Jim Crace
English novelist, short story writer and playwright · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1946 · age 80
James Crace is an English novelist, playwright and short story writer. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1999, Crace was born in Hertfordshire and has lectured at the University of Texas at Austin.
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His novels have been translated into 28 languages - including Norwegian, Japanese, Portuguese and Hebrew.
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Edward P. JonesBoth received National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
John LanchesterBoth received E. M. Forster AwardDambudzo MarecheraBoth received Guardian Fiction Prize
Andrew O'HaganBoth received E. M. Forster Award
Bharati MukherjeeBoth received National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
Anne MichaelsBoth received Guardian Fiction Prize