Search results
Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge DBE (21 November 1932 – 2 July 2010) [1] [2] was an English writer. She was primarily known for her works of psychological fiction, often macabre tales set among the English working class. She won the Whitbread Awards prize for best novel in 1977 and 1996, and was nominated five times for the Booker Prize.
Beryl Bainbridge (born November 21, 1932?, Liverpool, England—died July 2, 2010, London) was an English novelist known for her psychologically astute portrayals of lower-middle-class English life. Bainbridge grew up in a small town near Liverpool and began a theatrical career at an early age.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Born in Liverpool in 1932 and raised in a village near the city, Bainbridge claimed to have suffered from what King calls the “mutual incompatibility” of respectable but sometimes hard-pressed...
Jul 2, 2010 · Fri 2 Jul 2010 08.46 EDT. Beryl Bainbridge, who has died of cancer aged 75, wore her hard-won recognition lightly. She was acknowledged as one of the best novelists of her generation, and was made ...
Biography. Dame Beryl Bainbridge was born in Lancashire on 21 November 1932. She was educated at Merchant Taylors' School in Liverpool and worked as an actress at Liverpool Repertory Theatre. She was awarded a DBE in 2000. She wrote her first novel, Harriet Said, during the 1950s, although it was not published until 1972.
- Formby, Lancashire, England
Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge DBE (21 November 1932 – 2 July 2010) was an English writer. She was primarily known for her works of psychological fiction, often macabre tales set among the English working class. She won the Whitbread Awards prize for best novel in 1977 and 1996, and was nominated five times for the Booker Prize.
Sep 10, 2016 · Culture. 10 September 2016. An awfully big adventure: revisiting the life of Beryl Bainbridge. Brendan King's new biography of the much-loved novelist cuts through the myth – and gets to the true sensation. By Erica Wagner. (Photo By ADRIAN DENNIS/REX)
Related searches
