Andrea Levy

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Jamaican-English author

United Kingdom WritersLived 1956 to 2019 · aged 62

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Andrea Levy was an English author best known for the novels Small Island (2004) and The Long Song (2010). She was born in London to Jamaican parents, and her work explores topics related to British Jamaicans and how they negotiate racial, cultural and national identities.

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Levy's grave in Highgate Cemetery

Awards 5

2014honorary doctorate

2005Commonwealth Writers' Prize

2004Women's Prize for Fiction

2004Costa Book Awards

Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

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Aisling LoftusAlso in National Theatre Live: Small Island (2019)

Leah HarveyAlso in National Theatre Live: Small Island (2019)

Rufus NorrisAlso in National Theatre Live: Small Island (2019)Rose TremainAlso won Costa Book Awards

Ann-Marie MacDonaldAlso won Commonwealth Writers' Prize

Kate GrenvilleAlso won Commonwealth Writers' Prize

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