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Alex Wheatle was born on 3 January, 1963 in South London, London, United Kingdom. Discover Alex Wheatle's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?

Popular As Alex Alphonso Wheatle
Occupation Novelist
Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 3 January 1963
Birthday 3 January
Birthplace London, United Kingdom
Nationality United Kingdom

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2016

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

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."

2011

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.

2008

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

2006

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.

1999

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.

1963

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

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.