Pat Barker

British writer · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1943 · age 83

Dame Patricia Mary W. Barker, is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery.

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2024Honorary Fellow of the British AcademyAward2020Bodley MedalAward2001“But sir, certainly, there isn't any proof as to my guilt...”In their wordsDannyRead the whole statement

“The forensic evidence for Danny's guilt was overwhelming, but he was a good liar.”In their wordsBorder Crossing (2001)Read the whole statement

“...the horror of the images impossible to connect with the child he'd just left.”In their wordsBorder Crossing (2001)Read the whole statement

“I thought he was one of the most dangerous boys we've ever had through the school.”In their wordsMrs. GreeneRead the whole statement

“But [Tom] was used to switching off, to living his life in separate compartments.”In their wordsBorder Crossing (2001)Read the whole statement

“[Tom had] learnt to value detachment: the clinician's splinter of ice in the heart.”In their wordsBorder Crossing (2001)Read the whole statement

1997Honorary DoctorateAward1995Booker PrizeAwardFellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAward1983Best of Young British NovelistsAward1943Born8 May 1943

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The man needs to learn how to controll his anger, he is crossing a border here, and he has no right
2001 · Inspector rogers, Own words
Danny was a bottomless pit. He wanted other people to fill him, only in the process the other people ended up drained.
2001 · Border Crossing (2001), Own words
I don't know why I killed her, I didn't know then and I don't know now. And I don't know how to live with it.
2001 · Danny to Tom, Own words

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Awards

Honorary Fellow of the British Academy2024

Bodley Medal2020

Honorary Doctorate1997

Booker Prize1995

Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature1995

Best of Young British Novelists1983

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

About this person

She is known for her Regeneration Trilogy, published in the 1990s, and, more recently, a series of books set during the Trojan War, starting with The Silence of the Girls in 2018.

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United Kingdom