Howard Jacobson

British author and journalist · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1942 · age 84

Howard Eric Jacobson is a British novelist and journalist. He writes comic novels that often revolve around the dilemmas of British Jewish characters. He is a Man Booker Prize winner.

Howard Jacobson is read about 58 times a day, in 31 languages.

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2024Honorary DoctorateAward2013Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse PrizeAward2012Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAward2010Booker PrizeAward2000Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse PrizeAward1942Born25 August 1942