James Lasdun

James Lasdun (born 1958 in London) is a English author, poet and academic, who currently lives in upstate New York and is married to writer Pia Davis, with whom he co-authored the travel book Walking and Eating in Tuscany and Umbria. He is the son of the British architect Sir Denys Lasdun. Lasdun was one of the judges for the 2008 Griffin Poetry Prize. Lasdun teaches or has taught poetry and fiction writing at New York University, Columbia Univer... more

James Lasdun (born 1958 in London) is a English author, poet and academic, who currently lives in upstate New York and is married to writer Pia Davis, with whom he co-authored the travel book Walking and Eating in Tuscany and Umbria. He is the son of the British architect Sir Denys Lasdun. Lasdun was one of the judges for the 2008 Griffin Poetry Prize. Lasdun teaches or has taught poetry and fiction writing at New York University, Columbia University and The New School. Lasdun has written two novels, The Horned Man (2002) and Seven Lies, which was longlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize for fiction. He has written three collections of short stories, including The Siege: Collected Stories, the title story of which was adapted for film by Bernardo Bertolucci as Besieged; another story from this collection, Property was made into a short film by director Piper Laurie. His latest collection It's Beginning To Hurt will be published shortly in the UK by Random House. Lasdun has written... less