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Elizabeth Bowen

Anglo-Irish novelist and diarist (1899-1973) · Ireland · On the map · Writers · Died at 73

Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer notable for her books about "the Big House" of Irish landed Protestants as well as her fiction about life in wartime London.

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Awards

James Tait Black Memorial Prize1969
Rome Prize
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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Country
Ireland
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1973 · aged 73

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