|
Diana Evans is a British novelist, journalist and critic who was born and lives in London. She has written two full-length novels. Her first novel, ''26a'', published in 2005, won the Orange Award for New Writers, the Betty Trask Award〔(【引用サイトリンク】 accessdate = 25 March 2014 )〕 and the deciBel Writer of the Year award. According to Diriye Osman in the ''Huffington Post'': "Here was a Bildungsroman of such daring and sustained elegance that it felt like a gorgeous dance of a novel. In many ways, it is apropos that this book which focused on the secret bond that exists between twins was followed in 2009 by the equally masterful ''The Wonder'', a novel rooted in the world of dance."〔Diriye Osman, ("The Delicate Lyricism of Diana Evans" ), ''Huffington Post'', 13 January 2015.〕 Also a journalist, Evans has written for publications including ''Marie Claire'', ''The Independent'', ''The Observer'', ''The Guardian'', ''The Daily Telegraph'', the ''Financial Times'' and ''Harper’s Bazaar''.〔 ==Background and education== Evans is the daughter of a Nigerian mother and an English father. She was born and grew up in Neasden, north-west London, with her parents and five sisters, one of whom was her twin. She also spent part of her childhood in Lagos, Nigeria.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 accessdate = 25 March 2014 )〕 She completed a Media Studies degree at the University of Sussex.〔 While in Brighton she was a dancer〔 in the African dance troupe Mashango.〔 She completed an MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia.〔 At the age of 25 she became a journalist. She contributed human-interest features and art criticism to different magazines, journals and newspapers in the UK; published interviews to celebrities; worked as an editor for ''Pride Magazine'' and the literary journal ''Calabash''. Evans' twin sister committed suicide in 1998. 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「Diana Evans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|