Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Ben Myers or Benjamin Myers (born 1976, Durham) is an English writer and journalist.His novel Beastings (2014) was published in 2014. Set in remote Cumbria in an unnamed era, it won the Portico Prize For Literature and the Northern Writers' Award. It was also longlisted for the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize.Pig Iron (2012) was set in the traveller/gypsy community of the north-east of England and was the first to be published under his full name Benjamin Myers. It won the inaugural Gordon Burn Prize and was longlisted for 3:AM Magazine.com's 'Novels of the Year' and runner-up in The Guardian's 'Not The Booker Prize', in the same year.In 2014 Myers won the Society of Author's Tom-Gallon Prize, for his short story, 'The Folk Song Singer'. His poem 'The Path To Pendle Hill' was selected by New Statesman as one of its Poems Of The Year 2015Myers' second novel, Richard: A Novel (2010) was a fictionalized account of the life of musician Richey Edwards. It was published by Picador in October 2010, and polarised critical opinion.As a teenager Myers began writing reviews and interviews with bands for British weekly Melody Maker. In 1997 he became their staff writer. As of 2013 he has written about literature, music and the arts for a number of publications including New Statesman, Mojo, The Guardian, NME, BBC New Scientist, Alternative Press, Kerrang!, Plan B, Arena, Bizarre, The Quietus, Vice, Shortlist, Caught by the River, Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, 3:AM Magazine, Mineshaft and Time Out. In 2011 he published an article, about his brief time as an intern at News of the World.Myers has also published several poetry collections and written a number of music biographies which have been widely translated.He is a founding member of the The Brutalists a literary collective including authors Adelle Stripe and Tony O'Neill, and widely acknowledged as the first literary movement to be launched by social networking sites."@en }
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- Ben_Myers abstract "Ben Myers or Benjamin Myers (born 1976, Durham) is an English writer and journalist.His novel Beastings (2014) was published in 2014. Set in remote Cumbria in an unnamed era, it won the Portico Prize For Literature and the Northern Writers' Award. It was also longlisted for the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize.Pig Iron (2012) was set in the traveller/gypsy community of the north-east of England and was the first to be published under his full name Benjamin Myers. It won the inaugural Gordon Burn Prize and was longlisted for 3:AM Magazine.com's 'Novels of the Year' and runner-up in The Guardian's 'Not The Booker Prize', in the same year.In 2014 Myers won the Society of Author's Tom-Gallon Prize, for his short story, 'The Folk Song Singer'. His poem 'The Path To Pendle Hill' was selected by New Statesman as one of its Poems Of The Year 2015Myers' second novel, Richard: A Novel (2010) was a fictionalized account of the life of musician Richey Edwards. It was published by Picador in October 2010, and polarised critical opinion.As a teenager Myers began writing reviews and interviews with bands for British weekly Melody Maker. In 1997 he became their staff writer. As of 2013 he has written about literature, music and the arts for a number of publications including New Statesman, Mojo, The Guardian, NME, BBC New Scientist, Alternative Press, Kerrang!, Plan B, Arena, Bizarre, The Quietus, Vice, Shortlist, Caught by the River, Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, 3:AM Magazine, Mineshaft and Time Out. In 2011 he published an article, about his brief time as an intern at News of the World.Myers has also published several poetry collections and written a number of music biographies which have been widely translated.He is a founding member of the The Brutalists a literary collective including authors Adelle Stripe and Tony O'Neill, and widely acknowledged as the first literary movement to be launched by social networking sites.".
- Q224977 abstract "Ben Myers or Benjamin Myers (born 1976, Durham) is an English writer and journalist.His novel Beastings (2014) was published in 2014. Set in remote Cumbria in an unnamed era, it won the Portico Prize For Literature and the Northern Writers' Award. It was also longlisted for the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize.Pig Iron (2012) was set in the traveller/gypsy community of the north-east of England and was the first to be published under his full name Benjamin Myers. It won the inaugural Gordon Burn Prize and was longlisted for 3:AM Magazine.com's 'Novels of the Year' and runner-up in The Guardian's 'Not The Booker Prize', in the same year.In 2014 Myers won the Society of Author's Tom-Gallon Prize, for his short story, 'The Folk Song Singer'. His poem 'The Path To Pendle Hill' was selected by New Statesman as one of its Poems Of The Year 2015Myers' second novel, Richard: A Novel (2010) was a fictionalized account of the life of musician Richey Edwards. It was published by Picador in October 2010, and polarised critical opinion.As a teenager Myers began writing reviews and interviews with bands for British weekly Melody Maker. In 1997 he became their staff writer. As of 2013 he has written about literature, music and the arts for a number of publications including New Statesman, Mojo, The Guardian, NME, BBC New Scientist, Alternative Press, Kerrang!, Plan B, Arena, Bizarre, The Quietus, Vice, Shortlist, Caught by the River, Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, 3:AM Magazine, Mineshaft and Time Out. In 2011 he published an article, about his brief time as an intern at News of the World.Myers has also published several poetry collections and written a number of music biographies which have been widely translated.He is a founding member of the The Brutalists a literary collective including authors Adelle Stripe and Tony O'Neill, and widely acknowledged as the first literary movement to be launched by social networking sites.".