Author
A. S. Byatt
August 24, 1936 – November 16, 2023 · United Kingdom
Writer, Novelist, Poet, Literary critic, University teacher, Prose writer
Titles on list
1
Total weeks
18
Peak rank
#7
Biography
- Born
- August 24, 1936 · Sheffield
- Died
- November 16, 2023 · London
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Gender
- Female
- Languages
- English
- Education
- Somerville College, Bryn Mawr College, Newnham College, Sheffield High School for Girls, The Mount School (York)
Awards & Honours
- 1983Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- 1990Booker Prize
- 1990Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 1998Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
- 1999Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 2003O. Henry Award
- 2010James Tait Black Memorial Prize
- 2010Honorary doctor of Leiden University
- 2016Erasmus Prize
- Honorary Fellow of the British Academy
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