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| − | Winterson was born in [[Manchester]] and adopted by Constance and John William Winterson | + | Jeanette Winterson was born in [[Manchester]] and adopted by Constance and John William Winterson in 1960.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/oct/28/jeanette-winterson-all-about-my-mother "Jeanette Winterson: all about my mother" ''The Guardian'' 29 October 2011</ref> She grew up in [[Accrington]], Lancashire, and was raised in the Elim Pentecostal Church. Intending to become a Pentecostal missionary, she began evangelising and writing sermons at age six.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2000/sep/02/fiction.jeanettewinterson Libby Brooks, "Power surge" ''The Guardian'' 2 September 2000</ref><ref>http://www.springerlink.com/content/grn602ql627005wx/ International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies, Volume 6, Number 4. SpringerLink. Retrieved on 26 August 2011.</ref> |
| − | By the age of 16 Winterson had identified as a lesbian and left home.<ref name=glbtq>http://www.glbtq.com/literature/winterson_j.html Patricia Juliana Smith "Winterson, Jeanette (b. 1959)" ''[[glbtq Encyclopedia]] 4 July 2006</ref> She | + | By the age of 16 Winterson had identified as a lesbian and left home.<ref name=glbtq>http://www.glbtq.com/literature/winterson_j.html Patricia Juliana Smith "Winterson, Jeanette (b. 1959)" ''[[glbtq Encyclopedia]] 4 July 2006</ref> She attended Accrington and Rossendale College, and supported herself at a variety of odd jobs while reading for a degree in English at [[St Catherine's College, Oxford]].<ref>http://www.jeanettewinterson.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=207 Winterson profile</ref><ref>http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/4288955.Amazon_sorry_for_book_sales_error_which_hit_Accrington_author/ ''Lancashire Telegraph'' "Amazon sorry for book sales error which hit Accrington author" 14 April 2009</ref> |
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
[[File:Jeanette Winterson 01.JPG|thumb|2005]] | [[File:Jeanette Winterson 01.JPG|thumb|2005]] | ||
| − | Her first novel, ''Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit'', published after her move to London, is the story of a girl growing up in circumstances similar to her own, rebelling against her mother's narrow | + | Her first novel, ''Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit'', published after her move to London, is the story of a girl growing up in circumstances similar to her own, rebelling against her mother's narrow evangelical religion, and discovering herself as a lesbian. She tells the same story in a much bleaker way in her 2011 autobiography, ''Why be Happy when you could be Normal''<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/04/why-be-happy-jeanette-winterson-review "Jeanette Winterson's memoir is deeply moving" – review by Zoe Williams, ''The Guardian'', 4 November 2011</ref> |
Winterson's subsequent novels explore the boundaries of physicality and the imagination, gender polarities, and sexual identities, and have won several literary awards. Her stage adaptation of ''The PowerBook'' in 2002 opened at the National Theatre, London. She also bought a derelict terraced house in [[Spitalfields]], east London, which she refurbished into a flat as a ''pied-a-terre'' and a ground-floor shop, Verde's, to sell organic food.<ref name=observer>http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/jun/25/jeanettewinterson Kate Kellaway, "If I Was a Dog, I'd Be a Terrier" ''The Observer'' 25 June 2006</ref> | Winterson's subsequent novels explore the boundaries of physicality and the imagination, gender polarities, and sexual identities, and have won several literary awards. Her stage adaptation of ''The PowerBook'' in 2002 opened at the National Theatre, London. She also bought a derelict terraced house in [[Spitalfields]], east London, which she refurbished into a flat as a ''pied-a-terre'' and a ground-floor shop, Verde's, to sell organic food.<ref name=observer>http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/jun/25/jeanettewinterson Kate Kellaway, "If I Was a Dog, I'd Be a Terrier" ''The Observer'' 25 June 2006</ref> | ||
| − | In 2009, she donated the short story ''Dog Days'' to Oxfam's Ox-Tales project comprising four collections of UK stories written by 38 authors. Winterson's story was published in the ''Fire'' collection.<ref>http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/content/books/books_oxtales.html Ox-Tales. Oxfam.</ref> She also supported the relaunch of the Bush Theatre in London's Shepherd's Bush. She wrote and performed work for the ''Sixty Six'' project, based on a chapter of the [[King James Bible]], along with other novelists and poets including [[Carol Ann Duffy]].<ref>http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/sixtysix/ The Sixty Six Project | + | In 2009, she donated the short story ''Dog Days'' to Oxfam's Ox-Tales project comprising four collections of UK stories written by 38 authors. Winterson's story was published in the ''Fire'' collection.<ref>http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/content/books/books_oxtales.html Ox-Tales. Oxfam.</ref> She also supported the relaunch of the Bush Theatre in London's Shepherd's Bush. She wrote and performed work for the ''Sixty Six'' project, based on a chapter of the [[King James Bible]], along with other novelists and poets including [[Carol Ann Duffy]].<ref>http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/sixtysix/ The Sixty Six Project. Bush Theatre.</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/oct/16/sixty-six-books-review?INTCMP=SRCH ''Guardian'' "Sixty-Six Books – review" 16 October 2011</ref> |
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
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==Awards and recognition== | ==Awards and recognition== | ||
| − | ''Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit'' | + | ''Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit'' won the 1985 Whitbread Prize for a First Novel, and was adapted for television by Winterson in 1990. This in turn won the BAFTA Award for Best Drama. She won the 1987 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for ''The Passion'', a novel set in Napoleonic Europe. |
Winterson received an OBE in the 2006 New Year Honours "For services to literature".<ref name="LG 31 December 2005">''London Gazette'' 57855 31 December 2005, page=13</ref> | Winterson received an OBE in the 2006 New Year Honours "For services to literature".<ref name="LG 31 December 2005">''London Gazette'' 57855 31 December 2005, page=13</ref> | ||
| − | She was listed under "National Treasures" in the ''Independent on Sunday'''s [[Pink List | + | She was listed under "National Treasures" in the ''Independent on Sunday'''s [[Pink List 2010]] and "Lifetime Achievement Awards" in the [[Pink List 2011]] and [[Pink List 2011|2012]]. |
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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* ''Art Objects'' (1995) | * ''Art Objects'' (1995) | ||
* ''Gut Symmetries'' (1997) | * ''Gut Symmetries'' (1997) | ||
| − | * ''The World and Other Places | + | * ''The World and Other Places'' (1998) |
* ''The PowerBook'' (2000) | * ''The PowerBook'' (2000) | ||
* ''The King of Capri'' (2003) | * ''The King of Capri'' (2003) | ||
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* http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1188/the-art-of-fiction-no-150-jeanette-winterson Audrey Bilger ,"Jeanette Winterson, The Art of Fiction No. 150" ''The Paris Review'' Winter 1997 | * http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1188/the-art-of-fiction-no-150-jeanette-winterson Audrey Bilger ,"Jeanette Winterson, The Art of Fiction No. 150" ''The Paris Review'' Winter 1997 | ||
* http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/11/guardian_book_club_jeanette_wi.html ''Guardian'' podcast interview (2007) | * http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/11/guardian_book_club_jeanette_wi.html ''Guardian'' podcast interview (2007) | ||
| − | * http://www.raintaxi.com/online/2005summer/winterson.shtml ''Rain Taxi'' interview (2005) | + | * http://www.raintaxi.com/online/2005summer/winterson.shtml ''Rain Taxi'' interview (2005) |
* http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,6000,363001,00.html ''Guardian'' interview (2000) | * http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,6000,363001,00.html ''Guardian'' interview (2000) | ||
* An extended autobiographical article in ''The Guardian'', Friday 28 October 2011: [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/oct/28/jeanette-winterson-all-about-my-mother Retrieved 1 November 2011. | * An extended autobiographical article in ''The Guardian'', Friday 28 October 2011: [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/oct/28/jeanette-winterson-all-about-my-mother Retrieved 1 November 2011. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:16, 5 July 2016
Jeanette Winterson (born 1959) is a British writer.
Contents
Early years
Jeanette Winterson was born in Manchester and adopted by Constance and John William Winterson in 1960.[1] She grew up in Accrington, Lancashire, and was raised in the Elim Pentecostal Church. Intending to become a Pentecostal missionary, she began evangelising and writing sermons at age six.[2][3]
By the age of 16 Winterson had identified as a lesbian and left home.[4] She attended Accrington and Rossendale College, and supported herself at a variety of odd jobs while reading for a degree in English at St Catherine's College, Oxford.[5][6]
Career
Her first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, published after her move to London, is the story of a girl growing up in circumstances similar to her own, rebelling against her mother's narrow evangelical religion, and discovering herself as a lesbian. She tells the same story in a much bleaker way in her 2011 autobiography, Why be Happy when you could be Normal[7]
Winterson's subsequent novels explore the boundaries of physicality and the imagination, gender polarities, and sexual identities, and have won several literary awards. Her stage adaptation of The PowerBook in 2002 opened at the National Theatre, London. She also bought a derelict terraced house in Spitalfields, east London, which she refurbished into a flat as a pied-a-terre and a ground-floor shop, Verde's, to sell organic food.[8]
In 2009, she donated the short story Dog Days to Oxfam's Ox-Tales project comprising four collections of UK stories written by 38 authors. Winterson's story was published in the Fire collection.[9] She also supported the relaunch of the Bush Theatre in London's Shepherd's Bush. She wrote and performed work for the Sixty Six project, based on a chapter of the King James Bible, along with other novelists and poets including Carol Ann Duffy.[10][11]
Personal life
In 2002, Winterson ended her 12-year relationship with BBC radio broadcaster and academic, Peggy Reynolds.[12] Since then she has been involved with theatre director Deborah Warner and therapist Susie Orbach.[13] Her novel The Passion was inspired by her affair with Pat Kavanagh, her literary agent.[14]
Awards and recognition
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit won the 1985 Whitbread Prize for a First Novel, and was adapted for television by Winterson in 1990. This in turn won the BAFTA Award for Best Drama. She won the 1987 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for The Passion, a novel set in Napoleonic Europe.
Winterson received an OBE in the 2006 New Year Honours "For services to literature".[15]
She was listed under "National Treasures" in the Independent on Sunday's Pink List 2010 and "Lifetime Achievement Awards" in the Pink List 2011 and 2012.
Bibliography
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)
- Boating for Beginners (1985)
- Fit For The Future: The Guide for Women Who Want to Live Well (1986)
- The Passion (1987)
- Sexing the Cherry (1989)
- Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit: the script (1990)
- Written on the Body (1992)
- Art & Lies: A Piece for Three Voices and a Bawd (1994)
- Great Moments in Aviation: the script (1995)
- Art Objects (1995)
- Gut Symmetries (1997)
- The World and Other Places (1998)
- The PowerBook (2000)
- The King of Capri (2003)
- Lighthousekeeping (2004)
- Weight (2005)
- Tanglewreck (2006)
- The Stone Gods (2007)
- The Battle of the Sun (2009)
- Ingenious (2009)
- The Lion, The Unicorn and Me: The Donkey's Christmas Story (2009)
- Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (2011)
- The Daylight Gate (2012)
References
Partly based on a Wikipedia article.
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/oct/28/jeanette-winterson-all-about-my-mother "Jeanette Winterson: all about my mother" The Guardian 29 October 2011
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2000/sep/02/fiction.jeanettewinterson Libby Brooks, "Power surge" The Guardian 2 September 2000
- ↑ http://www.springerlink.com/content/grn602ql627005wx/ International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies, Volume 6, Number 4. SpringerLink. Retrieved on 26 August 2011.
- ↑ http://www.glbtq.com/literature/winterson_j.html Patricia Juliana Smith "Winterson, Jeanette (b. 1959)" glbtq Encyclopedia 4 July 2006
- ↑ http://www.jeanettewinterson.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=207 Winterson profile
- ↑ http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/4288955.Amazon_sorry_for_book_sales_error_which_hit_Accrington_author/ Lancashire Telegraph "Amazon sorry for book sales error which hit Accrington author" 14 April 2009
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/04/why-be-happy-jeanette-winterson-review "Jeanette Winterson's memoir is deeply moving" – review by Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 4 November 2011
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/jun/25/jeanettewinterson Kate Kellaway, "If I Was a Dog, I'd Be a Terrier" The Observer 25 June 2006
- ↑ http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/content/books/books_oxtales.html Ox-Tales. Oxfam.
- ↑ http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/sixtysix/ The Sixty Six Project. Bush Theatre.
- ↑ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/oct/16/sixty-six-books-review?INTCMP=SRCH Guardian "Sixty-Six Books – review" 16 October 2011
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2004/may/29/fiction.jeanettewinterson Maya Jaggi, "Saturday Review: Profile: Jeanette Winterson" The Guardian '29 May 2004
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/22/jeanette-winterson-thought-of-suicide Stuart Jeffries, "Jeanette Winterson: 'I thought of suicide'" The Guardian 22 February 2010
- ↑ http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article5014564.ecel Dipesh Gadher "Lesbian novelist Jeanette Winterson planned last visit to dying ex-lover" The Sunday Times 26 October 2008
- ↑ London Gazette 57855 31 December 2005, page=13
