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- Born
- 1949-05-04
- Works
- 44
Top works
- Wish you were here
- Waterland
- The sweet shop owner
- Tomorrow
- Shuttlecock
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Graham Colin Swift FRSL (born 4 May 1949) is an English writer. Born in London, England, he was educated at Dulwich College, London, Queens' College, Cambridge, and later the University of York. Some of Swift's books have been filmed, including Last Orders, starring Michael Caine and Bob Hoskins and Waterland, starring Jeremy Irons. Last Orders was joint-winner of the 1996 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction and a mildly controversial winner of the 1996 Booker Prize <a href="https://www
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1949 births20th-century British short story writers20th-century English male writers20th-century English novelists21st-century British short story writers21st-century English male writers21st-century English novelistsAlumni of Queens' College, CambridgeAlumni of the University of YorkBooker Prize winnersBritish postmodern writersEnglish male novelists