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| Author | Amy Liptrot |
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| Genre | Recovery memoir, nature writing |
| Set in | Orkney |
| Published | 2016 |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Awards | Wainwright Prize 2016 PEN/Ackerley Prize 2017 |
| ISBN | 978-1-78211-549-6 |
The Outrun is a 2016 memoir by the Scottish journalist and author Amy Liptrot. It is set in Orkney, her childhood home, where she returned to rehabilitate after becoming an alcoholic in London. The book combines nature writing with self-reflection. It won her the 2016 Wainwright Prize and the 2017 PEN/Ackerley Prize.[1][2]
Critics in the United Kingdom and the United States have warmly welcomed the book, describing it as beautiful and moving, and classifying it variously as a travelogue, a work of nature writing, and a recovery memoir. The book has been adapted into a film, directed by Nora Fingscheidt, and produced by and starring Saoirse Ronan.
- ^ "2016 Winner". The Wainwright Golden Beer Prize. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ Sharp, Robert (6 July 2017). "Amy Liptrot awarded PEN Ackerley Prize 2017 for 'The Outrun'". English PEN. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2023.