Rose Tremain

Dame

Rose Tremain

DBEFRSL
Dame; Rose Tremain; DBEFRSL
Born	Rosemary Jane Thomson; 2 August 1943(age 81); London,England
Occupation	Novelist
Language	English
Alma mater	Sorbonne; University of East Anglia(BA)
Notable awards	Orange Prize(2008); Whitbread Award(1999); Prix Femina Étranger(1994); James Tait Black Memorial Prize(1992); Sunday Express Book of the Year(1989); Giles Cooper Award(1984)

Dame Rose TremainDBEFRSL(born 2 August 1943) is an English novelist, short story writer, and former Chancellor of theUniversity of East Anglia.^[1]

Life

Rose Tremain was bornRosemary Jane Thomsonon 2 August 1943 inLondonto Viola Mabel Thomson and Keith Nicholas Home Thomson.^[2]Her paternal great-grandfather isWilliam Thomson,who wasArchbishop of Yorkfrom 1862 to 1890.^[3]

She was educated atFrancis Holland School,Crofton Grange School, theSorbonne(1961–1962) and theUniversity of East Anglia(BA, English Literature).^[4]She later went on to teach creative writing at theUniversity of East Angliafrom 1988 to 1995, and was appointedChancellorin 2013.^[5]

She married Jon Tremain in 1971 and they had one daughter, Eleanor, born in 1972, who became an actress. The marriage lasted about five years. Her second marriage, to theatre director Jonathan Dudley, in 1982, lasted about nine years; and she has been withRichard Holmessince 1992.^[6]She lives inThorpe St AndrewnearNorwichinNorfolk.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Writing

Her influences includeWilliam Golding,author ofLord of the Flies,andGabriel García Márquez's 1967 novel100 Years of Solitudeand themagical realismstyle.^[6]

She is a historical novelist who approaches her subjects "from unexpected angles, concentrating her attention on unglamorous outsiders".^[4]

In 2009, she donated the short storyThe Jester of Astapovoto Oxfam's "Ox-Tales"project, four collections of UK stories written by 38 authors. Her story was published in the" Earth "collection.^[10]

She became a Fellow of theRoyal Society of Literaturein 1983.^[2]AlreadyCommander of the Order of the British Empire(CBE), Tremain was appointedDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire(DBE) in the2020 New Year Honoursfor services to writing.^[11]

Awards and honours

1984Dylan Thomas Prize^[2]
1984Giles Cooper Award,Temporary Shelter(play)
1989Sunday Express Book of the Year,Restoration^[2]
1989Booker Prize,shortlist,Restoration^[12]
1992James Tait Black Memorial Prize,Sacred Country^[2]
1994Prix Femina Étranger,Sacred Country^[2]
1999Whitbread Award,Music and Silence^[2]
2008Orange Prize,The Road Home^[13]
2012Wellcome Trust Book Prize,shortlist,Merivel: A Man of His Time^[14]
2013Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction,shortlist,Merivel: A Man of His Time^[15]^[16]
2016National Jewish Book AwardforThe Gustav Sonata^[17]
2016Costa Book Awards(novel), shortlist,The Gustav Sonata^[18]
2017Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction,longlist,The Gustav Sonata^[19]
2017Ribalow PrizeforThe Gustav Sonata^[20]
2024Walter Scott Prize,shortlist,Absolutely and Forever^[21]

Selected bibliography

Novels

Sadler's Birthday(1976),ISBN 0-356-08387-X
Letter to Sister Benedicta(1978),ISBN 0-354-04353-6
The Cupboard(1981),ISBN 0-354-04769-8
Journey to the Volcano(1985),ISBN 0-241-11651-1
The Swimming Pool Season(1985),ISBN 0-241-11496-9
Restoration(1989),ISBN 0-241-12695-9
Sacred Country(1992),ISBN 1-85619-118-4
The Way I Found Her(1997),ISBN 1-85619-409-4
Music and Silence(1999),ISBN 1-86056-027-X
The Colour(2003),ISBN 0-7011-7296-7
The Road Home(2008),ISBN 978-0-09-947846-1
Trespass(2010W.W. Norton),ISBN 978-0-099-47845-4
Merivel: A Man of His Time(2012),ISBN 978-0701185206
The Gustav Sonata(2016),ISBN 9781784740030
Islands of Mercy(2020),ISBN 9781784743314
Lily: A Tale of Revenge(2021),ISBN 9781784744564
Absolutely & Forever(2023),ISBN 978-1784745202

Collections of short stories

The Colonel's Daughter and other stories(1983)
The Garden of the Villa Mollini and other stories(1987)
Evangelista's Fan and Other Stories(1994)
The Darkness of Wallis Simpson and other stories(2006)
The American Lover(2014)

For children

Journey to the Volcano(1985)

Memoir

Rosie: Scenes from a Vanished Life(2018)

References

^"Writer is new university chancellor".BBC News.14 April 2013.Retrieved24 November2018.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g"Tremain, Dame Rose, (born 2 Aug. 1943), novelist and playwright".WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO.doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U38001.ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.Retrieved2 August2021.
^"Thomson, William (1819–1890), archbishop of York".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27330.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
^^a ^bRustin, Susanna (9 May 2003)."Costume dramatist".The Guardian.
^"Novelist Rose Tremain appointed as new UEA chancellor".BBC News.14 April 2013.Retrieved9 May2014.
^^a ^bRustin, Susanna (10 May 2003)."Profile: Rose Tremain".The Guardian.Retrieved24 November2018.
^Author Notes from 2002Vintageedition ofSacred County.
^Tonkin, Boyd(5 March 2010)."Journeys home: Rose Tremain reflects on the past and her present life writing in the south of France".The Independent.Retrieved9 May2014.
^Norfolk novelist Rose Tremain receives damehood from QueenRetrieved 24/6/22.
^Oxfam: Ox-Tales Archived20 May 2009 at theWayback Machine
^"No. 62866".The London Gazette(Supplement). 28 December 2019. p. N8.
^"1989 | The Man Booker Prizes".themanbookerprize.com.Retrieved11 May2019.
^Aspden, Peter (5 June 2008)."Tremain novel on plight of a migrant wins Orange prize".Irish Times.
^Williams, Charlotte (15 October 2012)."Random House gets four nods for Wellcome Trust Book Prize".The Bookseller.Retrieved9 November2012.
^"Shortlist for 2013 Walter Scott Prize Announced".Borders Book Festival. Archived fromthe originalon 7 June 2013.Retrieved15 June2013.
^"Tan Twan Eng wins The Walter Scott Prize".Borders Book Festival. 14 June 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 8 September 2013.Retrieved15 June2013.
^"Past Winners – Fiction".Jewish Book Council.Retrieved20 January2020.
^Cain, Sian (22 November 2016)."Costa book award 2016 shortlists dominated by female writers".The Guardian.ISSN 0261-3077.Retrieved11 May2019.
^"Announcing the 2017 longlist..."Women's Prize for Fiction.6 March 2017.Retrieved11 May2019.
^"Rose Tremain's 'Gustav Sonata' wins Ribalow Prize for Jewish fiction".Jewish Telegraphic Agency.25 January 2018.Retrieved11 June2019.
^"Walter Scott Prize 2024 shortlist announced".Books+Publishing. 2 May 2024.Retrieved10 May2024.

External links

Susanna Rustin,"Costume dramatist",The Guardian,10 May 2003.
Blake Wilson,"Stray Questions for: Rose Tremain"(interview),The New York Times,15 May 2009.
Sian Cain,"Costa book award 2016 shortlists dominated by female writers",The Guardian,22 November 2016.

[1] "Writer is new university chancellor".BBC News.14 April 2013.Retrieved24 November2018.

[:1-2] ^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g"Tremain, Dame Rose, (born 2 Aug. 1943), novelist and playwright".WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO.doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U38001.ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.Retrieved2 August2021.

[3] "Thomson, William (1819–1890), archbishop of York".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27330.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)

[Rustin-4] Rustin, Susanna (9 May 2003)."Costume dramatist".The Guardian.

[5] "Novelist Rose Tremain appointed as new UEA chancellor".BBC News.14 April 2013.Retrieved9 May2014.

[:0-6] Rustin, Susanna (10 May 2003)."Profile: Rose Tremain".The Guardian.Retrieved24 November2018.

[7] Author Notes from 2002Vintageedition ofSacred County.

[8] Tonkin, Boyd(5 March 2010)."Journeys home: Rose Tremain reflects on the past and her present life writing in the south of France".The Independent.Retrieved9 May2014.

[9] Norfolk novelist Rose Tremain receives damehood from QueenRetrieved 24/6/22.

[10] Oxfam: Ox-Tales Archived20 May 2009 at theWayback Machine

[11] "No. 62866".The London Gazette(Supplement). 28 December 2019. p. N8.

[12] "1989 | The Man Booker Prizes".themanbookerprize.com.Retrieved11 May2019.

[13] Aspden, Peter (5 June 2008)."Tremain novel on plight of a migrant wins Orange prize".Irish Times.

[14] Williams, Charlotte (15 October 2012)."Random House gets four nods for Wellcome Trust Book Prize".The Bookseller.Retrieved9 November2012.

[15] "Shortlist for 2013 Walter Scott Prize Announced".Borders Book Festival. Archived fromthe originalon 7 June 2013.Retrieved15 June2013.

[16] "Tan Twan Eng wins The Walter Scott Prize".Borders Book Festival. 14 June 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 8 September 2013.Retrieved15 June2013.

[17] "Past Winners – Fiction".Jewish Book Council.Retrieved20 January2020.

[18] Cain, Sian (22 November 2016)."Costa book award 2016 shortlists dominated by female writers".The Guardian.ISSN 0261-3077.Retrieved11 May2019.

[19] "Announcing the 2017 longlist..."Women's Prize for Fiction.6 March 2017.Retrieved11 May2019.

[2017Fiction-20] "Rose Tremain's 'Gustav Sonata' wins Ribalow Prize for Jewish fiction".Jewish Telegraphic Agency.25 January 2018.Retrieved11 June2019.

[21] "Walter Scott Prize 2024 shortlist announced".Books+Publishing. 2 May 2024.Retrieved10 May2024.

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Dame Rose Tremain DBEFRSL
Born	Rosemary Jane Thomson (1943-08-02)2 August 1943(age 81) London,England
Occupation	Novelist
Language	English
Alma mater	Sorbonne University of East Anglia(BA)
Notable awards	Orange Prize(2008) Whitbread Award(1999) Prix Femina Étranger(1994) James Tait Black Memorial Prize(1992) Sunday Express Book of the Year(1989) Giles Cooper Award(1984)