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Diran Adebayo FRSL is a British novelist, cultural critic and academic 〔Stade, George, Karbiener, Karen (2009), ''Encyclopedia of British Writers, 1800 to the Present, Volume 2''. Infobase Publishing, ISBN 1438116896, 9781438116891〕 best known for his stylish, inventive tales of London and the lives of African diasporans. His work has been characterised by its interest in multiple cultural identities, subcultures, and its distinctive, "musical" use of language. His work has won many awards and wide acclaim from critics. His fans include the writer Zadie Smith, who has praised him for his "humanness",〔Smith, Zadie. ("This is how it feels to me" ), ''The Guardian'', London, 13 October 2001.〕 arguing that he is one of a few English writers who "trade in both knowledge and feeling".〔Childs, Peter, and James Green (2013), ''Aesthetics and Ethics in Twenty-First Century British Novels: Zadie Smith, Hari Kunzru and Nadeem Aslam'', Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBN 1623564697, 9781623564698.〕 In 2002 ''The Times Literary Supplement'' named him as one of the Best Young British Novelists.〔("MPs and misdemeanours" ), ''The Guardian'', London, Saturday, 27 July 2002.〕 ==Education and career== Born Oludiran Adebayo in London in 1968, to Nigerian parents,〔 Adebayo won a major scholarship when he was twelve to Malvern College where he boarded as an adolescent, and is an Oxford University Law graduate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=British Council )〕〔(About Diran Adebayo ). Official website. Retrieved 24 July 2010.〕 Among his friends at Wadham College, Oxford, were the writers Monica Ali〔(Gallery page ), Diran Adebayo website.〕 and Hari Kunzru, while the Afro-Futurist critic and theorist Kodwo Eshun, whom Adebayo cites in his Acknowledgements to ''Some Kind of Black'', was another university contemporary. Adebayo's debut novel, ''Some Kind of Black'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=Royal Literary Fund )〕 centred on the youthful adventures of its protagonist, Dele, was one of the first to articulate a British-born African perspective, and it won him numerous awards, including the Writers' Guild of Great Britain's New Writer of the Year Award, the Author's Club First Novel Award, the 1996 Saga Prize, and a Betty Trask Award.〔Kieran Meeke, ("Guilty Pleasures - Diran Adebayo" ), ''Metro'', 27 October 2009.〕 It was also longlisted for the Booker Prize, serialised on British radio and is now a Virago Modern Classic. "It is difficult to discuss the book without talking in terms of its uniqueness - and without resorting to superlatives...a tremendously rich, subtle and nuanced read", said ''The Scotsman'', while ''The Times'' called him a "A gloriously capable and confident writer". His follow-up, the fable ''My Once Upon A Time'', set in a near-future London-like western city, fused ''noir'' with Yoruba folklore to striking effect, and solidified his reputation as a groundbreaker. The book uses the song "Heaven and Hell" by Chef Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan as a thread running through the novel. Much attention was again given to his wit and to the deft deployment of different registers and styles of language. "Diran Adebayo confirms his promise as a writer of vibrant originality....This is a book that sings: its prose, a giddy mixture of English and patois, Runyonesque flights of descriptive fantasy and the musical cadences of street-slang, is by turns rhapsodic, exhilarating and poignant," said ''The Telegraph''. In 2000, Vienna University awarded Adebayo the $60,000 Abraham Woursell stipend, a prize for young noteworthy European writers. In 2004 he co-edited ''New Writing 12'', the British Council's annual anthology of British and Commonwealth literature, with Blake Morrison and Jane Rogers. In 2005, Adebayo was the first Guest Director of the Cheltenham Literature Festival〔("Cheltenham Literature Festival, 30 November—17 October 2005" ), English PEN.〕 and wrote the documentary ''Out of Africa'' for BBC Television. In 2009, Adebayo donated the short story "Calculus" to Oxfam's "Ox-Tales" project, four collections of UK stories written by 38 authors. His story was published in the "Air" collection.〔(''Ox-Tales'' ), Oxfam.〕 In 2006 Adebayo was the International Writing Fellow at Southampton University,〔("Research project: International Writing Project - Dormant" ), University of Southampton.〕 before a residency at Georgetown University.〔("Georgetown Hosts British Author Diran Adebayo" ), Georgetown University press release, 2 March 2006.〕 Adebayo had worked as Senior News Reporter at ''The Voice'' newspaper and as a reporter on BBC Television before his manuscript for ''Some Kind of Black'' won the Saga Prize. He was formerly a columnist for the now defunct ''New Nation'' newspaper, and is one of the leading commentators on Race in Britain, as well as writing on arts and sports for newspapers such as ''The Guardian'', ''The Independent'' and ''New Statesman'' magazine. Adebayo is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Santa Maddalena Foundation,〔(List of Fellows ), Santa Maddalena Foundation.〕 and a former trustee of The Book Trust and the Arts Council of England. He lives in London and is the younger brother of the writer, journalist, publisher and broadcaster Dotun Adebayo. 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「Diran Adebayo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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