Alex Wheatle

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alex Wheatle
Occupation	British novelist
Date Of Birth	Jan 3, 1963(1963-01-03)
Age	61
Birthplace	South London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	London
Horoscope	Capricorn

Alex Wheatle Biography

Alex Wheatle is one of the most popular and richest British novelist who was born on January 3, 1963 in South London, London, United Kingdom. Born in 1963 to Jamaican parents, Wheatle spent much of his childhood in a Shirley Oaks children’s home. At 16 he was a founder member of the Crucial Rocker sound system; his DJ name was Yardman Irie. He wrote lyrics about everyday Brixton life. By 1980 Wheatle was living in a social services hostel in Brixton, South London, and he participated in the 1981 Brixton riots and aftermath. While serving his resulting sentence he read authors such as Chester Himes, Richard Wright, C. L. R. James and John Steinbeck. He claims that a Rastafarian was his cellmate, and he was the one who encouraged Wheatle to start reading books and care about his education. He features bits of his life in his books, such as East of Acre Lane characters Yardman Irie and Jah Nelson.

In the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2008, Wheatle was awarded the MBE for services to literature.

His 2016 book Crongton Knights won the 50th Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize (previous winners include Ted Hughes, Philip Pullman, Mark Haddon and Jacqueline Wilson). S. F. Said, one of the judging panel, said of the book: “Wheatle’s writing is poetic, rhythmic and unique, remaking the English language with tremendous verve. Though Crongton is his invention, it resonates with many urban situations, not only in Britain but around the world. Crongton Knights is a major novel from a major voice in British children’s literature.”

His Young-adult novel Liccle Bit was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 2016.

Wheatle has since spoken about the Brixton riots, most prominently in the 2006 BBC programme Battle for Brixton. His early books are based on his life in Brixton as a teenager and his time in social services’ care.

Alex Wheatle Net Worth

Alex Wheatle is one of the richest British novelist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alex Wheatle 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Alex Alphonso Wheatle MBE (3 January 1963) is a British novelist, sentenced to a term of imprisonment after the Brixton riots.

He received the London Arts Board New Writers Award in 1999 for his debut novel Brixton Rock, which was later adapted for the stage and performed at the Young Vic in July 2010.

He wrote and performed Uprising, a one-man play based on his own life at Tara Arts Studios, Wandsworth, London. In 2011 he took Uprising on tour and performed it at the Writing On The Wall Festival, Liverpool; Oxford Playhouse; Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury; Ilkley Playhouse and the Albany Theatre, Deptford.

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Facts & Trivia

Alexander Ranked on the list of most popular British novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Alex Wheatle celebrates birthday on January 3 of every year.

Where does Alex wheatle live?

Alex Wheatle lives in London. He was awarded an MBE for services to literature in 2008.

What school did Alex wheatle go to?

Alex Wheatle MBE
Language| English
Alma mater| Shirley Oaks Children’s Home
Literary movement| Black British literature
Notable works| Brixton Rock (1999) Crongton Knights (2016) Cane Warriors (2020)

Is Crongton a real place?

Well here’s a confession, the actual name Crongton came from Croydon and Brixton , two areas of London I know very well. But I wanted to make it fictional because at one point in my career I wrote a book called The Dirty South. I was promoting that in a south London school, in Brixton where the book was set.

Who wrote small AXE?

Small Axe, a series of five films from writer and director Steve McQueen , takes a closer look at London’s West Indian community from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Is Alex wheatle real?

Alex Wheatle’s early life Wheatle is today an accomplished and award-winning author , having written more than a dozen books, including children’s and young adult novels, as well as writing and performing a play about his life titled Uprising.