Roma Tearne Explained

Roma Tearne (née Chrysostom; born 1954) is a Sri Lankan-born artist and writer living and working in England. Her debut novel, Mosquito, was shortlisted for the 2007 Costa Book Awards first Novel prize (formerly the Whitbread Prize).

Early life and education

Tearne moved to South London in 1964 with her Sinhalese mother and Tamil father when she was ten years old.[1]

Tearne attended the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford, (2000-2001) and earned an MA.[2] [3]

Career

She was Leverhulme Artist in Residence at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford in 2002–2003, then Artist in Residence at Modern Art Oxford in 2004. In October 2005 she started a three-year post-doctoral AHRC fellowship at Oxford Brookes University.[4]

Art and film

Tearne has exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. In a 1998 review of her work in Modern Painter, J.B. Bullen described Tearne's work as, "light is simultaneously everywhere and nowhere in these powerful paintings."[5]

Tearne directed and shot five short films, including, Letter from Urbino, which was screened at the National Gallery, London, in 2012 as part of the launch of her novel The Road to Urbino.[6]

Writing

Tearne's first novel, Mosquito, published by HarperCollins in 2007, was shortlisted for the Costa Prize and nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.[7] Her second novel, Bone China, was published in spring 2008.[8] Her third novel, Brixton Beach, was published in 2009.[9] Her fourth novel, The Swimmer, (May 2010)[10] was long-listed for the Orange Prize,[11] while a film based on the narrative was made by Tearne and shown at the Venice Biennale in 2011.[12] [13] Her fifth novel, The Road to Urbino (2012) was long-listed for the Asian Man Booker,[14] while another film by Tearne, based on the novel, was shown at the National Gallery, London, in June of that year. Tearne's most recent novels, The Last Pier (2015)[15] and The White City (2017),[16] were published by Aardrark Bureau.

Publications

Novels

Articles

Films

Selected exhibitions

Public events

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Hickling . Alfred . 3 July 2009 . A healing art . en-GB . . live . 14 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220405195306/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jul/04/brixton-beach-roma-tearne-review . 5 April 2022 . 0261-3077.
  2. Web site: Taylor . Anita . 2022 . Trowbridge Poetry Stanza with Roma Tearne + open-mic - 5 March 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230215011143/https://drawingprojects.uk/index.php/community/15-community-events/304-trowbridge-poetry-stanza-with-roma-tearne-open-mic-5-march-2022 . 15 February 2023 . 14 February 2023 . Drawing Projects . en-gb.
  3. Web site: Roma Tearne - Biography . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190725162604/https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/roma-tearne . 25 July 2019 . 14 February 2023 . British Council - Literature.
  4. Web site: 2009 . Roma Tearne - Watermuseum - Exhibition at Ovada in Oxford . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230215012508/https://www.artrabbit.com/events/roma-tearne-watermuseum . 15 February 2023 . 14 February 2023 . ArtRabbit . en.
  5. Bullen . J. B. . Summer 1998 . Roma Tearne . . 11 . 2 . 102–103 . EBSCOhost.
  6. Web site: 2012 . Book launch - The Road to Urbino . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120602075734/https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/calendar/book-launch-15-june-2012 . 2 June 2012 . . A beautiful short film based on an idea from the novel will be screened at this book launch....
  7. News: Kellogg . Carolyn . 3 March 2009 . Robert Alter wins Kirsch Award; The 45 nominees in nine categories for The Times Book Prizes are announced. . D.3 . The Los Angeles Times.
  8. Web site: Wheelwright . Julie . 17 April 2008 . Roma Tearne: The enemy within . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190725163908/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/roma-tearne-the-enemy-within-810743.html . 25 July 2019 . 14 February 2023 . . en.
  9. News: Wyndham . Susan . 26 May 2018 . A Novel of Sri Lanka's Civil War, in Lush Tropical Detail . en-US . . live . subscription . 14 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220812161629/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/26/books/review/brixton-beach-roma-tearne.html . 12 August 2022 . 0362-4331.
  10. Web site: Hagestadt . Emma . 21 October 2010 . The Swimmer, By Roma Tearne . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707200554/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-swimmer-by-roma-tearne-2112951.html . 7 July 2022 . 15 February 2023 . . en.
  11. Web site: 12 April 2011 . Orange Prize for Fiction announces 2011 Long-list . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20110504080235/http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/prize.html . 4 May 2011 . 6 March 2018 . Orange Prize for Fiction . en.
  12. Web site: 8 March 2011 . The Swimmer: A True Story… . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120114123601/http://www.the-swimmer.org/ . 14 January 2012 . The Swimmer.
  13. Web site: June 2011 . The Swimmer, a film by Orange longlisted author Roma Tearne . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230215075231/https://purseytuttweiler.blogspot.com/2011/06/the-swimmer-film-by-orange-longlisted.html . 15 February 2023 . 14 February 2023 . Womens Interests.
  14. Web site: 18 December 2012 . Man Asian Literary Prize Announces Long List . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220515194156/https://www.pw.org/content/man_asian_literary_prize_announces_longlist . 15 May 2022 . 15 February 2023 . . en.
  15. Web site: Hoggard . Liz . 9 April 2015 . The Last Pier by Roma Tearne, book review: A poetic tale of family ties, love and loss . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190725163900/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-last-pier-by-roma-tearne-book-review-a-poetic-tale-of-family-ties-love-and-loss-10164874.html . 25 July 2019 . 14 February 2023 . . en.
  16. Web site: 19 October 2017 . Bleak yet beautiful fiction of near-future disintegration . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200813061242/https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/bleak-yet-beautiful-fiction-near-future-disintegration . 13 August 2020 . 14 February 2023 . . en.
  17. News: Housham . Jane . 21 June 2013 . The Road to Urbino by Roma Tearne – review . en-GB . . live . 14 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190725162358/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/21/road-to-urbino-review . 25 July 2019 . 0261-3077.
  18. Web site: Scholes . Lucy . 21 August 2012 . The Road to Urbino, By Roma Tearne . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190725171812/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-road-to-urbino-by-roma-tearne-8053756.html . 25 July 2019 . 14 February 2023 . . en.
  19. Web site: Popescu . Lucy . 8 June 2010 . The Swimmer, By Roma Tearne . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707033044/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-swimmer-by-roma-tearne-1994026.html . 7 July 2022 . 14 February 2023 . . en.
  20. Wood . Liana . 8 June 2009 . Treasured Island . . 138 . 4952 . 48 . EBSCOhost.
  21. Web site: Ondaatje . Christopher . 17 March 2007 . Dear, unhappy isle . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230215001924/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/dear-unhappy-isle/ . 15 February 2023 . 14 February 2023 . . en.
  22. Web site: 26 March 2007 . Artist 'blinds' emperor heads . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190725162446/https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/1285087.artist-blinds-emperor-heads/ . 25 July 2019 . 14 February 2023 . . en.
  23. Web site: Tearne . Roma . 10 February 2015 . Ariadne's Thread: In memory of W.G. Sebald by Philippa Comber, book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220708035914/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/ariadne-s-thread-in-memory-of-w-g-sebald-by-philippa-comber-book-review-how-sebald-remains-a-great-inspiration-for-writer-roma-tearne-10036269.html . 8 July 2022 . 14 February 2023 . . en.
  24. Web site: Tearne . Roma . 21 June 2012 . The Essay: In search of the art of enchantment . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190725174829/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-essay-in-search-of-the-art-of-enchantment-7873045.html . 25 July 2019 . 14 February 2023 . The Independent.
  25. Web site: Tearne . Roma . 7 May 2010 . Roma Tearne: 'Sri Lanka's writers must remember and speak out' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220708091454/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/roma-tearne-sri-lanka-s-writers-must-remember-and-speak-out-1965111.html . 8 July 2022 . 14 February 2023 . . en.
  26. News: Tearne . Roma . 13 June 2008 . October 8 1950... . en-GB . . live . 14 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190712135122/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/jun/14/familyandrelationships.family3 . 12 July 2019 . 0261-3077.
  27. News: Tearne . Roma . 1 September 2007 . In search of the unseen Venice . en . . live . subscription . 15 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230215211137/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/in-search-of-the-unseen-venice-rb7k9hdgzhd . 15 February 2023 . 0140-0460.
  28. Book: Tearne, Roma . Gangemi . 2004 . 9788849206258 . Rome . 19–43 . In the body of the city . My Shadow Collection . https://www.worldcat.org/title/60364503.
  29. Winter 2002 . The House of Small Things - Roma Tearne . live . . 33 . 6–7 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221002170242/https://www.source.ie/archive/issue33/is33portfolio_Roma_Tearne_11_03_35_08-08-13.php . 2 October 2022 . 14 February 2023.
  30. Web site: 2022 . 1325 - Atacama Stars by Roma Tearne . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230215085206/https://se.royalacademy.org.uk/2022/artworks/roma-tearne/1325 . 15 February 2023 . 15 February 2023 . . en-GB . This work was on display in the Summer Exhibition 2022 in the Lecture Room.
  31. Web site: Smyth . Ash . 29 July 2009 . Roma Tearne in words and images . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819053926/https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/4516166.roma-tearne-words-images/ . 19 August 2022 . 15 February 2023 . . en.
  32. News: Clark . Robert . 20 December 2008 . Exhibition preview: Roma Tearne, Nottingham . en-GB . . live . 14 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190725162355/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/dec/20/roma-tearne-nottingham-castle . 25 July 2019 . 0261-3077.
  33. Web site: 2 July 2004 . Nel corpo delle città . In the body of the city . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230215210446/https://www.serviziculturali.it/archivio-eventi/32-nel-corpo-delle-citta.html . 15 February 2023 . 15 February 2023 . Servizi Culturali . it.
  34. Bullen . J. B. . Autumn 2001 . Roma Tearne . . 14 . 3 . 124 . EBSCOhost.
  35. Web site: Mishra . Pankaj . 14 March 2013 . BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, AL Kennedy discusses her book On Writing . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220711144806/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r51f2 . 11 July 2022 . 15 February 2023 . . en-GB.
  36. Web site: 21 August 2012 . BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, InterRail Postcards, Roma Tearne . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20120903020250/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0124s2s . 3 September 2012 . 15 February 2023 . . en-GB.
  37. Web site: 28 May 2009 . Woman's Hour: Roma Tearne on Sri Lanka; Miscarriage . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230215220220/https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/programmes/b00khy3r . 15 February 2023 . 15 February 2023 . . en.

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