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Julian Barnes

Autor(a) de The Sense of an Ending

70+ Works 38,457 Membros 1,405 Críticas 121 Favorited

About the Author

Julian Barnes was born in Leicester, England, on January 19, 1946. He received a degree in modern languages from Magdalen College, Oxford University in 1968. He has held jobs as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary, a reviewer and literary editor for the New Statesmen and the New mostrar mais Review, and a television critic. He has written numerous works of fiction including Arthur and George, Pulse: Stories, The Noise of Time, and England, England. He received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1980 for Metroland, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1985 and a Prix Medicis in 1986 for Flaubert's Parrot, and the Man Booker Prize in 2011 for The Sense of an Ending. He also writes non-fiction works including Letters from London, The Pedant in the Kitchen, and Nothing to Be Frightened Of. He received the Shakespeare Prize by the FVS Foundation in 1993, the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 2004, and the David Cohen Prize for Literature in 2011. He writes detective novels under the pseudonym Dan Kavanaugh. His works under this name include Duffy, Fiddle City, Putting the Boot In, and Going to the Dogs. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries

Obras por Julian Barnes

The Sense of an Ending (2011) 8,246 exemplares
Arthur & George (2005) 4,890 exemplares
Flaubert's Parrot (1984) 3,910 exemplares
England, England (1998) 1,875 exemplares
The Noise of Time (2016) 1,454 exemplares
Talking It Over (1991) 1,386 exemplares
Nothing to Be Frightened Of (2008) 1,253 exemplares
Levels of Life (2013) 1,054 exemplares
Love, etc. (2000) 985 exemplares
The Only Story (2018) 980 exemplares
The Lemon Table (2004) 854 exemplares
Metroland (1980) 851 exemplares
Before She Met Me (1982) 765 exemplares
Staring at the Sun (1986) 738 exemplares
Cross Channel (1996) 663 exemplares
The Porcupine (1992) 569 exemplares
Letters from London (1995) 500 exemplares
The Man in the Red Coat (2019) 497 exemplares
Pulse (2011) 497 exemplares
Something to Declare (2002) 489 exemplares
The Pedant in the Kitchen (2003) 471 exemplares
Elizabeth Finch (2022) 357 exemplares
Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art (2015) 261 exemplares
Duffy (1980)algumas edições183 exemplares
Fiddle City (1982) 114 exemplares
Going to the Dogs (1987) 114 exemplares
Putting the Boot In (1985) 79 exemplares
A Life with Books (1855) 65 exemplares
Duffy Omnibus (1980) 42 exemplares
Death (2017) 39 exemplares
Evermore (1996) 39 exemplares
Verzamelde verhalen (2021) 12 exemplares
Hm, hé, ha: kunst en woorden (2019) 5 exemplares
Homage to Hemingway (2015) 3 exemplares
Strandboek (1993) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
East wind 2 exemplares
A Self-Possessed Woman (1975) 2 exemplares
The limner 2 exemplares
ENIGMA E NJE FUNDI 1 exemplar
The Creature in Alpha (1995) 1 exemplar
Nieuw Werk 1 exemplar
One of a Kind 1 exemplar
2009 1 exemplar
Krauts 1 exemplar
Sinn und Form 5/2012 (2012) 1 exemplar
Complicity 1 exemplar
Writers on Artists 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Good Soldier (1915) — Introdução, algumas edições4,760 exemplares
Parade's End (1925) — Introdução, algumas edições1,741 exemplares
A Book of Mediterranean Food (1950) — Prefácio, algumas edições717 exemplares
Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink (2007) — Contribuidor — 535 exemplares
Innocence (1986) — Introdução, algumas edições438 exemplares
The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories (1989) — Contribuidor — 429 exemplares
The Library Book (2012) — Contribuidor — 393 exemplares
Mortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame (2003) — Contribuidor — 280 exemplares
Granta 84: Over There: How America Sees the World (2004) — Contribuidor — 228 exemplares
Granta 65: London (1999) — Contribuidor — 222 exemplares
The Rocketeer [1991 film] (1991) — Actor — 208 exemplares
Nothing But You: Love Stories From The New Yorker (1997) — Contribuidor — 186 exemplares
First Folio: A Little Book of Folio Forewords (2008) — Contribuidor — 179 exemplares
Granta 76: Music (2001) — Contribuidor — 155 exemplares
Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic (1990) — Contribuidor — 152 exemplares
Granta 32: History (1990) — Contribuidor — 151 exemplares
Granta 47: Losers (1994) — Contribuidor — 128 exemplares
Granta 50: Fifty (1995) — Contribuidor — 117 exemplares
Granta 109: Work (2009) — Contribuidor — 116 exemplares
The Penguin Book of First World War Stories (2007) — Contribuidor — 107 exemplares
The Best American Essays 1989 (1989) — Contribuidor — 100 exemplares
Granta 7: Best of Young British Novelists (1983) — Contribuidor — 91 exemplares
The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1998) — Contribuidor — 73 exemplares
The Best American Essays 1986 (1986) — Contribuidor — 70 exemplares
Dear Dodie: the life of Dodie Smith (1996) — Prefácio, algumas edições65 exemplares
Coffee with Aristotle (Coffee with...Series) (2008) — Prefácio — 49 exemplares
Stories To Get You Through The Night (2010) — Contribuidor — 32 exemplares
The Truth About Dogs (1988) — Introdução, algumas edições25 exemplares
Best Short Stories 1991 (1991) — Contribuidor — 15 exemplares
TLS Short Stories (2003) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares
Früher war mehr Strand: Hinterhältige Reisegeschichten (2007) — Autor, algumas edições10 exemplares
Arthur & George [2015 TV mini series] (2015) — Original book — 7 exemplares
Love Etc. [DVD] (2000) — Writer — 3 exemplares
Birds of Prey: Seven Sardonic Stories (2010) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome legal
Barnes, Julian Patrick
Outros nomes
Kavanagh, Dan
Pygge, Edward
Data de nascimento
1946-01-19
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
País (no mapa)
UK
Local de nascimento
Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Locais de residência
Northwood, Middlesex, England, UK
London, England, UK
Educação
City of London School
Magdalen College, Oxford University (BA|1968)
Ocupações
lexicographer
literary editor
television critic
novelist
Relações
Barnes, Jonathan (brother)
Organizações
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Honorary member, 2016)
Prémios e menções honrosas
David Cohen British Literature Prize (2011)
Commandeur de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France (2004)
Man Booker Prize (2011)
Somerset Maugham Award (1981)
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (1985)
Jerusalem Prize (2021) (mostrar todos 10)
Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1988)
Siegfried Lenz Prize (2016)
Austrian State Prize for European Literature (2004)
E. M. Forster Award (1986)

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Julian Barnes was born in Leicester, England on January 19, 1946. He was educated at the City of London School from 1957 to 1964 and at Magdalen College, Oxford, from which he graduated in modern languages (with honours) in 1968.

After graduation, he worked as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary supplement for three years. In 1977, Barnes began working as a reviewer and literary editor for the New Statesman and the New Review. From 1979 to 1986 he worked as a television critic, first for the New Statesman and then for the Observer.

Barnes has received several awards and honours for his writing, including the 2011 Man Booker Prize for The Sense of an Ending. Three additional novels were shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize (Flaubert's Parrot 1984, England, England 1998, and Arthur & George 2005). Barnes's other awards include the Somerset Maugham Award (Metroland 1981), Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (FP 1985); Prix Médicis (FP 1986); E. M. Forster Award (American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1986); Gutenberg Prize (1987); Grinzane Cavour Prize (Italy, 1988); and the Prix Femina (Talking It Over 1992). Barnes was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1988, Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1995 and Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2004. In 1993 he was awarded the Shakespeare Prize by the FVS Foundation and in 2004 won the Austrian State Prize for European Literature. In 2011 he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Awarded biennially, the prize honours a lifetime's achievement in literature for a writer in the English language who is a citizen of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. He received the Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence in 2013 and the 2015 Zinklar Award at the first annual Blixen Ceremony in Copenhagen. In 2016, the American Academy of Arts & Letters elected Barnes as an honorary foreign member. Also in 2016, Barnes was selected as the second recipient of the Siegfried Lenz Prize for his outstanding contributions as a European narrator and essayist.

Julian Barnes has written numerous novels, short stories, and essays. He has also translated a book by French author Alphonse Daudet and a collection of German cartoons by Volker Kriegel. His writing has earned him considerable respect as an author who deals with the themes of history, reality, truth and love.

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Discussions

Group Read: Arthur & George by Julian Barnes em 75 Books Challenge for 2018 (Fevereiro 2018)
Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes (Bowie's Top 100 for August) em 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (Agosto 2016)
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes em Booker Prize (Agosto 2011)

Críticas

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Estatísticas

Obras
70
Also by
38
Membros
38,457
Popularidade
#469
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
1,405
ISBN
1,165
Línguas
32
Marcado como favorito
121

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