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'''Timothy Peter Mo''' ({{zh|c=毛翔青}} born 30{{nbsp}}December 1950<ref>According to "Timothy Mo" in ''Contemporary Authors Online'', Thomson Gale, (16 June 2004 update), some sources give his year of birth as 1953</ref>) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] novelist. Born to a [[British people|British]] mother and a [[Hong Kong people|Hong Kong]] father, Mo lived in Hong Kong until the age of 10, when he moved to Britain. Educated at [[Mill Hill School]] and [[St John's College, Oxford]], Mo worked as a journalist before becoming a novelist.<ref name="Rennison2005">{{cite book|author=Nick Rennison|title=Contemporary British novelists|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=l1g3d69mwd4C&pg=PA101|accessdate=19 May 2013|year=2005|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-21709-5|pages=101–3}}</ref>
'''Timothy Peter Mo''' (born 30{{nbsp}}December 1950<ref>According to "Timothy Mo" in ''Contemporary Authors Online'', Thomson Gale, (16 June 2004 update), some sources give his year of birth as 1953</ref>) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] novelist. Born to a [[British people|British]] mother and a [[Hong Kong people|Hong Kong]] father, Mo lived in Hong Kong until the age of 10, when he moved to Britain. Educated at [[Mill Hill School]] and [[St John's College, Oxford]], Mo worked as a journalist before becoming a novelist.<ref name="Rennison2005">{{cite book|author=Nick Rennison|title=Contemporary British novelists|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=l1g3d69mwd4C&pg=PA101|accessdate=19 May 2013|year=2005|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-21709-5|pages=101–3}}</ref>


His works have won the [[Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize]], the [[Hawthornden Prize]], and the [[James Tait Black Memorial Prize|James Tait Black Memorial Prize (for fiction)]], and three of his novel were shortlisted for the [[Booker Prize for Fiction]].<ref name="BritCounLit"/> Mo was also the recipient of the 1992 [[E. M. Forster Award]].<ref name="AmerAcad"/>
His works have won the [[Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize]], the [[Hawthornden Prize]], and the [[James Tait Black Memorial Prize|James Tait Black Memorial Prize (for fiction)]], and three of his novel were shortlisted for the [[Booker Prize for Fiction]].<ref name="BritCounLit"/> Mo was also the recipient of the 1992 [[E. M. Forster Award]].<ref name="AmerAcad"/>

Revision as of 05:31, 17 December 2015

Timothy Mo
BornTimothy Peter Mo
(1950-12-30) 30 December 1950 (age 73)
OccupationNovelist
NationalityBritish
Period1978–present
Genrefiction
Chinese name
Chinese毛翔青[1]
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMáo Xiángqīng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationMòuh Chèuhngchīng
JyutpingMou4 Coeng4-ching1

Timothy Peter Mo (born 30 December 1950[2]) is a British novelist. Born to a British mother and a Hong Kong father, Mo lived in Hong Kong until the age of 10, when he moved to Britain. Educated at Mill Hill School and St John's College, Oxford, Mo worked as a journalist before becoming a novelist.[3]

His works have won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the Hawthornden Prize, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (for fiction), and three of his novel were shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction.[4] Mo was also the recipient of the 1992 E. M. Forster Award.[5]

In the early 1990s Mo became increasingly mistrustful of his publishers and increasingly outspoken about the publishing industry in general. Since 1994 when he rejected a £125,000 advance from Random House for his next novel, he has self-published his books under the label "Paddleless Press". His first novel to be self-published was Brownout on Breadfruit Boulevard.[6][7][8]

Novels

Awards

References

  1. ^ "一個人一個故事：消失12年 Timothy Mo新作面世". Apple Daily. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  2. ^ According to "Timothy Mo" in Contemporary Authors Online, Thomson Gale, (16 June 2004 update), some sources give his year of birth as 1953
  3. ^ Nick Rennison (2005). Contemporary British novelists. Routledge. pp. 101–3. ISBN 978-0-415-21709-5. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Timothy Mo British Council Literature". British Council. British Council. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ^ a b "American Academy of Arts and Letters - Award Winners". American Academy of Arts and Letters. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ^ Tonkin, Boyd (22 October 2011). "Timothy Mo - Postcards from the edge". The Independent. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  7. ^ Foran, Charles (22 June 2012). "The rise and fall, and rise again, of the mysterious Timothy Mo". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  8. ^ Books by ISBN Paddleless Press


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