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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.
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- 21 November 1932, Liverpool, England
- Alan Sharp
Beryl Bainbridge, English novelist known for her psychologically astute portrayals of lower-middle-class English life. Her books included Harriet Said, The Bottle Factory Outing, Injury Time, Young Adolf, Winter Garden, and According to Queeney. Learn more about Bainbridge’s life and work.
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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...
- Janet Watts
Beryl Bainbridge once told Don McKinlay, a great romance of her early middle years, “To be honest I have an ability to fall in love.” A reader finishing Brendan King’s new biography of the...
Jul 3, 2010 · Sat 3 Jul 2010 19.15 EDT. Beryl Bainbridge was a comedian of prodigious aplomb. Her best novels – The Bottle Factory Outing, Injury Time (my own favourite), Harriet Said, The Dressmaker – are...
Jul 2, 2010 · Fri 2 Jul 2010 06.32 EDT. Maverick, unique and horribly funny, according to her fellow authors: the world of British literature felt an emptier place today following the death of Beryl...
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Jul 3, 2010 · Beryl Bainbridge, whose sparely written, mordant novels, often with a dark comic edge, made her one of the most distinctive and admired voices in postwar British fiction, died on Thursday in...
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