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Paul Scott
British writer (1920-1978) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 57
Paul Mark Scott was an English novelist best known for his tetralogy The Raj Quartet. In the last years of his life, his novel Staying On won the Booker Prize (1977).
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The series of books was dramatised by Granada Television during the 1980s and won Scott the public and critical acclaim that he had not received during his lifetime.
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United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 1978 · aged 57
