Difference between revisions of "Jeanette Winterson"

From LGBT Archive
Jump to: navigation, search
Line 8: Line 8:
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
 
[[File:Jeanette Winterson 01.JPG|thumb|2005]]  
 
[[File:Jeanette Winterson 01.JPG|thumb|2005]]  
−
After moving to London, her first novel, ''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.
+
 
 +
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 evangelica religion, and discovering herself as a lesbian.
  
 
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>
−
 
−
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>
 
  
 
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>
 
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>
Line 18: Line 17:
 
==Personal life==
 
==Personal life==
 
In 2002, Winterson ended her 12-year relationship with BBC radio broadcaster and academic, [[Peggy Reynolds]].<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2004/may/29/fiction.jeanettewinterson  Maya Jaggi, "Saturday Review: Profile: Jeanette Winterson" ''The Guardian'' '29 May 2004</ref> Since then she has been involved with theatre director [[Deborah Warner]] and therapist [[Susie Orbach]].<ref>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</ref> Her novel ''The Passion'' was inspired by her affair with [[Pat Kavanagh]], her literary agent.<ref>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</ref>
 
In 2002, Winterson ended her 12-year relationship with BBC radio broadcaster and academic, [[Peggy Reynolds]].<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2004/may/29/fiction.jeanettewinterson  Maya Jaggi, "Saturday Review: Profile: Jeanette Winterson" ''The Guardian'' '29 May 2004</ref> Since then she has been involved with theatre director [[Deborah Warner]] and therapist [[Susie Orbach]].<ref>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</ref> Her novel ''The Passion'' was inspired by her affair with [[Pat Kavanagh]], her literary agent.<ref>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</ref>
 +
 +
==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".<ref name="LG 31 December 2005">''London Gazette'' 57855  31 December 2005, page=13</ref>
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 +
 
* ''Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit'' (1985)
 
* ''Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit'' (1985)
 
* ''Boating for Beginners'' (1985)
 
* ''Boating for Beginners'' (1985)
Line 45: Line 51:
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 +
 +
Partly based on a Eikipedia article.
 +
 
<references>
 
<references>
  
Line 57: Line 66:
 
* 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.
 
* http://www.edrants.com/segundo/jeanette-winterson-bss-451/ 2012 radio interview (30 minutes) at The Bat Segundo Show
 
* http://www.edrants.com/segundo/jeanette-winterson-bss-451/ 2012 radio interview (30 minutes) at The Bat Segundo Show
 +
 +
[[Category:Novelists]]
 +
[[Category:Lesbians]]
 +
[[Caegory:Lancashire]]

Revision as of 10:41, 3 December 2012

Jeanette Winterson, Warsaw, 2005
Jeanette Winterson (born 1959) is a British writer.

Early years

Winterson was born in Manchester and adopted by Constance and John William Winterson on 21 January 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 soon after 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

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 evangelica religion, and discovering herself as a lesbian.

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.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9][10]

Personal life

In 2002, Winterson ended her 12-year relationship with BBC radio broadcaster and academic, Peggy Reynolds.[11] Since then she has been involved with theatre director Deborah Warner and therapist Susie Orbach.[12] Her novel The Passion was inspired by her affair with Pat Kavanagh, her literary agent.[13]

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".[14]

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 Eikipedia article.

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2000/sep/02/fiction.jeanettewinterson Libby Brooks, "Power surge" The Guardian 2 September 2000
  3. ↑ http://www.springerlink.com/content/grn602ql627005wx/ International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies, Volume 6, Number 4. SpringerLink. Retrieved on 26 August 2011.
  4. ↑ http://www.glbtq.com/literature/winterson_j.html Patricia Juliana Smith "Winterson, Jeanette (b. 1959)" glbtq Encyclopedia 4 July 2006
  5. ↑ http://www.jeanettewinterson.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=207 Winterson profile
  6. ↑ 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
  7. ↑ 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
  8. ↑ http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/content/books/books_oxtales.html Ox-Tales. Oxfam.
  9. ↑ http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/sixtysix/ The Sixty Six Project]. Bush Theatre.
  10. ↑ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/oct/16/sixty-six-books-review?INTCMP=SRCH Guardian "Sixty-Six Books – review" 16 October 2011
  11. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2004/may/29/fiction.jeanettewinterson Maya Jaggi, "Saturday Review: Profile: Jeanette Winterson" The Guardian '29 May 2004
  12. ↑ 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
  13. ↑ 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
  14. ↑ London Gazette 57855 31 December 2005, page=13
Retrieved from ‘https://lgbthistoryuk.org/w/index.php?title=Jeanette_Winterson&oldid=10193’