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Julian Barnes
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English writer (born 1946)
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Julian Barnes is a British writer, translator, novelist, and essayist born in Leicester on 19 January 1946. He was educated at Magdalen College and the City of London School. Barnes began his work period in 1977 and writes in English. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been recognized in the Booker Prize collection.
His notable work includes The Sense of an Ending. He has been nominated for the Booker Prize and the Dublin Literary Award. Barnes is also known for works such as Departure(s), Angliyah, and In the land of pain. He has written under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh. His genres include satire and detective fiction. He is influenced by John Updike, Frank O'Connor, Jules Renard, and Igor Stravinsky.
Barnes is married to Pat Kavanagh. He identifies as an agnostic. His archives are held at the Harry Ransom Center. He is male and his name in his native language is Julian Barnes.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 19 January 1946
- Works
- 342
Top works
- Departure(s)
- Angliyah, Angliyah
- Me-ʻever la-teʻalah
- In the land of pain
- הסיפור היחיד
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Film & TV
Leicester, England, UK
Julian Patrick Barnes (born 19 January 1946) is an English writer. He won the Man Booker Prize in 2011 with The Sense of an Ending, having been shortlisted three times previously with Flaubert's Parrot, England, England, and Arthur & George. Barnes has also written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh (having married Pat Kavanagh). In addition to novels, Barnes has published collections…
Known for
- The Emma Bovary Trial — Self - Writer (archive footage)2021
- Great Minds — Self2021
- 3satBuchzeit — Self2006
- Animals on Trial1990
- Apostrophes — Self1975
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Julian
- Family name
- Barnes
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Leicester
- Spouse
- Pat Kavanagh
- Occupation
- journalist
- Educated at
- City of London School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- agnosticism
- Notable work
- The Sense of an Ending
- Genre
- detective fiction
- Official website
- www.julianbarnes.com
- Image
- Julian Barnes in 2019 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1946-01-19
- pseudonym
- Dan Kavanagh
- nominated for
- Dublin Literary Award
- influenced by
- Jules Renard
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- Commons category
- Julian Barnes
- floruit
- 2016-01-01
- name in native language
- Julian Barnes
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Encyclopedic overview
Julian Patrick Barnes (born 19 January 1946) is an English essayist, novelist and short story writer.
After completing his education, Barnes spent three years as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary supplement. His first work of fiction – Metroland – was published in 1980, with his second – Before She Met Me – following two years later. Flaubert's Parrot was shortlisted for the 1984 Booker Prize, was a finalist for the 1988 Grinzane Cavour Prize, and won both the 1985 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the 1986 Prix Médicis Essai. Barnes published Staring at the Sun and A History of the World in 10½ Chapters later the same decade.
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