David Storey

David Storey studied at Slade School of Fine Art and Queen Elizabeth Grammar School. The recorded working language is English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are prose and dramaturgy. Work by David Storey is recorded in the collections of UCL Art Museum. Distinctions recorded are John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, Booker Prize and Somerset Maugham Award.

• Name — David Storey • Birth Name — David Malcolm Storey • Born — 13 July 1933 • Birthplace — Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England • Died — 27 March 2017 • Place of death — London, England • Occupation — Novelist • Education — Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield • Alma Mater — Slade School of Fine Art • Genre — Novelist, playwright, screenwriter • Awards — Booker Prize (1976)

Storey was born on 13 July 1933 in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of a coal miner, Frank Richmond Story, and Lily (née Cartwright) Story. He was educated at QEGS Wakefield. He continued his education at London's Slade School of Fine Art, and supported himself there by playing rugby league for Leeds RLFC as a for the "A" team, with occasional appearances in the first. His plays include The Restoration of Arnold Middleton, The Changing Room, Cromwell, Home, and Stages. His novels include Flight into Camden, which won the 1961 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the 1963 Somerset Maugham Award; and Saville, which won the 1976 Booker Prize. He wrote the screenplay for This Sporting Life (1963), directed by Lindsay Anderson, adapted from his first novel of the same name, originally published in 1960, which won the 1960 Macmillan Fiction Award. The film was the beginning of a long professional association with Anderson, whose film version of Storey's play In Celebration was released as part of the American Film Theatre series in 1975. Home and Early Days (both starred Sir Ralph Richardson; Home also starred Sir John Gielgud) were made into television films. Storey's novel Pasmore was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C464/67) with David Storey in 2008-2009 for its National Life Stories General collection held by the British Library.

• Illustration — Grave of David Storey in Highgate Cemetery In 1956, Storey married Barbara Rudd Hamilton, with whom he had four children. Barbara Storey died in 2015. Storey died on 27 March 2017 in London at the age of 83 and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery. The cause was Parkinson's disease and dementia. Survivors included his two sons, Jake and Sean; two daughters, Helen and Kate; a brother, Anthony; and six grandchildren.

• This Sporting Life (1960) (made into the 1963 film This Sporting Life) • Flight into Camden (1961) – winner of the 1963 Somerset Maugham Award • Radcliffe (1963) • Pasmore (1972) – winner of the 1973 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize • A Temporary Life (1973) • Edward (1973) • Saville (1976) – winner of the 1976 Booker Prize • A Prodigal Child (1982) • Present Times (1984) • The Phoenix (1993) (novella) • A Serious Man (1998) • As It Happened (2002) • A Star in the West (1999) • Thin-Ice Skater (2004)

• The Restoration of Arnold Middleton (1967) • In Celebration (1969) • The Contractor (1970) • Home (1970) • The Changing Room (1973) • The Farm (1973) • Cromwell (1973) • Life Class (1974) • Mother's Day (1977) • Early Days (1980) • Sisters (1980) • The March on Russia (1989) • Stages (1992)

• Storey's Lives: 1951–1991 (1992)

• A Stinging Delight (Faber and Faber, 2021)

David Storey is recorded as having received John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and Booker Prize. Recorded at birth as David Malcolm Storey. Recognition and collections. Storey received John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, Booker Prize and Somerset Maugham Award.