His 2014 Arctic Summer presents a fictionalized account, “drawn with fidelity to the historical persona of the English novelist”, of the middle years in the life of novelist E. Reviewing the novel in The Guardian, Jan Morris wrote, "I doubt if any book in 2010 will contain more memorable evocations of place than In a Strange Room." She described In a Strange Room as a "beautiful" book that is "strikingly conceived and hauntingly written".
His novel In a Strange Room was shortlisted for the 2010 Booker Prize for fiction. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2003 and also won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book: Africa (2003). The story of two contrasting characters in a remote, rural hospital in post- apartheid South Africa, The Good Doctor was enthusiastically received by critics. Īfter The Good Doctor, his fifth novel, was published in 2003, Galgut's work became better known outside South Africa. A second feature film version was released in 2020. His next novel, The Quarry (1995), was made into a feature film, with a 1998 release. His novel The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs (1991) won the Central News Agency Literary Award in 1992. His next book, a collection of short stories called Small Circle of Beings (1988), includes an eponymous novella that describes a mother's struggle with her son's illness. Galgut wrote his first novel, A Sinless Season (1982), when he was 17. He then studied drama at the University of Cape Town.
Galgut was head boy of Pretoria Boys High School, matriculating in 1981.
At the age of six, he was diagnosed with lymphoma. His father was from a Jewish family and his mother converted to Judaism. Galgut was born on 12 November 1963 in Pretoria, South Africa. He was awarded the 2021 Booker Prize for his novel The Promise, having previously been shortlisted for the award in 20. Pretoria Boys High School University of Cape Townĭamon Galgut (born 12 November 1963) is a South African novelist and playwright.
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