Costa Book Awards
2 appearances
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Edition 7 (1977) Winner
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Edition 26 (1996) Winner
Beryl Bainbridge
べりる・べいんぶりっじ
Beriru Bainburijji
Aliases:
Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge / Dame Beryl Bainbridge DBE
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1932-11-21 （Liverpool, England）
- Died
- 2010-07-02 （London, England） age 77
- Nationality
- British, English
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Liverpool (Allerton suburb) → Formby → London
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Actress, Theatre Critic
- Active Years
- 1967-2011
- Nominations
- Booker Prize nominations (5 times): The Dressmaker (1973), The Bottle Factory Outing (1974), An Awfully Big Adventure (1989), Every Man for Himself (1996), Master Georgie (1998)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchant Taylors' Girls' School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Cone-Ripman School (now Tring Park School for the Performing Arts) | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Merchant Taylors' Girls' School
Country:
United Kingdom
Expelled for having a 'dirty rhyme' in her gymslip pocket
Cone-Ripman School (now Tring Park School for the Performing Arts)
Country:
United Kingdom
Good at history, English, and art
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Whitbread Awards (best novel) | Injury Time | — | Whitbread | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Whitbread Awards (best novel) | Every Man for Himself | — | Whitbread | 受賞 |
| 1998 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize (fiction) | Master Georgie | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire | — | — | British monarchy | 受賞 |
| 2003 | David Cohen Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Whitbread Awards (best novel)
1977
Work:
Injury Time
Organization:
Whitbread
Result:
受賞
Whitbread Awards (best novel)
1996
Work:
Every Man for Himself
Organization:
Whitbread
Result:
受賞
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (fiction)
1998
Work:
Master Georgie
Result:
受賞
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2000
Organization:
British monarchy
Result:
受賞
David Cohen Prize
2003
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 80 (1998) Winner
British Book Awards (The Nibbies)
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (1999) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Dressmaker
1973 Psychological fictionMacabre tale set among the English working class
Psychological depthWorking class
The Bottle Factory Outing
1974 Psychological fictionMacabre tale set among the English working class
Psychological depthWorking class
An Awfully Big Adventure
1989 Psychological fictionPost-war British theatre troupe
War shadowsHuman relationships
Adaptations
- [Film] An Awfully Big Adventure / Mike Newell (1995)
Every Man for Himself
1996 Historical fictionTitanic disaster
Historical eventsHuman fate
Master Georgie
1998 Historical fictionSet during the Crimean War
WarPhotography
Bibliography
- A Weekend with Claude (1967), Another Part of the Wood (1968), Harriet Said... (1972), The Dressmaker (1973), The Bottle Factory Outing (1974), etc.
Adaptations
- Sweet William (1980 film), An Awfully Big Adventure (1995 film)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Psychological fictionMacabre talesWorking class settings
- Recurring Motifs
- Dark underbelly of everyday lifeHuman frailty
Health
-
Cancer晩年Heavy smoker; cancer returned leading to death
Legacy
Described as a national treasure; named in The Times' 50 greatest British writers since 1945. Five Booker nominations.
Archives
- British Library (private letters and diaries)
In Popular Culture
- Mark Knopfler song 'Beryl'; Blue Plaque in Formby
Trivia
- Falsely claimed birth year as 1934
- Expelled from school for a 'dirty rhyme'
- Suicide attempt by gas oven
- Grandson's documentary 'Beryl's Last Year'