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Humphrey Carpenter

British writer and broadcaster (1946-2005) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 58

Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter was an English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster. He is known especially for his biographies of J. R. R. Tolkien and other members of the literary society the Inklings. He won a Mythopoeic Award for his book The Inklings in 1982.

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2005Died4 January 20051988Duff Cooper PrizeAward1984E. M. Forster AwardAward1978Somerset Maugham AwardAward1946Born29 April 1946

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Awards

Duff Cooper Prize1988
E. M. Forster Award1984
Somerset Maugham Award1978

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United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1946 to 2005 · aged 58

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