Beryl Bainbridge: Quick Facts


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Also Known As Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge
Born November 21, 1932? • Liverpool • England
Died July 2, 2010 • London • England
Awards And Honors Costa Book Awards (1996) • Costa Book Awards (1977)
Notable Works “A Quiet Life” • “A Weekend with Claud” • “According to Queeney” • “An Awfully Big Adventure” • “Another Part of the Wood” • “English Journey; or, the Road to Milton Keynes” • “Every Man for Himself” • “Harriet Said” • “Injury Time” • “Master Georgie” • “Sweet William” • “The Birthday Boys” • “The Bottle Factory Outing” • “Winter Garden” • “Young Adolf”

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Graham Greene, 1982
Graham Greene
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Salman Rushdie, 2008
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David Lodge
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Jeanette Winterson
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Virginia Woolf
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George Orwell, c. 1940
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Tom Stoppard wearing a dark suit, blue checkered shirt, and green tie, looking at the camera against a dark background.
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