Who is Beryl Bainbridge?

Answer 1

Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge was an English author.

She was born in Liverpool, England on the 21st November 1932.
Beryl Bainbridge is most known for her works of psychological fiction, which she often set amongst the working classes.

She won the Whitbread Award for best novel in 1977 and again in 1996. She was also nominated five times for the Booker Prize. In 2011 she was posthumously awarded a special honour specifically for her by the Booker Prize Committee.

She was appointed the title of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2000 by Queen Elizabeth II. And she was, in 2007, described as one of England's national treasures.

Some of her most recognised works include:

• Every Man for Himself
• Injury Time
• The Dressmaker
• Master Georgie

Amongst other works.

She died on the 2nd July 2010 of cancer.

Answer 2

Beryl Bainbridge was an English writer, primarily know for her psychologic fiction worksl In 1977 and 1996, she won the Whitbread Awards prize for Best Novel and was a five-time nominee for the Booker Prize. Bainbridge was named by The Times newspaper as one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.