Ray Robinson (novelist)

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Ray Robinson (born 1971 in Bedale, North Yorkshire) is a British novelist, screenwriter and musician.

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Robinson is a graduate of Liverpool School of Art, where he studied graphic design. He was awarded a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University in 2006. [1]

His debut novel Electricity [2] was shortlisted for both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize [3] and the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award. [4] The screen adaptation of Electricity premiered at the BFI London Film Festival 2014, starring Agyness Deyn. [5] The film won Best Screenplay at the inaugural National Film Awards in 2015. [6]

His other novels are The Man Without (2008), Forgetting Zoë (2010), [7] Jawbone Lake (2013) and The Mating Habits of Stags (2019). Forgetting Zoë was a winner of the inaugural Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize [8] and The Mating Habits of Stags was shortlisted for the Portico Prize. [9] Robinson was hailed as "among the most impressive voices of Britain's younger generation" by the Irish Times . [10]

As a screenwriter, he co-authored the documentary film Dream Town, examining a decaying Russian coal mining town on the Norwegian island of Svalbard. [11] The film won Best Picture at the Chicago Underground Film Festival. [12] In 2016 he wrote the multi-award-winning, BAFTA-longlisted short film Edith, [13] starring Peter Mullan and Michelle Fairley, which was also longlisted at the British Independent Film Awards. [14] The Mating Habits of Stags is based on the film. [15]

Robinson (under the alias "Wodwo") is also a guitarist, composer & sound artist, and has produced musical scores for film, video games, theatre and dance. His music varies from minimal loop-based microsound and lowercase, to neoclassical, experimental drone and ambient. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Publish « the Literary Consultancy".
  2. ↑ "Review: Electricity by Ray Robinson". TheGuardian.com . 25 March 2006.
  3. ↑ "Cormac McCarthy bestseller wins James Tait Black". TheGuardian.com . 28 August 2007.
  4. ↑ "Publish « the Literary Consultancy".
  5. ↑ "Agyness Deyn wows at BFI London Film Festival". 15 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Electricity wins Best Screenplay at National Film Awards | Creative Europe Desk UK".
  7. ↑ "Forgetting Zoe by Ray Robinson | Books review". TheGuardian.com . 26 June 2010.
  8. ↑ "2011".
  9. ↑ "Portico Prize Shortlist".
  10. ↑ "An uncompromising novel of alarming power". The Irish Times .
  11. ↑ "Dream Town". IMDb . 4 April 2014.
  12. ↑ "Film Festival | the 28th Chicago Underground Film Festival".
  13. ↑ "Edith". IMDb .
  14. ↑ "Exclusive: Here's your first look at the BIFA Best British Short 2017 Long List". 17 October 2017.
  15. ↑ "The Mating Habits of Stags by Ray Robinson | Eye Books". Archived from the original on 16 November 2018.
  16. ↑ "Music | Wodwo".
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