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Angela Carter
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English novelist (1940–1992)
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Angela Carter (1940–1992) was a British novelist, screenwriter, translator, and linguist. Born in Eastbourne, she was educated at the University of Bristol and worked for the University of Sheffield and the University of East Anglia. Her career began in 1966, and her notable work includes *Nights at the Circus*. Carter received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, and the Somerset Maugham Award.
She died of lung cancer in London and was buried in Putney Vale Cemetery. Her archives are held at the British Library. Carter wrote in English and used the pseudonym Angela Olive Carter.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1940
- Died
- 1992
- Works
- 177
Top works
- The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales
- BIEN MALIN QUI CONNAIT SON PERE (TITRES)
- Crossing the Border
- The Greatest Cat Stories Ever Told
- I Shudder at Your Touch
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing
Known for
- Crucible of the Vampire — Veronica2019
- Godard: History: Passion — Self1983
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1940
- Active to
- 1992
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 87
- Total plays
- 1,931
Angela Carter (7 May 1940 – 16 February 1992) was an English novelist and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Angela+Carter">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,622x
- Integrated analysis of multimodal single-cell data
· 2021 · cited 15,097x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,914x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,998x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,206x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Throwing open the door, she brings forth the veritable queen of all the souffles, that spreads its archangelic wings over the entire kitchen as it leaps upwards from the dish in which the force of gravity alone confines it.”
- “Women's sexy underwear is a minor but significant growth industry of late-twentieth-century Britain in the twilight of capitalism.”
- “Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.”
- “Cities have sexes: London is a man, Paris a woman, and New York a well-adjusted transsexual.”
- “A book is simply the container of an idea—like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters.”
- “Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so do we all, whether we like it or not, perhaps even if we have never known them.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Angela Olive Stalker , ( 1940-05-07 ) 7 May 1940, Eastbourne , England
- Died
- 16 February 1992 (1992-02-16) (aged 51), London, England
- Occupation
- Novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist
- Alma mater
- University of Bristol
- Genre
- Magical realism , picaresque
- Spouse
- Paul Carter ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1960 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1972 ) Mark Pearce, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1977 )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Angela Olive Pearce (formerly Carter, née Stalker; 7 May 1940 – 16 February 1992), who published under the name Angela Carter, was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realist, and picaresque works. She is mainly known for her book The Bloody Chamber (1979). In 1984, her short story "The Company of Wolves" was adapted into a film of the same name. In 2008, The Times ranked Carter tenth in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". In 2012, Nights at the Circus was selected as the best ever winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
Biography
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