The Barbellion Prize
On Hiatus Until 2024
This is a list of authors - both historical and contemporary - with many distinct disabilities and illnesses. It is a broad list representing various diverse literary voices. Some of those featured are well-known and famous authors, while others may be more obscure.
We will continue to expand the list to showcase the breadth and variety of disability literature and disabled authors.
The authors are listed alphabetically and linked to web pages with further information.
Resources pertinent to disabled authors and disability literature are also included below.
A:
Tinu Abayomi-Paul.
Shahd Alshammari.
B:
Khairani Barokka - (Shortlisted for The Barbellion Prize 2021).
Jean-Dominique Bauby.
Amy Berkowitz.
Thomas Bernhard.
Sheila Black.
Emily Brontë.
Christy Brown.
Keah Brown.
Lynn Buckle - (Winner of The Barbellion Prize 2021).
C:
D:
Emily Dickinson.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
E:
F:
G:
Josie George - (Shortlisted for The Barbellion Prize 2021).
Jan Grue - (Longlisted for The Barbellion Prize 2021).
H:
Alice Hattrick - (Longlisted for The Barbellion Prize 2021).
Judith Heumann - (Longlisted for The Barbellion Prize 2020).
John Hockenberry.
Sheila Hocken.
J:
K:
Paul Kalanithi.
John Keats.
Helen Keller.
Porochista Khakpour.
L:
Laura Laakso - (Longlisted for The Barbellion Prize 2020).
Amanda Leduc - (Longlisted for The Barbellion Prize 2020).
Riva Lehrer - (Winner of The Barbellion Prize 2020).
M:
Sarah Manguso.
Katherine Mansfield.
Ben Mattlin.
Jarred McGinnis - (Longlisted for The Barbellion Prize 2021).
Sam Mills - (Shortlisted for The Barbellion Prize 2020).
N:
Friedrich Nietzsche.
Christopher Nolan.
O:
P:
Abi Palmer - (Shortlisted for The Barbellion Prize 2020).
Amit Patel - (Shortlisted for The Barbellion Prize 2020).
Eli Percy - (Shortlisted for The Barbellion Prize 2021).
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.
Claudia Piñeiro - (Longlisted for The Barbellion Prize 2021).
R:
S:
Amy Sequenzia.
Tom Shakespeare.
Eliza Suggs.
Rosemary Sutcliff.
T:
V:
Anna Vaught - (Longlisted for The Barbellion Prize 2020).
W:
Resources:
Crip Lit: https://www.autostraddle.com/crip-lit-an-intersectional-queer-crip-syllabus-333400/
Tom Shakespeare: https://farmerofthoughts.co.uk/topic/disability/
Q&A from 'The Handy, Uncapped Pen' with Barbellion Prize founder Jake Goldsmith: http://www.handyuncappedpen.com/2020/07/q-jake-goldsmith-founder-of-barbellion.html
Disability Visibility Project: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/
The Society of Authors - Authors with a Disability or Chronic Illness: https://www2.societyofauthors.org/communities/networks/authors-with-a-disability-or-chronic-illness/
The Complete Works of W.N.P. Barbellion: https://www.pseudopodium.org/barbellionblog/
The Jhalak Prize: https://www.jhalakprize.com/
The Republic of Consciousness Prize: https://www.republicofconsciousness.com/prize/
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