Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923–2014)
Autor/a de The Light Years
Sobre l'autor
Elizabeth Jane Howard was born in London, England on March 26, 1923. She was educated by governesses at home. Her first novel, The Beautiful Visit, was published in 1950 and won the John Llewellyn Rhys prize. Her other works include the series the Cazalet Chronicles, Falling, and the autobiography mostra'n més Slipstream. The first two novels of the Cazalet Chronicles, The Light Years and Marking Time, became the BBC TV series The Cazalets in 2001. The other books in the series are Confusion, Casting Off, and All Change. She also edited several anthologies and wrote short stories, articles, television plays, film scripts and a book on food with Fay Maschler. She was made a CBE in 2000. She died on January 2, 2014 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Nota de desambiguació:
(eng) Elizabeth Jane Howard (March 26, 1923-January 2, 2014) was a British novelist. Not to be confused with mystery writer Elizabeth Howard.
Sèrie
Obres de Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Cazalet Chronicle Series and Midwife Trilogy Collection (7 Books) (2014) — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars
Elizabeth Jane Howard 4 Books Bundle Collection (Confusion, Casting Off, Marking Time, All Change) (2015) 4 exemplars
Falling Love All 3 exemplars
Sir Arthur Somervell on Music Education: His Writings, Speeches and Letters (2003) — Editor — 2 exemplars
Marking Time / Casting Off 1 exemplars
Upstairs Downstairs: Fourth Season - Volume III [TV series, 1974] — Writer — 1 exemplars
The Cazalet Chronicles: Books 1-3 1 exemplars
Una larga mirada (Spanish Edition) 1 exemplars
2018 1 exemplars
The Collected Novels Volume One: The Long View, The Sea Change, The Beautiful Visit, and After Julius (2018) 1 exemplars
The Collected Novels Volume Two: Odd Girl Out, Something in Disguise, Falling, and Getting It Right (2018) 1 exemplars
Howard Elizabeth Jane 1 exemplars
Marriage Anthology 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century Volume 1 (1987) — Col·laborador — 76 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1923-03-26
- Data de defunció
- 2014-01-02
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- Lloc de naixement
- London, England, UK
- Lloc de defunció
- Bungay, Suffolk, England, UK
- Llocs de residència
- London, England, UK
Bungay, Suffolk, England, UK - Professions
- short-story writer
novelist
actor - Relacions
- Scott, Peter (first husband)
Amis, Kingsley (third husband)
Amis, Martin (step-son)
Aickman, Robert (lover) - Organitzacions
- Inland Waterways Association
- Premis i honors
- CBE (2000)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (1951) - Biografia breu
- Elizabeth Jane Howard, known as Jane, worked briefly as an actor in provincial theater before marrying Sir Peter Scott in 1942, at age 19. They had a daughter, Nicola, and divorced in 1951. A second marriage, to Jim Douglas-Henry in 1958, was brief. Her third marriage to novelist Kingsley Amis lasted from 1965 to 1983. She published her first novel in 1950 and her autobiography, Slipstream, in 2002.
- Nota de desambiguació
- Elizabeth Jane Howard (March 26, 1923-January 2, 2014) was a British novelist. Not to be confused with mystery writer Elizabeth Howard.
Membres
Converses
149. Something in Disguise by Elizabeth Jane Howard a Backlisted Book Club (març 2022)
Elizabeth Jane Howard a Virago Modern Classics (gener 2014)
Ressenyes
Llistes
Five star books (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 49
- També de
- 15
- Membres
- 5,569
- Popularitat
- #4,460
- Valoració
- 4.0
- Ressenyes
- 175
- ISBN
- 468
- Llengües
- 9
- Preferit
- 23
- Quant a
- 1
- Pedres de toc
- 272
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