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Winston Graham

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English novelist (1908-2003)

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Winston Mawdsley Graham OBE, born Winston Grime, was an English novelist best known for the Poldark series of historical novels set in Cornwall, though he also wrote numerous other works, including contemporary thrillers, period novels, short stories, non-fiction and plays.

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Awards 3

1983Officer of the Order of the British Empire
1955Gold Dagger
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

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Winston Mawdsley Graham OBE, born Winston Grime, was an English novelist best known for the Poldark series of historical novels set in Cornwall, though he also wrote numerous other works, including contemporary thrillers, period novels, short stories, non-fiction and plays. Graham was the author's pseudonym until he changed his name by deed poll from Grime to Graham on 7 May 1947.

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United Kingdom
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Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
deceased
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Lived 1908 to 2003 · aged 95
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22 languages

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