Dream Town, examining a decaying Russian coal mining town on the Norwegian island of Svalbard.[11] The film won Best Picture at the Chicago Underground Film Festival.[12] In 2016 he wrote the multi-award-winning, BAFTA-longlisted short film Edith,[13] starring Peter Mullan and Michelle Fairley, which was also longlisted at the British Independent Film Awards.[14] The Mating Habits of Stags is based on the film.[15]

Robinson (under the alias "Wodwo") is also a guitarist, composer & sound artist, and has produced musical scores for film, video games, theatre and dance. His music varies from minimal loop-based microsound and lowercase, to neoclassical, experimental drone and ambient.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/tag/publish/[bare URL]
  2. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/mar/25/featuresreviews.guardianreview17[bare URL]
  3. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/aug/28/news.jamestaitblackprize[bare URL]
  4. ^ https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/tag/publish/[bare URL]
  5. ^ https://www.hellomagazine.com/fashion/celebrity-style/2014101553120/agyness-deyn-wows-at-london-film-festival/[bare URL]
  6. ^ http://www.creativeeuropeuk.eu/news/electricity-wins-best-screenplay-national-film-awards/[bare URL]
  7. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jun/27/forgetting-zoe-ray-robinson[bare URL]
  8. ^ http://www.fictionuncovered.co.uk/2011list/[bare URL]
  9. ^ https://www.theportico.org.uk/portico-prize-shortlist[bare URL]
  10. ^ https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/an-uncompromising-novel-of-alarming-power-1.620245[bare URL]
  11. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3163276/[bare URL]
  12. ^ https://cuff.org/2014/04/announcing-the-2014-cuff-award-winners/[bare URL]
  13. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4814608/[bare URL]
  14. ^ https://www.heyuguys.com/bifa-best-british-short-2017-long-list/[bare URL]
  15. ^ http://eye-books.com/books/the-mating-habits-of-stags[bare URL]
  16. ^ https://rayrobinson.bandcamp.com/[bare URL]

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