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Alex Alphonso Wheatle MBE (3 January 1963) is an award-winning black British novelist of Jamaican heritage, sentenced to a term of imprisonment after the Brixton riots. ==Biography== Born in 1963 to Jamaican parents,〔(The Susijn Agency. )〕 Wheatle spent much of his childhood in a Surrey children's home. At 16 he was a founder member of the Crucial Rocker sound system; his DJ name was Yardman Irie. He wrote lyrics about everyday Brixton life. By 1980 Wheatle was living in a social services hostel in Brixton, South London. He participated in the 1981 Brixton riots and aftermath. While serving his resulting sentence he read authors such as Chester Himes, Richard Wright, C. L. R. James and John Steinbeck. Wheatle has since spoken about the Brixton riots, most prominently in the 2006 BBC programme ''Battle for Brixton''.〔Broadcast 10 April 2008 on BBC Two. See ("Opposite sides of Brixton's front line" ), BBC News article〕 His early books are based on his life in Brixton as a teenager and his time in social services care.〔(Alex Wheatle ) - Interview with Myvillage〕 He received the London Arts Board New Writers Award in 1999 for his debut novel ''Brixton Rock'',〔(Alex Wheatle - Biography ) British Council, Contemporary Writers〕 which was later adapted for the stage and performed at the Young Vic in July 2010.〔(Brixton Rock ), Talawa Theatre Company. Retrieved 12 August 2010〕 He wrote and performed ''Uprising'', a one-man play based on his own life at Tara Arts Studios, Wandsworth, London. In 2011 he took ''Uprising'' on tour and performed it at the Writing On The Wall Festival, Liverpool; Oxford Playhouse; Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury; Ilkley Playhouse and the Albany Theatre, Deptford. Wheatle lives in London. He is a member of English PEN, and he now visits various institutions facilitating creative writing classes and making speeches. He has also narrated an audio guide to the streets of Brixton. In the Queen's Birthday Honours 2008, Wheatle was awarded the MBE for services to literature.〔(Birthday Honours List 2008 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alex Wheatle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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