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| name = Grace McCleen | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | image = Grace McCleen.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1981}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Author | language = | nationality = | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = The Land of Decoration (2012), The Professor of Poetry (2013) | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = The Desmond Elliot Prize 2012, The Betty Trask Award 2013 | signature = | signature_alt = | module = | website = | portaldisp = }} Grace McCleen (born 1981) is a British novelist. She has won the Desmond Elliott Prize, Betty Trask Award and the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize. LifeMcCleen was brought up in a fundamentalist Christian sect in Wales and for most of her childhood did not have much contact with outsiders.[1][2][3] McCleen went to the University of Oxford to read English Literature aged 22.[4]. She later completed a MA, also in English Literature, at the University of York.[1][2][7] She experienced opposition from her religious community to her decision to attend university.[5] "It was an enormous step and one I almost didn't take, and one I felt bad about taking for many years afterwards, until I realised I hadn't done anything wrong."[6] After graduation she experienced a mental breakdown and suffered from tinnitus and Chronic fatigue syndrome.[7] During her illness, she wrote "a long novel. It didn’t work and from that novel came three novels".[7] McCleen has said that she will not continue to write fiction. "Writing is really destructive to me."[8] "I feel it's sort of like a knife in me".[9] She may, however, continue to write poetry.[10] In 2016 McCleen was writer in residence at the Brontë Parsonage Museum, and in 2017 she was writer in residence at the Manchester Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester.[5] McCleen is also a musician, singer and songwriter.[11] She writes occasionally for The Guardian.[12] BibliographyNovels:
Other work:
Awards
Critical ReceptionThe Land of Decoration was described by Amity Gaige in The New York Times Book Review as "Gripping ... philosophically sophisticated ... The writing is born of a genuine inquiry into the nature of religious belief, especially as it relates to one’s psychological development".[20] Chris Cleave in The Financial Times called the book "loveable, unique and thrillingly uncategorisable ... an extraordinary and peculiarly haunting novel.’[21] Colin Greenland, however, in The Guardian, felt that "the world outside is ... contrived and confused ... [and that this] perilously weakens [McCleen's] argument".[22], and Ron Charles, in The Washington Post, felt "Much of the language here is too flat and pedestrian. Other passages soar into flights of preciousness".[23]The Professor of Poetry was described by Hilary Mantel as "an astonishing and luminous novel".[24] Hepzibah Anderson in The Observer found "sentences here of such agile cleverness, charged with wit and beauty and enchantment."[25] Kate Clanchy, also in The Observer, however, found it "conservative and anti-feminist".[26]Sam Kitchener in The Telegraph said of The Offering that "Huge questions, of faith, time, reality, individual responsibility and human sexuality are given pained and peculiar answers".[27] Max Liu in The Independent wrote that "Some of the dense, descriptive passages are frustrating to read but difficulty is one of this novel’s enduring themes".[28]InfluencesMcCleen has said that she is influenced by Marilynne Robinson, Cormac McCarthy, W.G. Sebald, Thomas Mann, Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, T.S. Eliot, Walt Whitman, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Franz Kafka and Moby-Dick.[2][29] References1. ^1 {{cite web|title=The 2012 Prize|url=http://www.desmondelliottprize.org.uk/previous-winners/2012-prize|website=The Desmond Elliott Prize|accessdate=22 November 2017}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web|last1=Tashlee|title=“I think I find words hardest of all”: new author Grace McCleen speaks to World of Books about her debut novel, her little people, and her inspirations|url=http://blog.worldofbooks.com/?p=513|website=World of Books|accessdate=22 November 2017|date=22 March 2012}} 3. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Barr|first1=Nicola|title=The Land of Decoration by Grace McCleen – review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/04/land-of-decoration-grace-mccleen-review|accessdate=22 November 2017|work=The Observer|date=4 March 2012}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=Q&A with author Grace McCleen|url=https://www.ft.com/content/a1d9deb2-85eb-11e4-a105-00144feabdc0|accessdate=22 November 2017|work=The Financial Times}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|title=Writers in residence|url=https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/centrefornewwriting/about/our-people/writers-in-residence|website=Centre for New Writing|publisher=University of Manchester|accessdate=22 November 2017}} 6. ^1 {{cite web|title=About The Author|url=http://www.foyles.co.uk/Grace-McCleen|website=Foyles|accessdate=22 November 2017}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Inspirations: Grace McCleen, author of The Land of Decoration|url=https://26.org.uk/features/interviews/inspirations-grace-mccleen-author-of-the-land-of-decoration|website=26|accessdate=22 November 2017|date=22 March 2012}} 8. ^1 2 {{cite news|last1=Kean|first1=Danuta|title=Grace McCleen: 'Writing is really destructive to me'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/grace-mccleen-writing-is-really-destructive-to-me-8692567.html|accessdate=22 November 2017|work=The Independent|date=6 July 2013}} 9. ^{{cite news|last1=Kappala-Ramsamy|first1=Gemma|title=Debut novelist: Grace McCleen|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/feb/26/grace-mccleen-land-of-decoration|accessdate=22 November 2017|work=The Guardian|date=26 February 2012}} 10. ^{{cite web|last1=Sophie|title=Q&A with Grace McCleen|url=http://www.fictionuncovered.co.uk/2015/08/qa-with-grace-mccleen|website=Fiction Uncovered|accessdate=22 November 2017|date=8 August 2015}} 11. ^{{cite news|last1=Alex|first1=Clark|title=Why we're watching: Grace McCleen, author|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/jan/22/why-were-watching-grace-mccleen|accessdate=22 November 2017|work=The Guardian|date=22 January 2012}} 12. ^{{cite web|title=Grace McCleen|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/grace-mccleen|website=The Guardian|accessdate=22 November 2017}} 13. ^{{cite news|last1=Feay|first1=Suzi|title=The Professor of Poetry, By Grace McCleen|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-professor-of-poetry-by-grace-mccleen-8706124.html|accessdate=22 November 2017|work=The Independent|date=12 July 2013}} 14. ^{{cite web|title=The Offering By Grace McCleen|url=https://www.hodder.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781444769999|website=Hodder and Stoughton|accessdate=22 November 2017}} 15. ^{{cite news|last1=Knights|first1=David|title=Book of Brontë-inspired poems to be launched in Haworth|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/14721443.display|accessdate=22 November 2017|work=Telegraph and Argus|date=3 September 2015}} 16. ^{{cite journal|last1=Foster|first1=Rebecca|title=How Much the Heart Can Hold: Seven Stories on Love by Carys Bray and others|journal=Bookbag|url=http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=How_Much_the_Heart_Can_Hold:_Seven_Stories_on_Love_by_Carys_Bray_and_others|accessdate=22 November 2017}} 17. ^{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.desmondelliottprize.org.uk/previous-winners/2012-prize/ |title=The 2012 Prize |publisher=The Desmond Elliott Prize |date= |accessdate=2017-03-08}} 18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.societyofauthors.org/Prizes/Fiction/Betty-Trask/Past-winners |title=The Society of Authors |publisher=The Society of Authors |date= |accessdate=2017-03-08}} 19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.foyles.co.uk/news/Jerwood-2015-Winners |title=Winners Announced of Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize 2015 |website=Foyles.co.uk |date=2015-06-19 |accessdate=2017-03-08}} 20. ^{{cite journal|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/books/review/the-land-of-decoration-by-grace-mccleen.html|last1=Gage|first1=Amity|title=Child of God: ‘The Land of Decoration,’ by Grace McCleen|journal=The New York Times|date=22 June 2012|accessdate=22 November 2017}} 21. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1e0c4536-616b-11e1-8a8e-00144feabdc0.html|title=Small wonders|newspaper=Financial Times}} 22. ^{{cite news|last1=Greenland|first1=Colin|title=The Land of Decoration by Grace McLeen – review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/23/land-decoration-grace-mcleen-review|accessdate=22 November 2017|work=The Guardian|date=23 March 2012}} 23. ^{{cite news|last1=Charles|first1=Ron|title=“The Land of Decoration,” by Grace McCleen|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-land-of-decoration-by-grace-mccleen/2012/03/12/gIQA5WS8PS_story.html|accessdate=22 November 2017|work=The Washington Post|date=20 March 2012}} 24. ^{{cite web|url=http://gracemccleen.com/gracemccleen/writing.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-04-16 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416182743/http://gracemccleen.com/gracemccleen/writing.html |archivedate=2014-04-16 |df= }} 25. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/28/professor-poetry-grace-mccleen-review|title=The Professor of Poetry by Grace McCleen – review|author=Hephzibah Anderson|newspaper=The Observer}} 26. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/20/professor-poetry-grace-mccleen-review|title=The Professor of Poetry by Grace McCleen – review|author=Kate Clanchy|newspaper=The Guardian}} 27. ^{{cite news|last1=Kitchener|first1=Sam|title=The Offering by Grace McCleen, review: 'impressive and moving'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/11347951/The-Offering-by-Grace-McCleen-review.html|accessdate=22 November 2017|work=The Telegraph|date=22 Jan 2015}} 28. ^{{cite news|last1=Liu|first1=Max|title=The Offering by Grace McCleen, book review: Tale of a troubled past is full of emotional power|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-offering-by-grace-mccleen-book-review-tale-of-a-troubled-past-is-full-of-emotional-power-9986468.html|accessdate=22 November 2017|work=The Independent|date=18 January 2015}} 29. ^{{cite news|title=Grace McCleen|url=https://www.ft.com/content/5c0acd28-ee17-11e2-a325-00144feabdc0|accessdate=22 November 2017|work=The Financial Times}} External links
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