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Born July 16, 1928 • London • England
Died March 10, 2016 (aged 87)
Awards And Honors Booker Prize (1984)
Notable Works “Hotel du Lac” • “Latecomers”
Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro
Japanese-British author
Penelope Lively
British author
William Golding
William Golding
British novelist
English novelist Jane Austen
Jane Austen
English novelist
Wyndham Lewis
Wyndham Lewis
British artist and writer
Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard
British writer
Beerbohm, Sir Max
Max Beerbohm
British humorist
C.P. Snow
C.P. Snow
British scientist and writer
Novelist Beryl Bainbridge
Beryl Bainbridge
English author
Gabriel Josipovici
British author
Charles Langbridge Morgan
British author and critic
Charles Edward Montague
English novelist and journalist
Salman Rushdie, 2008
Salman Rushdie
British-American writer
J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling
British author
Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel
British writer
John Berger
British essayist and cultural thinker
Pratchett, Terry
Terry Pratchett
English author
Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan
British author
Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov
British actor, author, and director
Penelope Fitzgerald
British author