Difference between revisions of "Jeanette Winterson"
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| − | + | Writer. Her first novel, 'Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit', won the 1985 Whitbread Prize for a First Novel. Multiple award winner. Famously belligerent feminist. The much-lauded novelist recently sparred with the green-wellies brigade when she labelled Country Life magazine "a bunch of gay-bashers". Recent novels include 'The Daylight Gate' (2013) and 'Frankisstein' (2019). Working on a series of short internet films with the BBC. | |
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| + | * [[Feminist Activists Who Identify as Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender]] | ||
==Further Reading/Research== | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
Latest revision as of 14:06, 7 April 2020
Contents
Country
Great Britain
Birth - Death
1959 -
Occupation
Writer
Notable Achievements
OBE
Whitbread Prize
Description
Writer. Her first novel, 'Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit', won the 1985 Whitbread Prize for a First Novel. Multiple award winner. Famously belligerent feminist. The much-lauded novelist recently sparred with the green-wellies brigade when she labelled Country Life magazine "a bunch of gay-bashers". Recent novels include 'The Daylight Gate' (2013) and 'Frankisstein' (2019). Working on a series of short internet films with the BBC.
