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Beryl Bainbridge
English writer (1932–2010)
Dame Beryl Margaret BainbridgeDBE (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. She was described in 2007 as a national treasure.[3] In 2008, The Times named Bainbridge on their list of the "50 greatest British writers since 1945".[4]
Biography
Early life
Beryl Margaret Bainbridge was born in Liverpool's Allerton suburb on 21 November 1932,[5] the daughter of Winifred Baines and Richard Bainbridge. She grew up in the nearby town of Formby. Although she often gave her date of birth as 21 November 1934, she was born in 1932 and her birth was registered in the first quarter of 1933.[6] When German former p Beryl bainbridge books.