Melanie Challenger Explained

Melanie Challenger
Education:Exeter College, Oxford.
Occupation:Writer, researcher and broadcaster.
Website:https://www.melaniechallenger.com/

Melanie Challenger is a writer, researcher and broadcaster on environmental history and philosophy of science, Deputy Co-Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics,[1] and a Vice President of the RSPCA,[2] UK. She wrote How to Be Animal: What it Means to Be Human[3] (2021).

Her first non-fiction book On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature was published in 2011.[4] It was selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the best non-fiction books of 2012[5] and received the Santa Barbara Library's Green Award for environmental writing.

She is a member of CEP,[6] a new global collective of environmental philosophers and a founding member of the Animals in the Room[7] project, involved in devising new models for representing the interests of non-human animals in decisions critical to their lives.

Early work

Challenger began her career in the arts, writing poetry and libretti. She has published two collections of poetry, Galatea, which won an Eric Gregory Award for poetry in 2005 and was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection,[8] and a second collection, The Tender Map was published in 2017.[9]

In 2003, she adapted the Anne Frank diaries for a choral work by James Whitbourn.[10] [11] As the librettist for British composer Mark Simpson,[12] she provided the text for his oratorio, The Immortal,[13] which won the 2016 South Bank Sky Arts Award for classical music[14] and received its London premiere at the 2017 BBC Proms under Juanjo Mena.[15] Their first opera together, Pleasure, was co-commissioned by Royal Opera House, Opera North and Aldeburgh Music.[16]

Publications

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nuffield Council appoints new members . 2024-04-29 . The Nuffield Council on Bioethics . en-gb.
  2. Web site: Melanie Challenger High profile supporter RSPCA - RSPCA - rspca.org.uk . 2024-04-29 . RSPCA . en-US.
  3. News: Kelly . Stuart . 17 Feb 2021 . Book review - How to be Animal . 2024-04-26 . The Scotsman . en-GB .
  4. News: Laing . Olivia . 2011-10-01 . On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature by Melanie Challenger – review . 2024-04-26 . The Observer . en-GB . 0029-7712.
  5. Web site: Best Books of 2012. Publishers Weekly.
  6. Web site: Our Members – CEP – Consortium of Environmental Philosophers . 2024-04-29 . en-GB.
  7. Web site: Animals in the Room – A New Approach to Compassion . 2024-04-29 . en-US.
  8. Web site: Forward 2007 Special Reports guardian.co.uk Books . 2024-05-20 . www.theguardian.com.
  9. Web site: 2017-12-14 . The Tender Map from Guillemot Press Wins the Prestigious Michael Marks Award . 2024-05-20 . Falmouth University English & Creative Writing . en-US.
  10. Web site: James Whitbourn . 2024-04-29 . www.classical-music.com . en.
  11. News: Pritchard . Stephen . 2024-03-26 . James Whitbourn obituary . 2024-04-29 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  12. News: Simpson . Mark . 2016-04-28 . Welcome to the Pleasuredome… Mark Simpson's opera debut . 2024-04-29 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  13. News: Hickling . Alfred . 2015-07-05 . The Immortal/Mark Simpson review – a blazingly original oratorio . 2024-04-27 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  14. Web site: Liverpool composer Mark Simpson wins a prestigious Sky Arts Award. The Liverpool Echo. Catherine. Jones. 6 June 2016.
  15. Web site: BBC Proms . 2024-05-20 . BBC Music Events . en.
  16. News: Hickling . Alfred . 2016-04-29 . Pleasure review – Lesley Garrett shines as the lady of the loo . 2024-04-26 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  17. Gregory Tague. Animal Dignity: Philosophical Reflections on Non-Human Existence. book reviews. April 2024. Leonardo.

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