Howard Jacobson
Howard Jacobson ( born August 25, 1942 in Manchester ) is a British writer and journalist who has worked as a television presenter, inter alia, for Channel 4 and as op-ed columnist for The Independent.
Life
Jacobson, who comes from a Jewish family, certain Jewish traditions and history of the Jews feel connected, but not visit a synagogue. He studied at Cambridge at Downing College, then went for a three-year teaching position at the University of Sydney. After that, he was a professor at Selwyn College, Cambridge working.
Awards
Howard Jacobson was awarded in 2010 with the Booker Prize for his novel The Finkler Question major British literary prize in the longlist in the previous two occasions ( 2002, Who's Sorry Now? , And 2006 Kalooki Nights ) were published novels by him. Jacobson is one of the oldest Booker Prize recipients.
- 2000 Wingate Literary Prize (re 2007)
- 2000: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for The Mighty Walzer
- 2010: Booker Prize for The Finkler Question
- 2013: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize ( again) for Zoo Time
Works
- Coming From Behind, Chatto & Windus, 1983
- Peeping Tom, Chatto & Windus, 1984
- Redback, Bantam, 1986
- The Very Model of a Man, Viking, 1992
- No More Mister Nice Guy, Cape, 1998
- The Mighty Walzer, Cape, 1999
- Who's Sorry Now? , Cape, 2002
- The Making of Henry, Cape, 2004
- Kalooki Nights, Cape, 2006
- The Act of Love, Cape, 2008 German: of love, romance, from the English by Thomas Steger; dva, Munich 2012 ISBN 978-3-421-04406-8
- German: The Finkler Question, novel, from the English by Bernhard Robben; dva, Munich 2011 ISBN 978-3-421-04523-2
- Shakespeare's Magnanimity: Four Tragic Heroes, Their Friends and Families ( co -author with Wilbur Sanders ), Chatto & Windus, 1978
- In the Land of Oz, Hamish Hamilton, 1987
- Roots Schmoots: Journeys Among Jews, Viking, 1993
- Seriously Funny: From the Ridiculous to the Sublime, Viking, 1997