Key facts
- Born
- ( 1942-08-25 ) 25 August 1942 (age 83) , Manchester , England
- Occupation
- Novelist columnist broadcaster
- Alma mater
- Downing College, Cambridge
- Period
- 1983–present
- Genre
- Biographical
- Subject
- Jewishness , humour
- Notable awards
- Man Booker Prize (2010)
- Spouse
- Barbara Starr ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1964 , divorced ) , Rosalin Sadler ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1978 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2004 ) , Jenny De Yong ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2005 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Howard
- Family name
- Jacobson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Manchester
- Occupation
- journalist
- Educated at
- Downing College
- Employer
- University of Wolverhampton
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Genre
- biography
- Image
- Howard Jacobson speaking at British Library in 2022.jpg
- Residence
- Manchester
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- date of birth
- 1942-08-25
- member of
- Royal Society of Literature
- influenced by
- Alessandro Piperno
- nominated for
- Booker Prize
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Howard Eric Jacobson (born 25 August 1942) is a British novelist and journalist. He writes comic novels that often revolve around the dilemmas of British Jewish characters. He is a Man Booker Prize winner.
Early life
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