Andrea Levy (1956–2019)
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Sull'Autore
Andrea Levy was born in London, England in 1956 to Jamaican parents of mixed descent. She studied textile design and became a costume assistant. She took a creative-writing class and started writing in her 30s. Her first novel, Every Light in the House Burnin', was published in 1994. Her novels mostra altro chronicled the experience of Jamaican immigrants in Britain. Her other works included Fruit of the Lemon, Six Stories and an Essay, and The Long Song. Small Island won the Orange Prize for fiction and the Whitbread Award for the book of the year. She died from cancer on February 14, 2019 at the age of 62. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Andrea Levy in 2010.
Opere di Andrea Levy
Opere correlate
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent (2019) — Collaboratore — 90 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Levy, Andrea Doreen
- Data di nascita
- 1956-03-07
- Data di morte
- 2019-02-14
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- London, England, UK
- Causa della morte
- breast cancer
- Luogo di residenza
- Highbury, London, England, UK
- Istruzione
- Highbury Hill Grammar School
- Attività lavorative
- novelist
costume designer - Relazioni
- Fell, Alison (creative writing tutor)
Morpeth, Jane (editor) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Orange Prize for Fiction
Whitbread Award
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Man Booker Prize Shortlist - Agente
- David Grossman (David Grossman Literary Agency)
Utenti
Discussioni
BRITISH AUTHOR CHALLENGE SEPTEMBER 2015 - LEVY & RUSHDIE in 75 Books Challenge for 2015 (Ottobre 2015)
The Long Song by Andrea Levy in Orange January/July (Novembre 2011)
Recensioni
Liste
Booker Prize (1)
Women in War (1)
Female Author (1)
Big Jubilee List (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 13
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 6,110
- Popolarità
- #4,031
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 239
- ISBN
- 104
- Lingue
- 15
- Preferito da
- 15