Awards & Winners

Caryl Phillips

Date of Birth 13-March-1958
Place of Birth Saint Kitts
(Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Nationality United Kingdom, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Profession Novelist, Writer, Playwright, Essayist
Caryl Phillips is a Kittitian-British novelist, playwright and essayist. Best known for his novels, Phillips is often described as a Black Atlantic writer, since much of his fictional output is defined by its interest in, and searching exploration of, the experiences of peoples of the African diaspora in England, the Caribbean and the United States. As well as writing, Phillips has worked as an academic at numerous institutions including Amherst College, Barnard College and, most recently, Yale University where he has held the position of Professor of English since 2005.

Awards by Caryl Phillips

Check all the awards nominated and won by Caryl Phillips.

2006


Beyond Margins Award
Honored for : Dancing in the dark

2004


Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction A Distant Shore

2003


Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction A Distant Shore

1993


Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Man Booker Prize Crossing the River