Guy Mankowski

Guy Mankowski (born 6 January 1983) is a writer based in Newcastle upon Tyne. He was educated at Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire.[1] He read Applied Psychology at Durham University.[2] He then trained as a psychologist at The Royal Hospital in London.[3]

Career

His first novel, 'The Intimates', was a Recommended Title for New Writing North’s 2011 Read Regional Campaign.[3] It was described by author Abigail Tarttelin as a 'measured, literary piece of work as hauntingly evocative of its setting and characters as Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer Prize winner Housekeeping’.[4] Culture Magazine were more critical, and called it 'unusually stylised for contemporary fiction'.[4][5][6] Mankowski's 'breakthrough' second novel,[7]'Letters From Yelena', was described by New Books Magazine as having 'shades of The Red Shoes and The Black Swan (film)'.[8]

The novel was given Arts Council funding, allowing Mankowski to be one of a few English people granted access to the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in St. Petersburg for research purposes.[9][10] The choreographer Dora Frankel created a dance based on the book.[11] An excerpt of the novel was used as GCSE training material by Osiris Educational.[7][12] His third novel, ‘How I Left The National Grid’, was written as part of a PhD.[13] Whilst researching for it, Mankowski interviewed musicians such as Jehnny Beth from post-punk band Savages. It has been speculated that the novel he was researching was inspired by missing Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards.[14][15] It was noted that the books main character was ‘possibly based on Kingsley Chapman’ of The Chapman Family.[7] Of the novel, The Huffington Post said, 'Mankowski captures brilliantly the psychology of 'fan obsession'. Those of us who marvelled at The Secret History or A Passage to India are sure to find it equally enthralling'.[14] The novelist Andrew Crumey commented 'Already recognised as a major rising talent, Mankowski here establishes himself as a significant voice in British fiction'.[16][17][18] In the 2015 textbook ‘Creative Writing: A NAWE Handbook For Teachers’ a chapter on 'The Writing Journal' describes how Mankowski used his notebooks to develop the background of the novel.[19][20] In 2015 Mankowski was editor of ‘The Story of The HBOS Whistleblower’, which the Financial Times described as ‘a terrific read’.[21][22] He has been noted for having an intense reading style, with Northern Soul commenting, 'Mankowski managed to hold a venue full of loud, alcohol-fuelled music lovers in quiet suspense as he delivered material. Few readings have possessed such a powerful, quietly passionate quality.’[23]

Publications

Novels

Anthologies

Short stories

Academic articles

Editing

References

  1. ↑ http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/leader/8971163.The_write_stuff/ The Northern Echo
  2. ↑ http://www.dunelm.org.uk/page.aspx?pid=721 Durham Authors
  3. 1 2 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/leader/8971163.The_write_stuff/ The Northern Echo
  4. 1 2 Guy Mankowski (1 October 2012). Letters from Yelena. Legend Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-909039-10-0.
  5. ↑ http://www.newwritingnorth.com/writer-guy-mankowski-details-226.html New Writing North
  6. ↑ http://www.guymankowski.com/pdf/pdf_guy_culture.pdf The Culture Magazine
  7. 1 2 3 http://narcmagazine.com/literary-influences-guy-mankowski/ Narc Magazine Literary Influences
  8. ↑ http://www.newbooksmag.com/reviews/12296-9379/review.php. New Books Magazine
  9. ↑ http://www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/arts/preview-letters-yelena-dance-city-4401485 The Journal
  10. ↑ http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/news/dance-and-literature-at-dance-704 The British Theatre Guide
  11. ↑ http://www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/arts/preview-letters-yelena-dance-city-4401485 The Journal
  12. ↑ http://www.northernsoul.me.uk/sound-haunted-north/ Northern Soul Magazine
  13. ↑ http://www.zero-books.net/authors/guy-mankowski&i=0 Zero Books Author Profile
  14. 1 2 http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/matthew-phillips/give-us-back-our-heroes-h_b_6061840.htmlThe Huffington Post
  15. ↑ http://narcmagazine.com/local-interview-how-i-left-the-national-grid/ Narc Magazine
  16. ↑ http://www.zero-books.net/books/how-left-national-grid Zer0 Books
  17. ↑ http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/news-events/news/2015/01/can-a-famous-artist-truly-vanish/ Northumbria University News
  18. ↑ http://www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/event/guy-mankowski-how-i-left-the-national-grid-book-launch-/ The Journal
  19. ↑ http://www.nawe.co.uk/DB/bookstore/creative-writing-a-nawe-handbook-for-teachers.html National Association of Writers in Education
  20. ↑ http://weareoca.com/creative-writing/the-writing-journal/ Open College of the Arts
  21. ↑ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/566c9f76-92da-11e5-bd82-c1fb87bef7af.html#axzz3tvDOcwIx The Financial Times
  22. ↑ http://www.newwilberforce.co.uk/store/product/chapter-1-of-crash-bank-wallop/ New Wilberforce Media
  23. ↑ http://www.northernsoul.me.uk/national-grid-book/ Northern Soul Magazine
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