Barnes as Francophile and Francophone in Bernard Pivot's Double je (France 2, March 2005)

Julian Patrick Barnes (born January 19, 1946 in Leicester) is a contemporary English writer whose novels and short stories have been seen as examples of postmodernism in literature. He has been shortlisted three times for the Man Booker Prize (Flaubert's Parrot (1984), England, England (1998), and Arthur & George (2005)). He has written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2135x1488, 603 KB)Julian Barnes as Francophile and Francophone in Bernard Pivots Double je (France 2, March 2005). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2135x1488, 603 KB)Julian Barnes as Francophile and Francophone in Bernard Pivots Double je (France 2, March 2005). ... A Francophile is term given to people with a severe mental illness: its symptoms are a craven attitude towards fighting to preserve what is claimed to be loved, a belief that the French Emprie was and is vastly superior to the British (a falsehood) and an habitual insertion of... Look up Francophone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Bernard Pivot (born 5 May 1935) is a journalist, interviewer and host of French cultural television programmes. ... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Leicester city centre, looking towards the Clock Tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city in the East Midlands of England. ... Motto:   (the Royal motto3) (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the Queen 4 Capital London Most populous conurbation Greater London Urban Area English (de facto5) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair Formation    - Union of the Crowns 24 March 1603   - Acts of Union... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative in prose. ... This article is in need of attention. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known as the Booker Prize, is one of the worlds most prestigious literary prizes, awarded each year for the best original full-length novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland in the English language. ... Flauberts Parrot is a novel by Julian Barnes that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1984. ... Spoiler warning: Julian Barness England, England (1998) is a philosophical novel set in the Britain of the not-too-distant future. ... Arthur & George is a novel by Julian Barnes. ... Sherlock Holmes, pipe-puffing hero of crime fiction, confers with his colleague Dr. Watson; together these characters popularized the genre. ... A pseudonym (Greek pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a persons true name. ...

Life

Following an education at City of London School and Magdalen College, Oxford, he worked as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary. Subsequently, he worked as a literary editor and film critic. He now writes full-time. His brother, Jonathan Barnes is a philosopher specializing in ancient philosophy. The present red-brick City of London School beside the River Thames. ... College name Magdalen College Collegium Beatae Mariae Magdalenae Named after Mary Magdalene Established 1458 Sister College Magdalene College President Professor David Clary FRS JCR President Iain Anstess Undergraduates 395 MCR President Kader Allouni Graduates 230 Homepage Boatclub Magdalen College (pronounced ) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of... A lexicographer is a person devoted to the study of lexicography, especially an author of a dictionary. ... The Oxford English Dictionary print set The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP), and is generally regarded as the most comprehensive and scholarly dictionary of the English language. ... Jonathan Barnes (born 1942) is a British philosopher, translator and historian of ancient philosophy. ...

He lives in London with his wife, the literary agent Pat Kavanagh. Pat Kavanagh is a distinguished British literary agent. ...

Works (novels unless otherwise indicated)

• Metroland (1980)
• Before She Met Me (1982)
• Flaubert's Parrot (1984)
• Staring at the Sun (1986)
• A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (1989)
• Talking it Over (1991)
• The Porcupine (1992)
• Letters from London (1995) — (journalism from The New Yorker)
  • Picador, London, ISBN 0-330-34116-2
• Cross Channel (1996) — (stories)
• England, England (1998)
• Love, Etc. (2000)
• Something to Declare (2002) — (essays)
• The Pedant in the Kitchen (2003) — (journalism on cooking)
• The Lemon Table (2004) — (stories)
• Arthur & George (2005)

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Works as Dan Kavanagh

• Duffy (1980)
• Fiddle City (1981)
• Putting the Boot In (1985)
• Going to the Dogs (1987)

See also

• Edward Pygge, a pseudonym used by Barnes
• Eastwick, fictional location in Metroland

Edward Pygge was a pseudonym used by Ian Hamilton, Clive James, Russell Davies and Julian Barnes. ... Eastwick was a fictional suburb on the outer reaches of London Underground’s Metropolitan line in Julian Barnes’ novel, Metroland (1980), which recalled adolescence in the early 1960s. ...

External links

• Official Website of Julian Barnes
• Official Website of Dan Kavanagh (pseudonym)
• British Council site
• Publisher's Website - includes facts about Barnes and Arthur & George
• Guardian Books "Author Page" - with profile and links to further articles.
• 1991 audio interview with Julian Barnes by Don Swaim
• Julian Barnes at www.contemporarywriters.com
• Julian Barnes at the Internet Book List
• Interview on BBC HARDtalk Extra programme - broadcast on 22nd September, 2006