Julian Barnes
Autor(a) de The Sense of an Ending
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
Through the Window: Seventeen Essays and a Short Story (Vintage International) (2012) 241 exemplares
Controcorrente - Upstream! 4 exemplares
East wind 2 exemplares
The limner 2 exemplares
'Daddy's Girl' in NYRB 59/3, 23 Feb 2012 [review of Phyllida Lloyd's film 'The Iron Lady'] 2 exemplares
Sleeping With John Updike 1 exemplar
'Hate and Hedonism: the insolent art of Michel Houellebecq' in The New Yorker, 7 July 2003 1 exemplar
“Flaubert's Death Masks” 1 exemplar
ENIGMA E NJE FUNDI 1 exemplar
Nieuw Werk 1 exemplar
The Revival (in New Writing 7 - CALLIL) 1 exemplar
One of a Kind 1 exemplar
2009 1 exemplar
Krauts 1 exemplar
Playing Chess with Arthur Koestler 1 exemplar
Harmony (in Granta 109 - FREEMAN) 1 exemplar
Complicity 1 exemplar
Writers on Artists 1 exemplar
Bark / The Silence (Storycuts) 1 exemplar
The Julian Barnes Booker Prize Finalist Collection, 3-Book Bundle: Flaubert's Parrot; England, England; Arthur & George… (2011) 1 exemplar
Hygiene (Storycuts) 1 exemplar
Knowing French (Storycuts) 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories (1999) — Contribuidor — 345 exemplares
21: 21 Picador Authors Celebrate 21 Years of International Writing (1993) — Contribuidor — 53 exemplares
The Public Domain Review: Selected Essays, The First Three Years, 2011-2013 (2014) — Contribuidor — 31 exemplares
Maigret Three-Volume Set: Maigret and the Calame Report; Maigret and the Saturday Caller; Maigret and the Wine Merchant — Introdução, algumas edições — 10 exemplares
Früher war mehr Strand: Hinterhältige Reisegeschichten (2007) — Autor, algumas edições — 10 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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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.
Membros
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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Deathreads (2)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 70
- Also by
- 38
- Membros
- 38,457
- Popularidade
- #469
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 1,405
- ISBN
- 1,165
- Línguas
- 32
- Marcado como favorito
- 121