Eleanor Catton

Quick Facts

Full Name	Eleanor Catton
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Sep 24, 1985(1985-09-24)
Age	39
Birthplace	London
Country	New Zealand
Horoscope	Capricorn

Eleanor Catton Biography

Eleanor Catton is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on September 24, 1985 in London, New Zealand. Eleanor Catton MNZM (born 24 September 1985) is a New Zealand novelist and screenwriter. Her second novel, The Luminaries, won the 2013 Man Booker Prize.

At 832 pages, The Luminaries is the longest work to win the prize in its 45-year history. The chair of the judges, Robert Macfarlane commented “It’s a dazzling work. It’s a luminous work. It is vast without being sprawling.” Catton was presented with the prize by the Duchess of Cornwall on 15 October 2013 at Guildhall.

In 2014 she used her winnings from the NZ Post Book Award to establish the Lancewood/Horoeka Grant. The grant offers a stipend to emerging writers with the aim of “the means and opportunity not to write, but to read, and to share what they learn through their reading with their colleagues in the arts”. Recipients have included Amy Brown, Craig Cliff and Richard Meros.

In January 2015, on air RadioLive host Sean Plunket called Catton a traitor and an “ungrateful hua”. The Taxpayers’ Union also released a media statement showing Catton had received around $50,000 in Creative New Zealand support over her career. Jordan Williams of the Taxpayers’ Union argued that: “if Ms Catton isn’t thankful for the support by the New Zealand Government while she wrote The Luminaries, maybe she should use some of the substantial royalties to pay the money back”.

In November 2013 Catton was awarded the Canadian Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction for The Luminaries. In January 2014 it was announced that Catton would be awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Literature in May at Victoria University of Wellington, where she has studied. In the 2014 New Year Honours, she was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature.

Eleanor Catton Net Worth

Eleanor Catton is one of the richest Novelist from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Eleanor Catton 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Catton’s debut novel, The Rehearsal, was published in 2008. It was written as her Master’s thesis, and deals with reactions to an affair between a male teacher and a girl at his secondary school. That year, she was awarded a fellowship to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

In 2011, she was the Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence at the University of Canterbury. In 2016, The Rehearsal was adapted into a film that was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.

Catton’s second novel, The Luminaries, was published in 2013. The novel is set on the goldfields of New Zealand in 1866. It was shortlisted for and subsequently won the 2013 Man Booker Prize making Catton, at the age of 28, the youngest author ever to win the Booker. She was previously, at the age of 27, the youngest author ever to be shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

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Who is Eleanor Catton Dating?

According to our records, Eleanor Catton married to Steven Toussaint. As of December 1, 2023, Eleanor Catton’s is not dating anyone.

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The Luminaries was subsequently adapted into a television miniseries by TVNZ and BBC Two, which debuted on 17 May, 2020. Catton also served as screenwriter for the miniseries.

Facts & Trivia

Eleanor Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Eleanor Catton celebrates birthday on September 24 of every year.

How long did it take Eleanor Catton to write The Luminaries?

Novelist Eleanor Catton spent five years writing The Luminaries, and another seven to adapt the novel for the screen.

Why is Eleanor Catton special in the history of the prize?

Eleanor Catton made Man Booker prize history twice on Tuesday night the youngest winner for, at 832 pages, the longest novel. The New Zealander was 25 when she began writing The Luminaries, an epic 19th-century gold rush murder mystery.

Is Eleanor Catton related to Bruce Catton?

Back in Christchurch she attended Burnside High School, studied English at the University of Canterbury, and completed a Master’s degree in Creative Writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University of Wellington. She is related to historian Bruce Catton.

Is Eleanor Catton writing a new book?

According to Catton’s agent, Caroline Dawnay, the novel, entitled Birnam Wood (a reference to a scene in Shakespeare’s Macbeth) is set in a remote part of the country where the mega-wealthy have stored caches of weapons in fortress-like homes in preparation for disaster.

Will there be a second series of luminaries?

Unfortunately at present Makers does not give any information about Luminaries season 2 release date. While if they will plan for the renewal of the series, so we expect it would be released later somewhere in 2022.