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== Publications ==
== Publications ==
* On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature<ref name=":0" /> (2011)
* {{cite book|title=On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature|year=2011|publisher=Counterpoint|author=Melanie Challenger}}<ref name=":0" />
* How to be Animal<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Book Excerpt From How to Be Animal |url=https://www.the-scientist.com/book-excerpt-from-how-to-be-animal-68601 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=The Scientist Magazine® |language=en}}</ref> (2021)
* {{cite book|title=How to be Animal|year=2021|publisher=Penguin Books|author=Melanie Challenger}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Book review: How to be Animal, by Melanie Challenger|author=Stuart Kelly|date=17 Feb 2021|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/book-review-how-to-be-animal-by-melanie-challenger-3138373|work=The Scotsman}}</ref>
* {{cite book|title=Animal Dignity: Philosophical Reflections on Non-Human Existence|year=2023|author=''Various Authors''|editor=Melanie Challenger}}<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Gregory Tague|title=Animal Dignity: Philosophical Reflections on Non-Human Existence|type=book reviews|date=April 2024|url=https://leonardo.info/review/2024/04/animal-dignity-philosophical-reflections-on-non-human-existence|magazine=Leonardo}}</ref>
* Animal Dignity: Philosophical Reflections on Non-Human Existence (2023)<br />


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 09:59, 15 June 2024

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Melanie Challenger
EducationExeter College, Oxford.
Occupation(s)Writer, researcher and broadcaster.
Websitehttps://www.melaniechallenger.com/

Melanie Challenger is a writer, researcher and broadcaster on environmental history and philosophy of science, Deputy Co-Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics,[1] and a Vice President of the RSPCA,[2] UK. She wrote How to Be Animal: What it Means to Be Human[3] (2021).

Her first non-fiction book On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature[4] was published in 2011. It was selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the best non-fiction books of 2012 and received the Santa Barbara Library’s Green Award for environmental writing.

She is a member of CEP,[5] a new global collective of environmental philosophers and a founding member of the Animals in the Room[6] project, involved in devising new models for representing the interests of non-human animals in decisions critical to their lives.

Early work

Challenger began her career in the arts, writing poetry and libretto. She has published two collections of poetry, ‘Galatea[7]’, which won an Eric Gregory Award for poetry in 2005 and was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, and a second collection, ‘The Tender Map’ [8]published in 2017.

In 2003, she adapted the Anne Frank diaries for a choral work by James Whitbourn.[9][10] As the librettist for British composer Mark Simpson,[11] she provided the text for his oratorio, The Immortal,[12] which won the 2016 South Bank Sky Arts Award for classical music and received its London premiere at the 2017 BBC Proms[13] under Juanjo Mena. Their first opera together, Pleasure,[14] was co-commissioned by Royal Opera House, Opera North and Aldeburgh Music.

Publications

  • Melanie Challenger (2011). On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature. Counterpoint.[4]
  • Melanie Challenger (2021). How to be Animal. Penguin Books.[15]
  • Various Authors (2023). Melanie Challenger (ed.). Animal Dignity: Philosophical Reflections on Non-Human Existence.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Nuffield Council appoints new members". The Nuffield Council on Bioethics. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  2. ^ "Melanie Challenger | High profile supporter | RSPCA - RSPCA - rspca.org.uk". RSPCA. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  3. ^ Kelly, Stuart. "Book review - How to be Animal". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  4. ^ a b Laing, Olivia (2011-10-01). "On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature by Melanie Challenger – review". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  5. ^ "Our Members – CEP – Consortium of Environmental Philosophers". Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  6. ^ "Animals in the Room – A New Approach to Compassion". Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  7. ^ "Forward 2007 | Special Reports | guardian.co.uk Books". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  8. ^ "The Tender Map from Guillemot Press Wins the Prestigious Michael Marks Award". Falmouth University English & Creative Writing. 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  9. ^ "James Whitbourn". www.classical-music.com. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  10. ^ Pritchard, Stephen (2024-03-26). "James Whitbourn obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  11. ^ Simpson, Mark (2016-04-28). "Welcome to the Pleasuredome … Mark Simpson's opera debut". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  12. ^ Hickling, Alfred (2015-07-05). "The Immortal/Mark Simpson review – a blazingly original oratorio". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  13. ^ "BBC Proms". BBC Music Events. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  14. ^ Hickling, Alfred (2016-04-29). "Pleasure review – Lesley Garrett shines as the lady of the loo". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  15. ^ Stuart Kelly (17 Feb 2021). "Book review: How to be Animal, by Melanie Challenger". The Scotsman.
  16. ^ Gregory Tague (April 2024). "Animal Dignity: Philosophical Reflections on Non-Human Existence". Leonardo (book reviews).

General references

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