Difference between revisions of "Jeanette Winterson"
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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". | 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". | ||
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| + | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
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| + | * http://www.jeanettewinterson.com/ | ||
| + | * http://www.theguardian.com/books/jeanettewinterson | ||
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Revision as of 21:16, 8 March 2014
Contents
Country
Great Britain
Birth - Death
1959 -
Occupation
Writer
Notable Achievements
OBE
Whitbread Prize
Description
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".
