James Meek (author)
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- This article refers to a living British writer; for the clergyman of the same name, see James Meek.
James Meek is a British writer and journalist. He was born in London in 1962 and grew up in Dundee, Scotland. He spent several years living in the former Soviet Union in the 1990s and now resides in London. He has published three novels and two short story collections. His third novel, The People’s Act of Love, received significant critical acclaim and went on to win the Scottish Arts Council Book of Year Award and the Ondaatje Prize. It was translated into twenty languages. He currently writes for The Guardian newspaper and has reported on subjects including the war in Iraq, the Chechen conflict, the treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay and tax avoidance by wealthy individuals in the UK.
[edit] Bibliography
- The People's Act of Love (Canongate, 2005 ISBN 1-84195-706-2
- The Museum of Doubt (Rebel Inc, 2000) ISBN 1-84195-808-5
- Drivetime (Polygon, 1995) ISBN 0-7486-6205-7
- Last Orders (Polygon, 1992) ISBN 0-7486-6127-1
- McFarlane Boils the Sea (Polygon, 1989) ISBN 0-7486-6006-2
[edit] Translations
Czech
- Sibiřské drama : syrový milostný příběh z období ruské revoluce, 2006, ISBN 80-7217-446-0
Danish
- I kærlighedens navn, 2005, ISBN 87-91746-01-9
Dutch
- Uit liefde van het volk
German
- Die einsamen Schrecken der Liebe, 2005, ISBN 3-426-19710-3
Italian
- Per amore del popolo, 2005, ISBN 88-304-2267-3
Swedish
- Den yttersta kärlekens gulag, 2006
Portuguese
- O Acto de Amor do Povo, 2006
[edit] External links
- http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/article_james_meek_peoples_act_of_love.htm (author interview)
- http://www.barcelonareview.com/51/e_int.htm (author interview)
- http://www.prx.org/pieces/12824 (radio interview from Radio Netherlands, English)
- http://www.canongate.net/Peoples-Act-Of-Love/The-Peoples-Act-of-Love-Chapter (first chapter, pdf-file)
- http://www.perlentaucher.de/buch/21914.html (press reviews, German)
- http://www.welt.de/data/2005/08/20/762207.html (review in Die Welt, German)
- http://www.parool.nl/boeken/2005/recensies/102005-meek.html (review in Het Parool, Dutch)
- http://www.8weekly.nl/index.php?art=3058 (review, Dutch)
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