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Alan Hollinghurst
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English writer, translator and poet
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Alan Hollinghurst is a British writer, translator, literary critic, and university teacher born in Stroud in 1954. He has been employed by University College London, Magdalen College, and the University of Houston. Hollinghurst is a member of the Royal Society of Literature and resides in London. His professional work encompasses prose and poetry in the English language, and he speaks French.
His notable work is *The Line of Beauty*. He has received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Lambda Literary Award, the Stonewall Book Award, and the Booker Prize. He was also nominated for the Booker Prize. Other works include *Berenice and Bajazet*, *Parisian Sketches*, and *Our Evenings*. Hollinghurst was educated at Magdalen College and was influenced by Henry James.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Berenice and Bajazet
- Parisian Sketches
- Our Evenings
- Kind van een vreemde (Dutch Edition)
- De schoonheidslijn
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Film & TV
Known for
- M on the Bund — Self2024
- Queer as Art — Self2017
- Faulks on Fiction2011
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Key facts
- Born
- Alan James Hollinghurst , ( 1954-05-26 ) 26 May 1954 (age 72) , Stroud , Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
- Occupation
- Writer, translator
- Alma mater
- Magdalen College, Oxford , (BA, MLitt)
- Period
- 1975 –
- Genre
- Novel, poem, short story
- Notable works
- The Swimming-Pool Library , The Folding Star , The Spell , The Line of Beauty , The Stranger's Child , The Sparsholt Affair , Our Evenings
- Notable awards
- Newdigate Prize , 1974 , Stonewall Book Award , 1989 , Somerset Maugham Award , 1989 , James Tait Black Memorial Prize , 1994 , Booker Prize , 2004 , David Cohen Prize , 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Stroud
- Educated at
- Magdalen College
- Employer
- University of Houston
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- The Line of Beauty
- Field of work
- English language
- Image
- Alan hollinghurst 2011.jpg
- Residence
- London
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- date of birth
- 1954-05-26
- influenced by
- Henry James
- nominated for
- Booker Prize
- member of
- Royal Society of Literature
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- birth name
- Alan James Hollinghurst
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- BCE
- Commons category
- Alan Hollinghurst
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Alan James Hollinghurst (born 26 May 1954) is an English novelist, poet, short story writer and translator. He won the 1989 Somerset Maugham Award and the 1994 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. In 2004, he won the Booker Prize for his novel The Line of Beauty. Hollinghurst is credited with having helped gay-themed fiction to break into the literary mainstream through his seven novels since 1988.
Early life and education
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