Benjamin Myers
- January 11, 2024
- Writer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Benjamin Myers |
| Date Of Birth | Jan 10, 1976(1976-01-10) |
| Age | 48 |
| Birthplace | Durham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Horoscope | Capricorn |
Benjamin Myers Biography
| Birthday | Jan 10 |
| Birth Year | 1976 |
Benjamin Myers is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on January 10, 1976 in Durham, United Kingdom. Benjamin Myers (born 10 January 1976) is a famous English journalist and writer.
He is the founder of the Brutalists the literary collective comprising the authors Adelle Stripe, and Tony O’Neill, and widely recognized as an early literary group initiated by social media sites. In the year 2014 Myers is a straight-edge writer for the past ten years.
Beastings (2014) won the Portico Prize For Literature and the Northern Writers’ Award. It was also longlisted for the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize.
Myers’ book The Gallows Pole (2017), a novelisation of the true story of the Cragg Vale Coiners, received a Roger Deakin Award and won the 2018 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction. As part of the prize, both author and book title appeared as the official Royal Mail franking stamp for a week on an estimated 60 million pieces of mail. The Gallows Pole was signed by Third Man Books, part of Third Man Records, for publication in the US/Canada in 2019.
Pig Iron (2012) was set in the community of traveller/gypsy located in north- east England and was the first novel to be published by the full name of Benjamin Myers. The novel was awarded the inaugural Gordon Burn Prize and was shortlisted for 3:AM Magazine.com’s “Novels of the Year and was runner-up in the Guardian’s ‘Not the Booker Prize’ in the same year.
Benjamin Myers Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Writer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Benjamin Myers is one of the richest Writer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Benjamin Myers 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
As a teen, Myers began writing for the British daily Melody Maker. In 1997, he was the staff writer. Since 2017, he has written about music, literature as well as the performing arts in a variety of publications, including New Statesman, Mojo, The Guardian, NME, The Spectator, BBC, New Scientist, Alternative Press, Kerrang!, Plan B, Arena, Bizarre, The Quietus, Vice, Shortlist, Caught by the River, Metal Hammer, The Morning Star, Classic Rock, 3:AM Magazine, Mineshaft and Time Out. In 2011, he wrote an article about his time working as an intern for News of the World.
Myers Second novel, Richard: A Novel (2010) was an escapist account of the life of the legendary musician Richey Edwards. The novel was released through Picador in October 2010 and has polarized critics.
In 2014 Myers won the Society of Author’s Tom-Gallon Trust Award, for his short story, ‘The Folk Song Singer’. He was runner-up in the same prize in 2018 for his story ‘A Thousand Acres Of English Soil’. His poem ‘The Path To Pendle Hill’ was selected by New Statesman as one of its Poems Of The Year 2015 and work from the same collection were read by Myers on BBC1 programme Countryfile.
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Facts & Trivia
Benjamin Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Benjamin Myers celebrates birthday on January 10 of every year.
Who is Ben Myers?
Ben Myers
Occupation| Writer and journalist
Alma mater| University of Bedfordshire
Notable awards| The Portico Prize For Literature. The Gordon Burn Prize. Roger
Deakin Award. Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.
Spouse| Adelle Stripe
What is Ben Myers dog called?
It features fresh lobster, nettle tea, a dog called Butler and a Noel Coward song.
Was Romy Landau a real person?
Adapted from the novel by Benjamin Myers of the same name, it is a fictionalised and romanticised account of a relationship between German poet, Romy Landau ( a real person born in Bavaria in 1912 ), who was found drowned off the coast in Robin’s Hood Bay in 1940, and, as far as I can research, the entirely fictional …
What Theatre did Ben Myers work?
The Watermill Theatre I was responsible for setting up and maintaining the rural and small scale touring program and for project managing numerous community… Managed to hang around long enough and make myself useful enough for them to take a chance on an untried kid!
What number is Ben Meyers?
Colorado Avalanche center Ben Meyers ( 59 ) during the first period against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at Ball Arena in Denver.