Ray Robinson (born 1971 in Bedale, North Yorkshire) is a British novelist, screenwriter and musician.
Career
editRobinson is a graduate of Liverpool School of Art, where he studied graphic design. He was awarded a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University in 2006.[1]
His debut novel Electricity[2] was shortlisted for both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize[3] and the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award.[4] The screen adaptation of Electricity premiered at the BFI London Film Festival 2014, starring Agyness Deyn.[5] The film won Best Screenplay at the inaugural National Film Awards in 2015.[6]
His other novels are The Man Without (2008), Forgetting Zoë (2010),[7] Jawbone Lake (2013) and The Mating Habits of Stags (2019). Forgetting Zoë was a winner of the inaugural Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize[8] and The Mating Habits of Stags was shortlisted for the Portico Prize.[9] Robinson was hailed as "among the most impressive voices of Britain's younger generation" by the Irish Times.[10]
As a screenwriter, he co-authored the documentary film Dream Town, examining a decaying Russian coal mining town on the Norwegian island of Svalbard.[11] The film won Best Picture at the Chicago Underground Film Festival.[12] In 2016 he wrote the multi-award-winning, BAFTA-longlisted short film Edith,[13] starring Peter Mullan and Michelle Fairley, which was also longlisted at the British Independent Film Awards.[14] The Mating Habits of Stags is based on the film.[15]
Robinson (under the alias "Wodwo") is also a guitarist, composer & sound artist, and has produced musical scores for film, video games, theatre and dance. His music varies from minimal loop-based microsound and lowercase, to neoclassical, experimental drone and ambient.[16]
References
edit- ^ "Publish « the Literary Consultancy".
- ^ "Review: Electricity by Ray Robinson". TheGuardian.com. 25 March 2006.
- ^ "Cormac McCarthy bestseller wins James Tait Black". TheGuardian.com. 28 August 2007.
- ^ "Publish « the Literary Consultancy".
- ^ "Agyness Deyn wows at BFI London Film Festival". 15 October 2014.
- ^ "Electricity wins Best Screenplay at National Film Awards | Creative Europe Desk UK".
- ^ "Forgetting Zoe by Ray Robinson | Books review". TheGuardian.com. 26 June 2010.
- ^ "2011".
- ^ "Portico Prize Shortlist".
- ^ "An uncompromising novel of alarming power". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Dream Town". IMDb. 4 April 2014.
- ^ "Film Festival | the 28th Chicago Underground Film Festival".
- ^ "Edith". IMDb.
- ^ "Exclusive: Here's your first look at the BIFA Best British Short 2017 Long List". 17 October 2017.
- ^ "The Mating Habits of Stags by Ray Robinson | Eye Books". Archived from the original on 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Music | Wodwo".
External links
edit- Ray Robinson at IMDb
