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Nathan Filer is a British writer whose debut novel, ''The Shock of the Fall'', won several major awards, including the 2013 Costa Book of the Year〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25936187 )〕 and the 2014 Betty Trask Prize.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.thebookseller.com/news/filer-and-mcbride-among-soa-award-winners )〕 It was a Sunday Times Bestseller,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.convilleandwalsh.com/index.php/titles/title/the-shock-of-the-fall/ )〕 and one of the UK's best selling titles of 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.theguardian.com/culture/ng-interactive/2014/dec/27/bestselling-books-of-2014-the-chart )〕 It has been translated into thirty languages.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://nathanfiler.co.uk/about/ )〕 Filer was born in Bristol in 1980. He attended the Ridings High School, a large secondary school located in the village of Winterbourne in South Gloucestershire. In 2002 he trained as a psychiatric nurse gaining a degree in Mental Health Nursing from the University of the West of England〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/alumni/profiles/healthandappliedsciences/nathanfiler.aspx )〕 and later worked in mental health research at the University of Bristol.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.convilleandwalsh.com/index.php/authors/author/nathan-filer/ )〕 He also worked as a performance poet contributing regularly to festivals and spoken-word events across the UK, and featuring on television and radio.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.applesandsnakes.co.uk/page/84/Nathan+Filer/148 )〕 His 2005 comedy short film Oedipus won the BBC Best New Filmmaker Award and numerous other prizes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nationalbookawards.co.uk/nba-author/nathan-filer-2/ )〕 ''The Shock of the Fall'' describes the life of a boy from Bristol dealing with his grief at the death of his brother, and experience of mental health care services for schizophrenia. Reviewing the book in ''The Psychologist'', Caroline Flurey writes, "This is a beautifully poignant book, written with sympathy and sensitivity, well deserving of its Costa Book of the Year award."〔Fluery, C. (2014), "Beautifully poignant", ''The Psychologist'', Vo. 27, No. 6, June 2014, p460.〕 In 2015 Filer was awarded the honorary degree of Master of Letters from the University of the West of England〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/uwenews/news.aspx?id=3148 )〕 and the honorary degree of Doctor of Liberal Arts from Abertay University.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.abertay.ac.uk/about/news/newsarchive/2015/name,26165,en.html )〕 Both in recognition of his role in raising awareness through literature and his commitment to mental health care.〔〔 Filer has written on a range of issues for ''The Guardian''〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/25/nathan-filer-mental-health-care-where-did-it-go-wrong )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/31/book-covers-ignore-superlatives )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/feb/07/malala-yousafzai-my-hero-nathan-filer )〕 and ''The New York Times''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/23/magazine/rules-of-engagement.html )〕 He is currently a lecturer in creative writing at Bath Spa University.〔 ==Published works== *''The Shock of the Fall'' (HarperFiction, 2013; The Borough Press, 2014) 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「Nathan Filer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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