James Hawes (author)
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James Hawes is a British novelist who has also written screen adaptations for two of his works.
He was born in 1960 and grew up in Gloucestershire. He graduated from Hertford College, Oxford
and then worked as an English teacher in Spain. After a short stint as an archaeologist in Wales, he studied for a Ph.D. on Nietzsche and Kafka at University College, London in 1987.
He lectured in Ireland between 1989 and 1991 before teaching German at the Swansea University
. To date, he has published six novels, two of which he has adapted as screenplays for movie productions.
His fifth novel Speak for England (2005) led The Guardian
to decide that "James Hawes has matured into a wonderful satirist."
His latest novel is My Little Armalite (2008), of which The Guardian remarked: "Hawes has developed into a prolifically inventive and increasingly subtle satirist". His Kafka biography, Excavating Kafka (2008), caused outrage in Germany but was hailed (again in The Guardian) as "this utterly brilliant and absolutely infuriating book ..."
Since 2008, James Hawes has been Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes University
.
He was born in 1960 and grew up in Gloucestershire. He graduated from Hertford College, Oxford
Hertford College, Oxford
Hertford College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is located in Catte Street, directly opposite the main entrance of the original Bodleian Library. As of 2006, the college had a financial endowment of £52m. There are 612 students , plus various visiting...
and then worked as an English teacher in Spain. After a short stint as an archaeologist in Wales, he studied for a Ph.D. on Nietzsche and Kafka at University College, London in 1987.
He lectured in Ireland between 1989 and 1991 before teaching German at the Swansea University
Swansea University
Swansea University is a university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. Swansea University was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. In 1996, it changed its name to the University of Wales Swansea following structural changes...
. To date, he has published six novels, two of which he has adapted as screenplays for movie productions.
His fifth novel Speak for England (2005) led The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
to decide that "James Hawes has matured into a wonderful satirist."
His latest novel is My Little Armalite (2008), of which The Guardian remarked: "Hawes has developed into a prolifically inventive and increasingly subtle satirist". His Kafka biography, Excavating Kafka (2008), caused outrage in Germany but was hailed (again in The Guardian) as "this utterly brilliant and absolutely infuriating book ..."
Since 2008, James Hawes has been Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University is a new university in Oxford, England. It was named to honour the school's founding principal, John Brookes. It has been ranked as the best new university by the Sunday Times University Guide 10 years in a row...
.