Julian Barnes
Autore di Il senso di una fine
Sull'Autore
Julian Barnes was born in Leicester, England, on January 19, 1946. He received a degree in modern languages from Magdalen College, Oxford University in 1968. He has held jobs as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary, a reviewer and literary editor for the New Statesmen and the New mostra altro Review, and a television critic. He has written numerous works of fiction including Arthur and George, Pulse: Stories, The Noise of Time, and England, England. He received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1980 for Metroland, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1985 and a Prix Medicis in 1986 for Flaubert's Parrot, and the Man Booker Prize in 2011 for The Sense of an Ending. He also writes non-fiction works including Letters from London, The Pedant in the Kitchen, and Nothing to Be Frightened Of. He received the Shakespeare Prize by the FVS Foundation in 1993, the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 2004, and the David Cohen Prize for Literature in 2011. He writes detective novels under the pseudonym Dan Kavanaugh. His works under this name include Duffy, Fiddle City, Putting the Boot In, and Going to the Dogs. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Julian Barnes
Controcorrente - Upstream! 4 copie
East wind 2 copie
The limner 2 copie
“Flaubert's Death Masks” 1 copia
Biricik Hikaye 1 copia
Sleeping With John Updike 1 copia
ENIGMA E NJE FUNDI 1 copia
Nieuw Werk 1 copia
One of a Kind 1 copia
2009 1 copia
Krauts 1 copia
Complicity 1 copia
Writers on Artists 1 copia
Bark / The Silence (Storycuts) 1 copia
The Julian Barnes Booker Prize Finalist Collection, 3-Book Bundle: Flaubert's Parrot; England, England; Arthur & George… (2011) 1 copia
Hygiene (Storycuts) 1 copia
Knowing French (Storycuts) 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories (1999) — Collaboratore — 345 copie
21: 21 Picador Authors Celebrate 21 Years of International Writing (1993) — Collaboratore — 53 copie
The Public Domain Review: Selected Essays, The First Three Years, 2011-2013 (2014) — Collaboratore — 31 copie
Maigret Three-Volume Set: Maigret and the Calame Report; Maigret and the Saturday Caller; Maigret and the Wine Merchant — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 10 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Barnes, Julian Patrick
- Altri nomi
- Kavanagh, Dan
Pygge, Edward - Data di nascita
- 1946-01-19
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Nazione (per mappa)
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Northwood, Middlesex, England, UK
London, England, UK - Istruzione
- City of London School
Magdalen College, Oxford University (BA|1968) - Attività lavorative
- lexicographer
literary editor
television critic
novelist - Relazioni
- Barnes, Jonathan (brother)
- Organizzazioni
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Honorary member, 2016)
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- David Cohen British Literature Prize (2011)
Commandeur de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France (2004)
Man Booker Prize (2011)
Somerset Maugham Award (1981)
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (1985)
Jerusalem Prize (2021) (mostra tutto 10)
Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1988)
Siegfried Lenz Prize (2016)
Austrian State Prize for European Literature (2004)
E. M. Forster Award (1986) - Breve biografia
- Julian Barnes was born in Leicester, England on January 19, 1946. He was educated at the City of London School from 1957 to 1964 and at Magdalen College, Oxford, from which he graduated in modern languages (with honours) in 1968.
After graduation, he worked as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary supplement for three years. In 1977, Barnes began working as a reviewer and literary editor for the New Statesman and the New Review. From 1979 to 1986 he worked as a television critic, first for the New Statesman and then for the Observer.
Barnes has received several awards and honours for his writing, including the 2011 Man Booker Prize for The Sense of an Ending. Three additional novels were shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize (Flaubert's Parrot 1984, England, England 1998, and Arthur & George 2005). Barnes's other awards include the Somerset Maugham Award (Metroland 1981), Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (FP 1985); Prix Médicis (FP 1986); E. M. Forster Award (American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1986); Gutenberg Prize (1987); Grinzane Cavour Prize (Italy, 1988); and the Prix Femina (Talking It Over 1992). Barnes was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1988, Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1995 and Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2004. In 1993 he was awarded the Shakespeare Prize by the FVS Foundation and in 2004 won the Austrian State Prize for European Literature. In 2011 he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Awarded biennially, the prize honours a lifetime's achievement in literature for a writer in the English language who is a citizen of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. He received the Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence in 2013 and the 2015 Zinklar Award at the first annual Blixen Ceremony in Copenhagen. In 2016, the American Academy of Arts & Letters elected Barnes as an honorary foreign member. Also in 2016, Barnes was selected as the second recipient of the Siegfried Lenz Prize for his outstanding contributions as a European narrator and essayist.
Julian Barnes has written numerous novels, short stories, and essays. He has also translated a book by French author Alphonse Daudet and a collection of German cartoons by Volker Kriegel. His writing has earned him considerable respect as an author who deals with the themes of history, reality, truth and love.
Utenti
Discussioni
Group Read: Arthur & George by Julian Barnes in 75 Books Challenge for 2018 (Febbraio 2018)
Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes (Bowie's Top 100 for August) in 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (Agosto 2016)
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes in Booker Prize (Agosto 2011)
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Five star books (3)
Art of Reading (1)
2024 Reads (1)
Metafiction (1)
United Kingdom (1)
Put a Bird On It (1)
At the Library (1)
Fiction For Men (1)
Deathreads (2)
Favourite Books (2)
My TBR (2)
Booker Prize (4)
1980s (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
Review 2 (1)
Best Satire (1)
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- Opere
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- Opere correlate
- 38
- Utenti
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- Popolarità
- #467
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 1,411
- ISBN
- 1,166
- Lingue
- 32
- Preferito da
- 121
Nella sua incredibile ecletticità di soggetti e di stili (da certe comicissime storie della "Storia del mondo in 10 capitoli e 1/2" all'intimismo pieno di mistero de "Il senso di una fine") qui Barnes si misura con Sostakovic e ne racconta la tristissima vicenda di vittima e pedina del potere e del terrore Staliniano. Scrive in prima persona, comunicandoci così in modo vivissimo la paura, la vergogna, il senso di profondo auto-disprezzo che il musicista deve aver provato e sopportato. Documentatissimo nei fatti e nei dati, poetico come solo l'invenzione narrativa può essere, questo libro ci rivela uno spaccato di vita durante il totalitarismo sovietico che è come un incubo kafkiano. Ma per scrivere di Sostakovic non basta conoscerne la storia e la biografia, e neppure "sentirne" sulla pelle il vissuto psicologico: quello che manca qui è la musica. Secondo me Barnes di musica non capisce niente, e infatti la lascia fuori. Peccato.… (altro)