Giles Foden
Giles Foden (born 1967, Warwickshire ) is an English writer.
Life
As Giles Foden was five years old, his family moved to Africa, where she lived for the next 20 years in various countries, such as Malawi and Uganda. Several of his novels draw themes and motives of this African time. He studied at Fitzwilliam and at St. John's College, Cambridge.
Foden worked as a journalist for Media Week magazine and The Times Literary Supplement and was from 1995 to 2006 literary editor at The Guardian. He teaches creative writing at the universities of London and East Anglia ( Norwich) and writes regularly for The Guardian and several magazines.
His first novel, The Last King of Scotland became a bestseller and won several awards. Known worldwide was the book in a much altered form by the Oscar-winning film starring Forest Whitaker in the role of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.
Awards
Works
- The last city of Africa, German by Ulrich Blumenbach; Berlin: Aufbau, 2006 ISBN 3-351-03076-2.
- Zanzibar, German by Ulrich Blumenbach; Berlin: Aufbau, 2003 ISBN 3-351-02986-1.
- The true story of the African Queen, German by Karin Dufner; Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 2006 ISBN 3-596-16837-6.
- The geometry of the clouds, dt of Hannes Meyer; Berlin: Aufbau, 2010 ISBN 978-3-351-03292-0.