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Julian Barnes

English writer · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1946 · age 80

Julian Patrick Barnes is an English essayist, novelist and short story writer.

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2026Princess of Asturias Literary PrizeAward2016Siegfried Lenz PrizeAward2012Europese LiteratuurprijsAward2011“History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.”In their wordsp. 17.

Booker PrizeAward2004Austrian State Prize for European LiteratureAward1993Shakespeare PrizeAward1992Prix Femina étrangerAward1991“This is I have to admit, one murky compartment of the female psyche which has yet to benefit from the oven-scourer of Reason.”In their wordsp. 43.

1986E. M. Forster AwardAwardPrix Médicis essaiAward1985Geoffrey Faber Memorial PrizeAward1983Best of Young British NovelistsAward1981“I read Hemingway's posthumous Paris memoirs, rumoured to have been written by his wife (`Out of the question,' Toni assured me, `they're so badly written they must be authentic').”In their wordsp. 85.

Somerset Maugham AwardAward1946Born19 January 1946

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Princess of Asturias Literary Prize2026
Siegfried Lenz Prize2016
Europese Literatuurprijs2012
Booker Prize2011
Austrian State Prize for European Literature2004
Shakespeare Prize1993
Prix Femina étranger1992
Prix Médicis essai1986
E. M. Forster Award1986
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize1985
Best of Young British Novelists1983
Somerset Maugham Award1981
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
Officer of Arts and Letters
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

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United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1946 · age 80

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