H is for Hawk
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| Author | Helen Macdonald |
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| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
Publication date | 2014 |
| Pages | 300 pp. |
| Awards | Samuel Johnson Prize, Costa Book of the Year |
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| OCLC | 898117636 |
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H is for Hawk is a 2014 memoir by British author Helen Macdonald. It won the Samuel Johnson Prize and Costa Book of the Year award, among other honours.
The film of H Is for Hawk premiered in 2025.
Content
H is for Hawk tells Macdonald's story of the year she spent training a Eurasian goshawk in the wake of her father's death. Her father, Alisdair Macdonald, was a respected photojournalist who died suddenly of a heart attack in 2007. Having previously been a falconer for many years, she purchased a young goshawk to help her through the grieving process.
Reception
The book reached The Sunday Times best-seller list within two weeks of being published in July 2014.[1]
In an interview with The Guardian, Macdonald said, "While the backbone of the book is a memoir about that year when I lost my father and trained a hawk, there are also other things tangled up in that story which are not memoir. There is the shadow biography of TH White, and a lot of nature-writing, too. I was trying to let these different genres speak to each other."[2] White was the author of The Goshawk (1951), an account of his own attempt to train a goshawk.[3]
Kevin Jackson, writing for Literary Review, drew further comparisons between Macdonald and White, in that she resembles him "in her gluttony for words both homely and exotic, their associations and histories."[4] Macdonald's rich vocabulary is distinguished by her passion for precision, Jackson wrote: "Her eye is every bit as educated as her mind."
Judges of the Samuel Johnson Prize specifically highlighted that marriage of genres as one of the reasons for selecting H is for Hawk as the winner.[2]
An extract of this book is part of the anthology for Edexcel's IGCSE English Language exam, in the new specification.
In media
Television
In "H is for Hawk: A New Chapter", part of BBC's Natural World series in 2017, Macdonald trained a new goshawk chick.[5]
Film adaptation
The film rights for the memoir were acquired by Lena Headey in April 2015, with intentions to star and produce in the adaption in conjunction with Plan B Entertainment.[6][7][8] In February 2024, it was announced Claire Foy and Brendan Gleeson were cast in the film, along with Philippa Lowthorpe named as the director and Emma Donoghue as scriptwriter. Film4 Productions also co-produced and co-financed the adaptation with Plan B.[9] Principal photography began in Cambridge in November 2024.[10] The film premiered at the 52nd Telluride Film Festival.
Awards and honours
- 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize, winner[11]
- 2014 Costa Book of the Year, winner.[12]
- 2014 Duff Cooper Prize, shortlist.[13]
- 2015 Thwaites Wainwright Prize, longlist.[13]
- 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, shortlist.[14]
- 2016 Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, winner[15]
Translations
- Template:Langx. Translated by Nico Groen and Joris Vermeulen. Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij. 10 September 2015. Template:ISBN.
- Template:Langx. Translated by Joan Eloi Roca. Barcelona: Ático de los Libros. 7 October 2015. Template:ISBN.
- Template:Langx. Translated by Anna Rusconi. Turin: Einauldi. 26 January 2016. Template:ISBN.
- Template:Langx. Translated by Ricard Vela. Barcelona: Àtic dels llibres. 16 March 2016. Template:ISBN.
- Template:Langx. Translated by Irmeli Ruuska. Helsinki: Gummerus. 17 March 2016. Template:ISBN.
- Template:Langx. Translated by Hanna Jankowska. Sękowa: Czarne. 11 May 2016. Template:ISBN.
- Template:Langx. Translated by Maria Carmelita Dias. Rio de Janeiro: Intrínseca. 8 June 2016. Template:ISBN.
- Template:Langx. Translated by Chen Jialin. Taipei: Xīn jīngdiǎn tú wén chuánbò yǒuxiàn gōngsī. 3 August 2016. Template:ISBN.
- Template:Langx. Translated by Marie-Anne de Béru. Paris: Fleuve éditions. 25 August 2016. Template:ISBN.
- Template:Langx. Translated by Kıvanç Güney. Istanbul: Monokl. 26 October 2017. Template:ISBN.
- Template:Langx. Translated by Ulrike Kretschmer. Berlin: Ullstein. 17 November 2017. Template:ISBN.
- Template:Langx. Translated by Meta Ottosson. Stockholm: Brombergs. 4 November 2022. Template:ISBN.
- Template:Langx. Translated by Kristina Aurylaitė. Vilnius: Baltos lankos. 20 September 2023. Template:ISBN.
See also
References
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- ^ Cambridge News, Interview: Cambridge author Helen Macdonald on grief, goshawks, and her best-selling book, H is for Hawk Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Cambridge News, 7 September 2014.
- ^ a b Stephen Moss, Helen Macdonald: a bird’s eye view of love and loss, The Guardian, 5 November 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jameson, Conor (January 2014). "A place for the misfit". British Birds. 107 (1): 2–3. ISSN 0007-0335.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jackson, Kevin (1 August 2014). "On Broken Wings". Literary Review.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."H is for Hawk: A New Chapter". BBC. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lena Headey has bought the film rights to the brilliant H IS FOR HAWK by Helen MacDonald. Click for more". Knight Hall Agency. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Shute, Joe (8 October 2017). "Helen Macdonald on life after H is For Hawk and the joy of living alone at 47". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Egner, Jeremy (5 July 2017). "Lena Headey, Cersei in 'Game of Thrones,' Has Her Own Power Moves". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wiseman, Andreas (9 February 2024). "Claire Foy & Brendan Gleeson To Star In 'H Is For Hawk' For Plan B & 'Poor Things' Things Backer Film4; Protagonist Launches EFM Buzz Pic". Deadline. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Findlay, Cait (5 November 2024). "Movie featuring Netflix star begins filming in Cambridge". Cambridge-News. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Clark, Nick (5 November 2014). "Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction: Helen Macdonald wins with 'H is for Hawk'". The Independent. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Helen Macdonald wins Costa Book of the Year 2014". BBC News. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."'H is for Hawk' shortlisted for the 2014 Duff Cooper Prize, longlisted for the 2014 Thwaites Wainwright Prize 2015". The Marsh Agency. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2016 Carnegie Medals Shortlist Announced". American Libraries Magazine. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Meilleur livre étranger | Book awards | LibraryThing". www.librarything.com. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
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