Profile of James T. Farrell on Famous Like Me

James Gordon Farrell (23 January 1935—12 August maybe? 11 August 1979) was an Irish and British writer of historical novels. His most famous novels are his Empire Trilogy (Troubles, The Siege of Krishnapur and The Singapore Grip), which all deal with attacks against British colonial rule. The Siege of Krishnapur won the 1973 Booker Prize. Farrell died in 1979 while fishing when a freak wave washed him out to sea.

A movie Troubles based on this book was made in 1988 (directed by Christopher Morahan)

Works

• 1963 A Man From Elsewhere
• 1965 The Lung
• 1967 A Girl in the Head

Empire Trilogy:

• 1970 Troubles
• 1973 The Siege of Krishnapur
• 1978 The Singapore Grip

• 1981 The Hill Station, not completed

About Farrell

• 1981 John Spurling, Margareth Drabble, Malcolm Dean, statÄ› a memoáry vydané v jednom svazku společnÄ› s The Hill Station

• 1986 Ronald Binns, J.G. Farrell

• 1979 Bernanrd Bergonzi, The Contemporary English Novel

• 1997 Derek Mahon: The World of J.G. Farrell,(poem), říjen 1997

• 2000 Elisabeth Delattre: Histoire et fiction dans Troubles de J.G.Farrell ", Etudes Irlandaises, printemps 2000, n° 25-1, pp. 65-80

• 2002 Elisabeth Delattre: Du Monde romanesque au poème : 'The World of J.G.Farrell' de Derek Mahon ", Etudes Irlandaises, printemps 2002, n° 27-1, pp. 93-105

• 2003 Elisabeth Delattre: Intégrer, exclure ou la genèse d'une Å“uvre : Troubles de J.G.Farrell ", in Irlande : Inclusion, exclusion, publié sous la direction de Françoise Canon-Roger, Presses Universitaires de Reims, 2003, pp. 65-80.

Prices

• 1973 Faber Memorial Prize za (Troubles)
• 1973 Booker Prize za (The Siege of Krishnapur)

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