DBC Pierre - StugA English-Speaking Cultures | Uni Bremen

Studiengang English-Speaking Cultures
Basismodul Introduction to English Literatures
DBC Pierre
on campus
The winner of the 2003 Man Booker Prize
will be reading from his best-selling first
novel Vernon God Little and discussing this
and his new work Lights Out in Wonderland
with students and guests on campus.
Thursday, 9th February 2012
4.15 p.m. in NW2, C0290
All are welcome. Spread the word. Admission is free.
DBC Pierre was born Peter Finlay in Reynella, Australia. He was brought up in
Mexico and the UK, and now lives in Ireland. The ‘DBC’ part of his nom-de-plume
stands for ‘Dirty But Clean’. Pierre was a nickname bestowed on him by childhood
friends after a cartoon character of that name.
He worked previously as a designer and an internationally published cartoonist, but is
now devoting himself to writing. His debut novel, Vernon God Little (2003) – a dark
satire set in the aftermath of a Texas high school massacre – was the winner of the 2003
Man Booker Prize for Fiction, to much acclaim and with a lot of controversy and hype.
The novel has been adapted for the stage and performed in London and Frankfurt. His
second novel, Ludmila's Broken English, was published in 2006 and his third, Lights
Out in Wonderland, in 2010.
Bibliography
Vernon God Little (Faber and Faber, 2003) | translated into German by Karsten Kredel as Jesus
von Texas (Aufbau Verlag, 2005)
Ludmila's Broken English (Faber and Faber, 2006) translated into German by Henning Ahrens as
Bunny und Blair (Aufbau Verlag, 2007)
Lights out in Wonderland (Faber and Faber, 2010) translated into German by Kirsten
Riesselmann as Das Buch Gabriel (Eichborn Verlag, 2011)
Prizes and awards
2003 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, Vernon God Little
2003 British Book Awards Author of the Year (shortlist)
2003 British Book Awards Newcomer of the Year (shortlist) Vernon God Little
2003 Guardian First Book Award (shortlist) Vernon God Little
2003 Man Booker Prize for Fiction Vernon God Little
2003 Whitbread First Novel Award Vernon God Little
http://www.faber.co.uk/author/dbc-pierre/
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