Timothy Mo
Timothy Mo was a British writer, journalist and novelist (born 1950). He was born at Hong Kong.
Also recorded as Timothy Peter Mo.
Timothy Mo in brief
- Born
- 1950
- Known for
- writer, journalist and novelist
- Place of birth
- Hong Kong
Contents
Recognition and collections
Timothy Mo received James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, E. M. Forster Award and Hawthornden Prize.
Catalogued works
21 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1863 to 1984.
Sour Sweet. The Monkey King. The Redundancy of Courage. An Insular Possession. Agridulce. An Insular Possesion. Insular Possession. La Redundancia del Valor. Sour Sweet (Textplus). The Reduncancy of Courage. Redundancy of Courage, the. Renegade or halo2. Brownout on Breadfruit Boulevard. Pure. Mona Lisa, dated 1914, wood engraving on paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1919.2332. Field Where General Reynolds Fell, Gettysburg, dated July 1863, albumen print, pl. 37 from the album "gardner's photographic sketch book of the war, vol. 1" (1866), held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1967.330.37. The Pearl Necklace, dated 1915, wood engraving on cream japanese tissue, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1959.256. Geographical & Geological Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, dated 1871/73, albumen prints in two bound albums, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1959.615. Ancient Ruins in the Cañon de Chelle, N.M. In a niche 50 feet above present Cañon bed., dated 1873, albumen print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1959.615a. Portrait of John D. Rockefeller, dated 1921, wood engraving on cream china paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1940.1051. A guide to biomedical research / T.M.E. Davis., dated 1984, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Mo, Timothy Peter, (born 30 Dec. 1950), writer, Who's Who, 2007. Timothy Mo (born 1950), Contemporary British Novelists, 2004. Mo Timothy, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Mo, Timothy, The Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies, 2016. Cosmopolitan Ideal in Timothy Mo’s <i>An Insular Possession</i>, Humanities, 2025. Timothy Mo’s An Insular Possession: The Fictionalization of History, Revista de Lenguas Modernas, 2013.
Digitised editions and texts
1 digitised item associated with this heading is catalogued by Internet Archive.
An insular possession (1987) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Timothy Mo studied at St John's College and Mill Hill School. the recorded working language is English.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Greater London.
Distinctions recorded are James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, E. M. Forster Award and Hawthornden Prize.
Chronology
- 1950Timothy Mo born at Hong Kong.
- 1987An insular possession digitised by Internet Archive.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
“Timothy Mo”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source - 2.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1392021: Timothy Mo
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
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