A. S. Byatt
A. S. Byatt was an English critic, novelist, poet, and short-story writer, known for her erudite works. Her characters are often academics or artists commenting on the intellectual process. She was born in Sheffield, England, and educated at the University of Cambridge, Bryn Mawr College, and the University of Oxford. Byatt lectured at University College London from 1972 to 1983 before dedicating herself to full-time writing. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages.
Awards
['PEN/Macmillan Silver Pen Award (1986)', 'Booker Prize for Fiction (1990)', 'Irish Times International Fiction Prize (1990)', 'Commonwealth Writers Prize (1991)', 'Premio Malaparte (1995)', 'Aga Khan Prize for Fiction (1995)', 'Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature (1998)', 'Shakespeare Prize (2002)', 'Blue Metropolis International Literary Grand Prix (2009)', 'Erasmus Prize (2016)', 'Park Kyongni Prize (2017)', 'Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award (2018)', "Charleston-Bede Award for a Lifetime's Excellence in Short Fiction (2018)"]
Notable Works
['Possession: A Romance', 'The Virgin in the Garden', 'Still Life', 'Babel Tower', 'A Whistling Woman', "The Children's Book", "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye", 'Shadow of a Sun', 'The Game', 'Ragnarok: The End of the Gods']
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