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==Notable Achievements==
 
==Notable Achievements==
  
Man Booker Prize
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==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Author of gay fiction; first gay writer to receive Man Booker Prize for novel 'A Line of Beauty'.  Works reflect life in the gay subculture of society.  Recipient of numerous awards, including the 1989 Somerset Maugham Award, the 1994 James Tait Black Memorial Prize.  Most recent novel is 'The Stranger's Child'.
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Author of gay fiction.  Was the first gay writer to receive Man Booker Prize, for his novel 'A Line of Beauty' (2004).  Works reflect life in the gay subculture of society.  Recipient of numerous other awards, including the 1989 Somerset Maugham Award, and the 1994 James Tait Black Memorial Prize.  Other novels include 'The Stranger's Child' (2011) and 'The Sparsholt Affair' (2018).
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==See Also==
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* [[The Violet Quill Author's Group]]
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==Further Reading/Research==
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* http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6116/the-art-of-fiction-no-214-alan-hollinghurst
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* http://www.theguardian.com/books/alanhollinghurst
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* http://literature.britishcouncil.org/alan-hollinghurst
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* http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/no-longer-an-issue-alan-hollinghurst-moves-on
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* https://www.theguardian.com/books/live/2017/sep/27/alan-hollinghurst-webchat-post-your-questions-now
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Latest revision as of 12:26, 12 March 2019

Alan Hollinghurst

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

1954 -

Occupation

Writer

Notable Achievements

Man Booker Prize, FRSL

Description

Author of gay fiction. Was the first gay writer to receive Man Booker Prize, for his novel 'A Line of Beauty' (2004). Works reflect life in the gay subculture of society. Recipient of numerous other awards, including the 1989 Somerset Maugham Award, and the 1994 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Other novels include 'The Stranger's Child' (2011) and 'The Sparsholt Affair' (2018).

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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