Zoe Pilger
Zoe Pilger | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1984 London, England |
| Notable work | Eat My Heart Out |
| Relatives | John Pilger (father) Yvonne Roberts (mother) |
Zoe Pilger (born 1984) is a British author and art critic. Her first novel, Eat My Heart Out won a Betty Trask Award and a Somerset Maugham Award and she is in the process of writing a second novel.[1] She is the daughter of author, John Pilger, and journalist, Yvonne Roberts.[2] She is currently living in Berlin.[1]
Career
Pilger has been an art critic for a British newspaper, The Independent since 2012. Her first novel, Eat My Heart Out was published by Serpent's Tail. The novel has been described as a post-feminist satire about modern romance.[3]
She is currently researching her PhD on romantic love and sadomasochism in the work of female artists at Goldsmiths, University of London.[4]
Awards and Nominations
- 2011 Frieze Writer’s Prize[5]
- 2014 - Shortlisted for the Observer/Anthony Burgess Prize for journalism in art.[6]
- 2015 - Somerset Maugham Award for Eat My Heart Out[5]
- 2015 - Betty Trask Award for Eat My Heart Out[5]
- 2016 - Shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Literature for Eat My Heart Out[7]
References
- ^ a b "Bio". zoe-pilger. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "John Pilger: writer of wrongs". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "The enthusiasms of Zoe Pilger". Bookanista. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Zoe Pilger". The Independent. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ a b c "Zoe Pilger wins a Somerset Maughan Award and a Betty Trask Award". serpentstail.com. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "The Independent". zoe-pilger. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ Boureau, Ella (20 June 2016). "28th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists and Winners". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 9 October 2016.