Pat Barker

British writer

Person · Open Library

Born: 8 May 1943
Works: 103

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Film & TV

Writing

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: DE

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 69
Total plays: 1,059

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,392x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,320x
Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,419x
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 10,795x
Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,734x

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Quotes

“The forensic evidence for Danny's guilt was overwhelming, but he was a good liar.”
“Danny was a bottomless pit. He wanted other people to fill him, only in the process the other people ended up drained.”
“...the horror of the images impossible to connect with the child he'd just left.”
“I thought he was one of the most dangerous boys we've ever had through the school.”
“I don't know why I killed her, I didn't know then and I don't know now. And I don't know how to live with it.”
“But [Tom] was used to switching off, to living his life in separate compartments.”

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Key facts

Born: Patricia Mary W. Drake , ( 1943-05-08 ) 8 May 1943 (age 83) , Thornaby-on-Tees, North Riding of Yorkshire , England
Occupation: Novelist
Alma mater: London School of Economics
Subject: Memory, trauma, survival, recovery
Notable works: Regeneration Trilogy
Notable awards: Booker Prize , Guardian First Book Award
Spouse: David Barker

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date of birth: 1943-05-08
Commons category: Pat Barker
Commons Creator page: Pat Barker
birth name: Patricia Mary W. Drake

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Article

Dame Patricia Mary W. Barker, DBE, FRSL, HonFBA (née Drake; born 8 May 1943) is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. She is known for her Regeneration Trilogy, published in the 1990s, and, more recently, a series of books set during the Trojan War, starting with The Silence of the Girls in 2018.

Early life and education