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Eleanor Catton is a New Zealand and Canadian novelist, writer, screenwriter, and docent. Born in London in 1985, she has been active since 2008. She was educated at Victoria University of Wellington and the University of Canterbury. Her notable works include *The Luminaries* and *The Rehearsal*.
Catton received the Booker Prize for her writing. She is recognized in the Booker Prize collection. Her work is influenced by George Eliot and Albert Camus. She writes in the English language, which is also her native tongue.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1985
- Works
- 5
Top works
- The Rehearsal
- The Luminaries
- El ensayo general
- Luminaries
- Rehearsal
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Film & TV
London, Ontario, Canada
Eleanor Catton MNZM (born 24 September 1985) is a Canadian-born New Zealand author. Her second novel, The Luminaries, won the 2013 Man Booker Prize. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eleanor Catton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Out of the Mist: An Alternate History of New Zealand Cinema — Narrator2015
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Key facts
- Born
- Eleanor Frances Catton , 1985 (age 40 – 41), London, Ontario , Canada
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Education
- University of Canterbury ( BA ), Victoria University of Wellington ( BA Hons , MA ), University of Iowa ( MFA )
- Notable works
- The Rehearsal , The Luminaries , Birnam Wood
- Notable awards
- 2013 Booker Prize
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eleanor
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- London
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- The Luminaries
- Official website
- eleanor-catton.com
- Image
- Eleanor Catton.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1985-09-24
- Commons category
- Eleanor Catton
- influenced by
- Albert Camus
- start of work period
- 2008-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Eleanor Catton
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Encyclopedic overview
Eleanor Catton MNZM (born 1985) is a New Zealand novelist and screenwriter. Born in Canada, Catton moved to New Zealand as a child and grew up in Christchurch. She completed a master's degree in creative writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters. Her award-winning debut novel, The Rehearsal, written as her Master's thesis, was published in 2008, and has been adapted into a 2016 film of the same name. Her second novel, The Luminaries, won the 2013 Booker Prize, making Catton the youngest author ever to win the prize (at age 28) and only the second New Zealander. It was subsequently adapted into a television miniseries, with Catton as screenwriter. In 2023, she was named on the Granta Best of Young British Novelists list.
Early life
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