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Also Known As Graham Colin Swift
Born May 4, 1949 (age 75) • London • England
Awards And Honors Booker Prize (1996)
Notable Works “Chemistry” • “England and Other Stories” • “Ever After” • “Last Orders” • “Light of Day, The” • “Mothering Sunday” • “Out of This World” • “Shuttlecock” • “The Sweet-Shop Owner” • “Tomorrow” • “Waterland” • “Wish You Were Here”
A.S. Byatt
British scholar, literary critic, and novelist
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British-American writer
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Ian McEwan
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Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro
Japanese-British author
V.S. Naipaul
V.S. Naipaul
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Penelope Lively
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D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
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Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy
British writer
H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells
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Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
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Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
British author and scientist
Graham Greene
Graham Greene
British author
Wyndham Lewis
Wyndham Lewis
British artist and writer
Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith
British author
Galsworthy, oil painting by Rudolf Sauter, 1923; in the University of Birmingham Library, England
John Galsworthy
British writer
Chesterton, G.K.
G.K. Chesterton
British author
Noël Coward
Noël Coward
English playwright, actor, and composer
Novelist Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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Sir Stephen Spender
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