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Beryl Bainbridge
English writer (1932-2010) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 77
Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge was an English writer. She was primarily known for her works of psychological fiction, often macabre tales set among the English working class. She won the Whitbread Awards prize for best novel in 1977 and 1996, and was nominated five times for the Booker Prize.
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2010Died2 July 20102003David Cohen PrizeAward2001Honorary DoctorateAward2000Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1998James Tait Black Memorial PrizeAward1978Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAward1932Born21 November 1932
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She was described in 2007 as a national treasure. In 2008, The Times named Bainbridge on their list of the "50 greatest British writers since 1945".
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United Kingdom
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Deceased
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Lived 1932 to 2010 · aged 77
