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David Storey

British writer (1933-2017) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 83

David Malcolm Storey was an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a professional rugby league player. He won the Booker Prize in 1976 for his novel Saville. He also won the MacMillan Fiction Award for This Sporting Life in 1960.

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2017Died27 March 20171976Booker PrizeAward1973Geoffrey Faber Memorial PrizeAward1963Somerset Maugham AwardAward1933Born13 July 1933

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Awards

Booker Prize1976
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize1973
Somerset Maugham Award1963
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1933 to 2017 · aged 83

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