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Penelope Fitzgerald
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British writer and poet (1916–2000)
Key facts
- Born
- Penelope Mary Knox , ( 1916-12-17 ) 17 December 1916, Lincoln, England
- Died
- 28 April 2000 (2000-04-28) (aged 83), London, England
- Occupation
- Writer
- Period
- 20th century
- Notable works
- Offshore (1979) The Blue Flower (1995)
- Notable awards
- Booker Prize (1979) National Book Critics Circle Award (1997)
- Spouse
- Desmond Fitzgerald ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1941 ; died 1976 )
- Parents
- E. V. Knox (father), Mary Shepard (step-mother)
- Relatives
- Wilfred Knox (uncle) Ronald Knox (uncle) Dilly Knox (uncle) Winifred Peck (aunt)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mary
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Lincoln
- Place of death
- London
- Father
- E. V. Knox
- Occupation
- biographer
- Educated at
- Somerville College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Offshore
- Field of work
- writing
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- date of birth
- 1916-12-17
- date of death
- 2000-04-28
- birth name
- Penelope Mary Knox
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
- writing language
- English language
- nominated for
- Booker Prize
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Encyclopedic overview
Penelope Mary Fitzgerald (17 December 1916 – 28 April 2000) was a Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist and biographer from Lincoln, England. In 2008 The Times listed her among "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945". The Observer in 2012 placed her final novel, The Blue Flower, among "the ten best historical novels". A.S. Byatt called her, "Jane Austen’s nearest heir for precision and invention."
Biography
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