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Ali Smith

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British author and journalist

United KingdomWritersBorn 1962 · age 64
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Ali Smith CBE FRSL is a Scottish author, playwright, academic and journalist. " Smith released two, homophone novels in successive years, Gliff in 2024 followed by Glyph in 2026, which wrangle with contemporary social dilemmas and political topics.

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2022Austrian State Prize for European Literature
2021Orwell Prize for Political Fiction
2020Europese Literatuurprijs
2015Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2012Hawthornden Prize
2007Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
2005Costa Book Awards
1995Saltire Awards
Goldsmiths Prize
Encore Award

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Kate AtkinsonAlso won Saltire AwardsColson WhiteheadAlso won Orwell Prize for Political FictionJérôme FerrariAlso won Europese LiteratuurprijsMark HaddonAlso won Costa Book AwardsAntony BeevorAlso won Hawthornden PrizeInger ChristensenAlso won Austrian State Prize for European Literature

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Ali Smith CBE FRSL is a Scottish author, playwright, academic and journalist. Sebastian Barry described her in 2016 as "Scotland's Nobel laureate-in-waiting." Smith released two, homophone novels in successive years, Gliff in 2024 followed by Glyph in 2026, which wrangle with contemporary social dilemmas and political topics.

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United Kingdom
Category
Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
living
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Born 1962 · age 64
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30 languages

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