"Cela, Günter Grass, Doris Lessing and Mario Vargas Llosa. The America Award in Literature, which does not include a monetary prize, presents itself as an alternative to the Nobel Prize in Literature. To date, Harold Pinter and José Saramago are the only writers to have received both the America Award and the Nobel Prize in Literature. There are also prizes for honouring the lifetime achievement of writers in specific languages, like the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (for Spanish language, established in 1976) and the Camões Prize (for Portuguese language, established in 1989). Nobel laureates who were also awarded the Miguel"
"""The Diaries of Jane Somers: The Diary of a Good Neighbour and If the Old Could"", listing Doris Lessing as author. Lessing declined a damehood (DBE) in 1992 as an honour linked to a non-existent Empire; she had declined an OBE in 1977. Later she accepted appointment as a Companion of Honour at the end of 1999 for ""conspicuous national service"". She was also made a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature. In 2007, Lessing was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She received the prize at the age of 88 years 52 days, making her the"
"the prize, the Swedish Academy described her as ""that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny"". Lessing was the oldest person ever to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. In 2001, Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British literature. In 2008, ""The Times"" ranked her fifth on a list of ""The 50 greatest British writers since 1945"". Lessing was born Doris May Tayler in Kermanshah, Iran, on 22 October 1919, to Captain Alfred Tayler and Emily Maude Tayler (née McVeagh), both British"
"oldest winner of the literature prize at the time of the award and the third-oldest Nobel laureate in any category (after Leonid Hurwicz and Raymond Davis Jr.). She also was only the 11th woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature by the Swedish Academy in its 106-year history. in 2017, just 10 years later, her Nobel medal was put up for auction. Previously only one Nobel medal for literature was sold at auction, for André Gide in 2016. Lessing was out shopping for groceries when the Nobel Prize announcement came. Arriving home to a gathering of reporters, she"
"2016. Bainbridge died on 2 July 2010, aged 77, in a London hospital after her cancer recurred. Confusion over her birth year resulted in some reports giving her age at death as 75. She is buried in Highgate Cemetery. Beryl Bainbridge Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge (21 November 1932 – 2 July 2010) was an English writer from Liverpool. She was primarily known for her works of psychological fiction, often macabre tales set among the English working class. Bainbridge won the Whitbread Awards prize for best novel in 1977 and 1996; she was nominated five times for the Booker Prize. She"
"began as early as 1928, though her most famous work, ""Wide Sargasso Sea"", was not published until 1966. South Africa's Alan Paton's famous ""Cry, the Beloved Country"" dates from 1948. Doris Lessing from Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, was a dominant presence in the English literary scene, frequently publishing from 1950 on throughout the 20th century. She won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. Salman Rushdie is another post Second World War writer from the former British colonies who permanently settled in Britain. Rushdie achieved fame with ""Midnight's Children"" 1981. His most controversial novel ""The Satanic Verses"" 1989, was inspired"
"Antonia Fraser Lady Antonia Margaret Caroline Fraser, (""née"" Pakenham; born 27 August 1932) is a British author of history, novels, biographies and detective fiction. She is the widow of the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Harold Pinter (1930–2008), and prior to his death was also known as Lady Antonia Pinter. Fraser is the first-born of the eight children of Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford (1905–2001), and his wife, Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford, née Elizabeth Harman (1906–2002). As the daughter of an earl, she is accorded the courtesy title ""Lady"" and thus customarily addressed formally as ""Lady Antonia"". As"
"but as a major literary figure in her own right. Sally McDonald of the Brontë Society said in 2013, ""In some ways though she is now viewed as the most radical of the sisters, writing about tough subjects such as women's need to maintain independence and how alcoholism can tear a family apart."" In 2016, Lucy Mangan championed Anne Brontë in the BBC's Being the Brontës, declaring that ""her time has come"". Anne Brontë Anne Brontë (, ; 17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849) was an English novelist and poet, the youngest member of the Brontë literary family. The"
"She moved back to her home town of Chichester in 1998 when she became the first female executive director of Chichester Festival Theatre. Kate Mosse Katharine Louise Mosse (born 20 October 1961), or Kate Mosse, is an English novelist, non-fiction and short story writer and broadcaster. She is best known for her 2005 novel ""Labyrinth"", which has been translated into more than 37 languages. Mosse was born in Chichester, and raised in Fishbourne, West Sussex, the eldest of three sisters born to a solicitor. Their aunt was involved in the campaign for the ordination of women and her grandfather was"
"Ida Pollock Ida Julia Pollock, née Crowe (12 April 1908 – 3 December 2013), was a British writer of several short-stories and over 125 romance novels that were published under her married name, Ida Pollock, and under a number of different pseudonyms: Joan M. Allen; Susan Barrie, Pamela Kent, Averil Ives, Anita Charles, Barbara Rowan, Jane Beaufort, Rose Burghley, Mary Whistler and Marguerite Bell. She has sold millions of copies over her 90-year career. She has been referred to as the ""world's oldest novelist"" who was still active at 105 and continued writing until her death. On the occasion of"
"Doris Lessing Doris May Lessing , (; 22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was a British-Zimbabwean (Rhodesian) novelist. She was born to British parents in Iran, where she lived until 1925. Her family then moved to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where she remained until moving in 1949 to London, England. Her novels include ""The Grass Is Singing"" (1950), the sequence of five novels collectively called ""Children of Violence"" (1952–69), ""The Golden Notebook"" (1962), ""The Good Terrorist"" (1985), and five novels collectively known as ""Canopus in Argos: Archives"" (1979–1983). Lessing was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding"
"for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Emma Donoghue Emma Donoghue (born 24 October 1969) is an Irish-Canadian playwright, literary historian, novelist, and screenwriter. Her 2010 novel ""Room"" was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize and an international best-seller. Donoghue's 1995 novel ""Hood"" won the Stonewall Book Award. and ""Slammerkin"" (2000) won the Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction. ""Room"" was adapted into a film of the same name, for which Donoghue wrote the screenplay which was subsequently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Donoghue was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1969. The youngest of eight children, she is"
"fine writers who, like Thomas Hardy, were not modernists. Novelists include: Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), who was also a successful poet; H. G. Wells (1866–1946); John Galsworthy (1867–1933), (Nobel Prize in Literature, 1932), whose novels include ""The Forsyte Saga"" (1906–21); Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) author of ""The Old Wives' Tale"" (1908); G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936); E.M. Forster (1879–1970). The most popular British writer of the early years of the 20th century was arguably Rudyard Kipling, a highly versatile writer of novels, short stories and poems, and to date the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1907). H. G. Wells"
"Rosemary Sutcliff Rosemary Sutcliff (14 December 1920 – 23 July 1992) was an English novelist best known for children's books, especially historical fiction and retellings of myths and legends. Although she was primarily a children's author, the quality and depth of her writing also appeals to adults. In a 1986 interview she said, ""I would claim that my books are for children of all ages, from nine to ninety."" Some of her novels were specifically written for adults. For her contribution as a children's writer Sutcliff was a runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1974. Sutcliff was born"
"""per se"""". Charlotte Brontë Charlotte Brontë (, ; 21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature. She enlisted in school at Roe Head in January 1831, aged 14 years. She left the year after to teach her sisters, Emily and Anne, at home, returning in 1835 as a governess. In 1839 she undertook the role as governess for the Sidgwick family, but left after a few months to return to Haworth where the sisters opened a"
"(2017) Annalena McAfee Annalena McAfee (born c.1952) is a British children's author and journalist. In 2003 she served as a judge for the Orange Prize for Fiction, the UK's largest annual literary award. She has also been on the panel for ""The South Bank Show"" arts awards, the Ben Pimlott Prize for political writing (2005), ""The Guardian""/Penguin photography competition for cover art (2006), the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction, and other awards. Literary festivals where she has spoken include Prague (2003) and Hay-on-Wye (2005). In 2008 she served as a judge for the Orwell Prize (for political writing). McAfee was"
"with Juliet Stevenson in the lead role. Dramatic works Sue Gee Sue Gee (born 1947) is a British novelist. She is published by Headline Review and by Salt. ""The Hours of the Night"" was the controversial winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year award in 1997. ""The Mysteries of Glass"" was long listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2005. ""Reading in Bed"" was a Daily Mail Book Club selection in 2007. Sue Gee's parents met and married in India in 1946 and returned to England in 1947, with the coming of Independence. She and her brother David"
"Ruth Pitter Emma Thomas ""Ruth"" Pitter, CBE, FRSL (7 November 1897 – 29 February 1992) was a 20th-century British poet. She was the first woman to receive the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1955, and was appointed a CBE in 1979 to honour her many contributions to English literature. In 1974, she was named a ""Companion of Literature"", the highest honour given by the Royal Society of Literature. Pitter was born in Ilford. Her birth certificate reports her given name simply as ""Ruth."" She was employed at the War Office from 1915 to 1917, later working as a painter"
"of Civil Law in November 2007 in recognition of her concern with poverty and welfare. This was followed in 2008 when University of Leeds awarded her fourth Honorary Doctorate. She won the Orwell Prize for journalism in 1998 (for journalism published by ""The Independent""), and in 2007 was named 'Columnist of the Year' at the British Press Awards. Toynbee lives in Lewes, East Sussex. She is a member of the Arts Emergency Service. Polly Toynbee Mary Louisa ""Polly"" Toynbee (; born 27 December 1946) is a British journalist and writer. She has been a columnist for ""The Guardian"" newspaper since"
"the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1958, into English. Lydia Pasternak Slater continued to live in Park Town, Oxford, until her death in 1989. As the years went by, she was increasingly able to make visits to her native Russia to visit friends and relations there, although her brother Boris was never allowed to visit his family in England. Lydia Pasternak Slater Lydia Leonidovna Pasternak (; March 8, 1902 – May 4, 1989), married name Lydia Pasternak Slater, was a Russian research chemist, poet and translator. She was born in Moscow, then the capital of the Russian Empire, the daughter"
"Women's Prize for Fiction The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously with sponsor names Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017) is one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary prizes. It is awarded annually to a female author of any nationality for the best original full-length novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom in the preceding year. The prize was established to recognise the literary achievement of female writers. The inspiration for the Baileys Prize was the Booker Prize of 1991, when none of"
"Review, and The North. In June 2018 Mort was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in its ""40 Under 40"" initiative. Helen Mort Helen Mort (born 28 September 1985, Sheffield) is a British poet. She is a five-times winner of the Foyle Young Poets award, received an Eric Gregory Award from The Society of Authors in 2007, and won the Manchester Poetry Prize Young Writer Prize in 2008. In 2010, she became the youngest ever poet-in-residence at The Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere. In the same year she was shortlisted for the Picador Prize and won the Norwich Café Writers'"
"Beryl Bainbridge Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge (21 November 1932 – 2 July 2010) was an English writer from Liverpool. She was primarily known for her works of psychological fiction, often macabre tales set among the English working class. Bainbridge won the Whitbread Awards prize for best novel in 1977 and 1996; she was nominated five times for the Booker Prize. She was described in 2007 as ""a national treasure"". In 2008, ""The Times"" named Bainbridge on their list of ""The 10 greatest British writers since 1945"". Beryl Bainbridge was born in Liverpool and brought up in nearby Formby. Her parents"
"encourage reading among disadvantaged children. Billington was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for her services to literature. Billington is married to the film, theatre and television director Kevin Billington. They have four children and five grandchildren, and live in London and in the oldest continuously inhabited house in Dorset. Rachel Billington Lady Rachel Mary Billington (""née"" Pakenham; born 11 May 1942) is a British author, the third daughter of the 7th Earl and Countess of Longford; both parents were writers, as was her aunt, Christine Longford. Billington worked in"
"Honours for services to literature. She was appointed a Companion of Honour in the 2018 New Year Honours. Lady Antonia Fraser's uncatalogued papers (relating to her ""Early Writing"", ""Fiction"", and ""Non-Fiction"") are on loan at the British Library. Papers by and relating to Lady Antonia Fraser are also catalogued as part of the Harold Pinter Archive, which is part of its permanent collection of Additional Manuscripts. Antonia Fraser Lady Antonia Margaret Caroline Fraser, (""née"" Pakenham; born 27 August 1932) is a British author of history, novels, biographies and detective fiction. She is the widow of the 2005 Nobel Laureate in"
"to ancient philosophy, and knighted in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to philosophical scholarship. Plus 73 articles and two poems. Richard Sorabji Sir Richard Rustom Kharsedji Sorabji, (born 8 November 1934) is a British historian of ancient Western philosophy and Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at King's College London. He has written his 'Intellectual Autobiography' in his ""Festschrift"": R. Salles ed., ""Metaphysics, Soul and Ethics in Ancient Thought"" (Oxford, 2005), 1–36. He is the nephew of Cornelia Sorabji, the first woman to practice law in Britain and India. Sorabji is an ethnic Parsi with roots in India. He was born"
"'94 (2003), Lynn Nottage '86 (twice, 2009, 2017), Quiara Alegría Hudes '04 (2012), and Ayad Akhtar '93 (2013); Pulitzer Prize for Biography-winner David Kertzer '69 (2015); Pulitzer Prize for Journalism-winners James Risen '77 (twice, 2002, 2006), Mark Maremont '80 (twice, 2003, 2007), Gareth Cook '91 (2005), Tony Horwitz '80 (2005), Peter Kovacs '77 (2006), Stephanie Grace '86 (2006), Mary Swerczek '98 (2006), Jane B. Spencer '99 (2006), Usha Lee McFarling '89 (2007), James Bandler '89 (2007), Amy Goldstein '75 (2009), David Rohde '90 (twice, 1996, 2009), Kathryn Schulz '96 (2016), and Alissa J. Rubin '80 (2016); Pulitzer Prize for General"
"published in 2009 and shortlisted for the 2008 Costa Book Award. Her third collection, ""Alive Alive O"", was published in 2015 and focuses on life, death and mortality. Greta Stoddart Greta Stoddart (born 1966) is an English poet. She is best known for her poetry collections, ""At Home in the Dark"" and ""Salvation Jane"". Stoddart was born in 1966 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. She spent her childhood in Oxford and Belgium. She studied mime in Paris and worked as a performer before becoming a full-time poet. She now teaches at Bath Spa University as well as the Poetry School in Exeter."
"on 25 February 2018, aged 78. Penny Vincenzi Penelope Vincenzi (née Hannaford; 10 April 1939 – 25 February 2018) was a British novelist, who wrote 17 novels and 2 collections of stories. Her sales by 2014 amounted to over 7 million copies. She was born Penelope Hannford, on 10 April 1939 in Bournemouth, the daughter of Stanley George Hannaford (died 1985) and Mary Blanche Hannaford nee Hawkey (died 1987) of New Milton, Hampshire. She was an only child, with ""the most ordinary background you could possibly imagine"". As a child, the family moved to Devon. She was educated at Notting"
"Arts strand in early 2012. On April 10, 2018, for her contributions to literature, she was appointed an honorary Dame of the Order of the British Empire. Edna O'Brien Edna O'Brien, (born 15 December 1930) is an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short story writer. Philip Roth described her as ""the most gifted woman now writing in English"", while the former President of Ireland Mary Robinson cited her as ""one of the great creative writers of her generation"". O'Brien's works often revolve around the inner feelings of women, and their problems in relating to men, and to society as"
"for the humanities and social sciences. In 1982, she was once more awarded the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize, this time for her book ""The Story-Teller Retrieves the Past"" (1980). Poetry Mary Lascelles Mary Madge Lascelles, FBA (7 February 1900 – 10 December 1995) was a British literary scholar, specialising in Jane Austen, Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, and Walter Scott. She was Vice-Principal of Somerville College, Oxford, from 1947 to 1960, and a University Lecturer then Reader in English Literature 1960 from to 1967 at the University of Oxford. Lascelles was born on 7 February 1900 on Grenada, then a British colony,"
"Penelope Fitzgerald Penelope Fitzgerald (17 December 1916 – 28 April 2000) was an English Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist and biographer. In 2008, ""The Times"" included her in a list of ""the 50 greatest British writers since 1945"". In 2012, ""The Observer"" named her final novel, ""The Blue Flower"" one of ""the ten best historical novels"". Penelope Fitzgerald was born Penelope Mary Knox at the Old Bishop's Palace, Lincoln, the daughter of Edmund Knox, later editor of ""Punch"", and Christina Hicks, daughter of Edward Hicks, the bishop of Lincoln, and one of the first women students at Oxford. She was"
"of Chester in 2012. Booktrust, the UK's largest reading charity, awarded Hughes with their first lifetime achievement award in 2015. Already Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), Hughes was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to literature. Shirley Hughes Shirley Hughes, (born 16 July 1927) is an English author and illustrator. She has written more than fifty books, which have sold more than 11.5 million copies, and has illustrated more than two hundred. As of 2007 she lives in London. Hughes won the 1977 and"