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Jeanette Winterson is a British writer, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist born in Manchester in 1959. She is a lesbian who resides in Manchester and works in London. Her notable work includes the novel *Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit*. She has received the Officer of the Order of the British Empire, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, and the BBC 100 Women award, and holds the rank of Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Winterson was educated at St Catherine's College and speaks English. Her work has been influenced by Thomas Malory, T. S. Eliot, and Virginia Woolf. She has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal, the Booker Prize, and the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. She is married to Susie Orbach and began her work period in 1985.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1959
- Works
- 58
Top works
- orange isnt the only fruit
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
- Garder la flamme
- Ox-Tales
- Cancelled Winterson
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Film & TV
Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Jeanette Winterson, CBE is an English writer, who became famous with her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, a semi-autobiographical novel about a sensitive teenage girl rebelling against conventional values. Some of her other novels have explored gender polarities and sexual identity.
Known for
- LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes — Self2026
- Titanic Sinks Tonight — Self - Expert2025
- Jake Chapman's Accelerate or Die! — Self2023
- Remembers… — Self2022
- Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women — Herself - Contributor2018
- Queer as Art — Self2017
- Marcians — Self2017
- Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me — Self2012
- Question Time — Self - Panellist1979
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1959-08-27 ) 27 August 1959 (age 66) , Manchester , England, UK
- Occupation
- Writer, journalist, Professor at the University of Manchester
- Alma mater
- St. Catherine's College, Oxford
- Period
- 1985–present
- Genre
- Fiction, children's fiction , journalism, science fiction
- Notable works
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
- Spouse
- Susie Orbach ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2015 ; separated</span>"}]]}'>sep. 2019 )
- Partner
- Peggy Reynolds , (1990–2002)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jeanette
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Manchester
- Spouse
- Susie Orbach
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- activism
- Official website
- www.jeanettewinterson.com
- Image
- Jeanette Winterson 04.JPG
- Work location
- London
- Residence
- Manchester
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- Commons category
- Jeanette Winterson
- date of birth
- 1959-08-27
- nominated for
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
- influenced by
- Virginia Woolf
- sexual orientation
- lesbianism
- start of work period
- 1985-00-00
- floruit
- 2020-01-01
- social media followers
- 56088
- name in native language
- Jeanette Winterson
- P8168
- Tom and Jerry
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Encyclopedic overview
Jeanette Winterson CBE FRSL (born 27 August 1959) is an English author. Her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was a semi-autobiographical novel about a lesbian growing up in an English Pentecostal community. Other novels explore gender and sexual identity, and her later ones the relations between humans and technology. Her novels have been translated into almost 20 languages. She also broadcasts and teaches creative writing.
Winterson has won a Whitbread Prize for a First Novel, a BAFTA Award for Best Drama, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the E. M. Forster Award and the St. Louis Literary Award, and the Lambda Literary Award twice. She has received an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to literature, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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