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P. H. Newby

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English novelist and broadcasting administrator (1918-1997)

United KingdomWritersLived 1918 to 1997 · aged 79
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Percy Howard Newby CBE was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator. He was the first winner of the Booker Prize, his novel Something to Answer For having received the inaugural award in 1969.

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Awards 3

1969Booker Prize
1948Somerset Maugham Award
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1918 to 1997 · aged 79
Written about in
19 languages

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