James Lasdun

James Lasdun (born 1958 in London, England), is a writer and academic who currently lives in upstate New York and is married to writer Pia Davis, with whom he co-authored a travel book, "Walking and Eating in Tuscany and Umbria". He is the son of the British architect Sir Denys Lasdun.

Lasdun was one of the judges for the 2008 Griffin Poetry Prize.

Career

Lasdun teaches or has taught poetry and fiction writing at New York University, Columbia University and The New School. [ [http://www.wwnorton.com/trade/external/nortonpoets/lasdunj.htm WW Norton.com website] ]

Writing

Lasdun has written two novels, "The Horned Man" (2002) and "Seven Lies", which was longlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize for fiction. He has published three collections of short stories, including "," the title story of which was adapted for film by Bernardo Bertolucci as "Besieged"; another story from this collection, "Property" was made into a "short film" by director Piper Laurie.

Lasdun has written four books of poetry, one of which "(Landscape with Chainsaw)" [ [http://www.identitytheory.com/interviews/birnbaum168.php Identity Theory website] ] , was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for poetry.

Bibliography

* 1985 "The Silver Age" (stories)
* 1985 "Delirium Eclipse" (stories)
* 1988 "A Jump Start" (poems)
* 1992 "Three Evenings" (stories)
* 1995 "" (with Michael Hofmann) (poems)
* 1997 "Walking and Eating in Tuscany and Umbria" (with Pia Davis) (travel)
* 1997 "Woman Police Officer in Elevator" (poems)
* 2000 "The Siege" (a.k.a. "Besieged") (stories)
* 2000 "La llamada del apóstol Mateo" ("The call of the apostle Matthew") (article in "Letras Libres")
* 2001 "Landscape with Chainsaw" (poems)
* 2001 "As a Man Grows Older" by Italo Svevo (introduction)
* 2002 "The Natural Order" (article in "Open City" issue #15)
* 2002 "The Horned Man" (fiction)
* 2004 "Walking and Eating in Tuscany and Umbria" (revised edition, with Pia Davis) (travel)
* 2005 "Seven Lies" (fiction)
* 2007 "The Woman Who Rode Away/ St. Mawr/ The Princess" by D. H. Lawrence (introduction)

Honors

*Recipient of Guggenheim Fellowship in poetry
*Winner (1999) of the London "Times Literary Supplement" Poetry Competition [ [http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/lasdun_james.html Writers Institute website] ]
*Winner of the inaugural UK National Short Story Prize (May 2006) [ [http://www.theshortstory.org.uk/prizes/nssp/index.html The Short Story (UK) website] ] for his story "An Anxious Man", beating competition from other acclaimed story writers including William Trevor, Rose Tremain and Michel Faber, and taking a prize of £15,000. Chair of the judges, Francine Stock, said, "What we kept coming back to however was the visceral resonance of the winning story. We chose the story that lingered most, but both the winner and the runner-up extended the possibilities of what you can do with the short story." [http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1776056,00.html]

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