Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge, DBE (b. 21 November 1932, Liverpool) is an English novelist. DBE can stand for: Dominet Bank Ekstraliga Dame of the British Empire, an honorific in the United Kingdom Categories: | ... is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location within England Coordinates: , Sovereign state United Kingdom Constituent country England Region North West England Ceremonial county Historic county Merseyside Lancashire Admin HQ Liverpool City Centre Founded 1207 City Status 1880 Government  - Type Metropolitan borough, City  - Governing body Liverpool City Council Area  - Borough & City 43. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ...

She has been nominated for the Booker Prize several times, but has never won it. In spite of this, she has been described as one of the greatest living British novelists. The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known as the Man Booker Prize, or simply the Man Booker, is one of the worlds most important literary prizes, and awarded each year for the best original novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland in...

Biography

Bainbridge was born in Liverpool, raised in nearby Formby and educated at Merchant Taylors' School. She spent her early years working as an actress and appeared in a 1961 episode of the soap opera Coronation Street playing an anti-nuclear protestor. She also acted on stage before leaving the theatre to have her first child. Stu Sutcliffe, an early member of The Beatles who was to die tragically young, would sometimes work as a baby sitter for her. Location within England Coordinates: , Sovereign state United Kingdom Constituent country England Region North West England Ceremonial county Historic county Merseyside Lancashire Admin HQ Liverpool City Centre Founded 1207 City Status 1880 Government  - Type Metropolitan borough, City  - Governing body Liverpool City Council Area  - Borough & City 43. ... Formby is a town on the Irish Sea coast of North West England. ... See also Merchant Taylors School, Crosby and Merchant Taylors Girls School. ... Coronation Street is an award winning British soap opera. ... Stuart Sutcliffe (June 23, 1940 - April 10, 1962) was a short-lived member of The Beatles and a painter who worked in a style related to Abstract Expressionism. ...

Her first novel, Harriet Said... was written at this time, it was to be her third published novel, having been rejected by several publishers who found it "repulsive", and "indecent". It was published after Another Part of the Wood (1968) and An Awfully Big Adventure (1970).

Her early novels are retellings of her life, such as An Awfully Big Adventure which is set in provincial theatre and was adapated as a film by Mike Newell in 1995, starring Alan Rickman and Hugh Grant. Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Michael Cormac Newell (born March 28, 1942) is an English director and producer of motion pictures for the screen and for television. ... Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (born February 21, 1946) is an acclaimed, award-winning English film, television and stage actor. ... Hugh John Mungo Grant[1] (born September 9, 1960) is a Golden Globe-winning English actor. ...

She later turned to her family's history, and after that historical novels, such as Master Georgie set in the Crimean War. Combatants Allies: Second French Empire British Empire Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Sardinia Russian Empire Bulgarian volunteers Casualties 90,000 French 35,000 Turkish 17,500 British 2,194 Sardinian killed, wounded and died of disease ~134,000 killed, wounded and died of disease The Crimean War (1853–1856) was fought...

Her most recent novel, According to Queeney is a fictionalized account of the last years of the life of Samuel Johnson as seen through the eyes of 'Queeney Thrale', eldest daughter of Henry Thrale and Hester Thrale, and received wide acclaim. For other persons named Samuel Johnson, see Samuel Johnson (disambiguation). ... Henry Thrale by Sir Joshua Reynolds Henry Thrale (born 1724-30, at the Alehouse in Harrow Corner, Southwark, died 4 April 1781, London) was an 18th century English MP and a close friend of Samuel Johnson. ... Hester Lynch Thrale by Sir Joshua Reynolds Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and after her second marriage, Hester Lynch Piozzi ) (16 January 1741 (she mistakenly celebrated her own birthday on 27 January) - May 2, 1821) was a British diarist, author, and a friend and confidante of Samuel Johnson. ...

She is a convert to Roman Catholicism.

Bibliography

 Novels 

• 1967 - A Weekend with Claud
• 1968 - Another Part of the Wood
• 1972 - Harriet Said...
• 1973 - The Dressmaker
• 1974 - The Bottle Factory Outing
• 1975 - Sweet William
• 1976 - A Quiet Life
• 1977 - Injury Time
• 1978 - Young Adolf
• 1979 - Another Part of the Wood (revised edition)
• 1980 - Winter Garden
• 1981 - A Weekend with Claude (revised edition)
• 1984 - English Journey
• 1984 - Watson's Apology
• 1989 - An Awfully Big Adventure
• 1991 - The Birthday Boys
• 1996 - Every Man for Himself
• 1998 - Master Georgie
• 2001 - According to Queeney

 Stories 

• 1985 - Mum and Mr Armitage
• 1994 - Collected Stories

 Non-Fiction 

• 1984 - English Journey
• 1987 - Forever England: North and South
• 1993 - Something Happened Yesterday

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See also

• Faction

A faction is a special interest group. ...

External links

• Guardian interview
• "Author page" at The Guardian
• BBC audio interviews
• Beryl Bainbridge at www.contemporarywriters.com