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Frank Kermode

Manx writer, literary critic and professor (1919-2010) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 90

Sir John Frank Kermode, FBA was a British literary critic best known for his 1967 work The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction and for his extensive book-reviewing and editing.

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2010Died17 August 20102004Honorary Doctor of Harvard UniversityAward2000Warren-Brooks AwardAward1991Knight BachelorAward1919Born29 November 1919

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Honorary Doctor of Harvard University2004
Warren-Brooks Award2000
Knight Bachelor1991
Fellow of the British Academy
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 2010 · aged 90