Rachel Cusk

English writer · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1967 · age 59

Rachel Cusk is a Canadian-British novelist and writer.

Rachel Cusk is read about 588 times a day, in 19 languages.

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2022Prix Femina étrangerAward2019“I worry I don't see things the way everyone else does.”In their words19 September 2019SlateRead the whole statement

2018Guggenheim FellowshipAward2017“A journalist recently told me that she had been sent to find out who I was. [...] There seems to be some problem about my identity.”In their words31 July 2017The New YorkerRead the whole statement

2012Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAward1998Somerset Maugham AwardAward1993Costa Book AwardsAward1967Born8 February 1967

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Once you have suffered sufficiently, the idea of making up John and Jane and having them do things together seems utterly ridiculous…
On feeling that writing fiction was fake and embarrassing, as quoted in Kate Kellaway "Rachel Cusk: 'Aftermath was creative death. I was, Own words
I annoy everybody, not just certain women…I think it is because I'm not interested in the group, only in the individual.
On why her writing might cause a stir, as quoted in Kate Kellaway in "Rachel Cusk: 'Aftermath was creative death. I was heading into total, Own words
I can't even remember Saving Agnes. I haven't read it in years and years. I don’t think I could read it. It's a strange thing about having been publishing for so long.
On how an author might revisit one of their earlier novels to reconnect with their past self, as quoted in Sheila Heti "Rachel Cusk, The, Own words