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598:, that fashionable American sickness. I now loathe the United States and what it has done to Iraq and the rest of the helpless world", despite "remembering the many Americans that I know and respect". She wrote of her distress at images of the war, her objections to
689:, was published in 1965. About a woman with a baby, Drabble made her character unmarried so as to avoid having to write about marriage or the baby's father. She used the personal experience of one of her own children's diagnosis with a
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when she is amused, as she often is, by the questions themselves and her own train of thought". In the same interview she admitted there were three writers for whom she felt an "immense admiration":
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2289:"Psychoanalyzing Britain: A NATURAL CURIOSITY by Margaret Drabble (Viking: $ 19.95; 309 pp.)"
1924:"Art Thou Contented, Jew? The British novelist on England, the Jews, and anti-Semitism today"
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2164:"Margaret Drabble's reams of gall: the feminist writer who dislikes women"
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2418:"A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman by Margaret Drabble — review"
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English Literary History: Volume 12: The Last of England
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1399:(1969), title story republished (alongside "Hassan's Tower") by
2016:"Feature: Interview — Margaret Drabble talks to Andrew Johnson"
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868:. In addition, two further novels would in fact follow:
637:(1963–87), while the publishers of her later works were
2102:"Why Margaret Drabble is not A. S. Byatt's cup of tea"
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English biographer, novelist and short story writer
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2664:(1). University of Wisconsin Press: 136–155.
2476:"The Mail on Sunday/John Llewllyn Rhys Prize"
1952:"Margaret Drabble, The Art of Fiction No. 70"
1606:(1). University of Wisconsin Press: 136–155.
331:(born 5 June 1939) is an English biographer,
1506:Stratford Revisited: A Legacy of the Sixties
926:Commander of the Order of the British Empire
885:A Writer's Britain: Landscape and Literature
2552:. Saint Louis University Library Associates
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1493:A Writer's Britain: Landscape in Literature
1479:(1978) from the 'Mirror of Britain' series
762:as its central character. Her eighth novel
590:, Drabble wrote of the anticipated wave of
3057:James Tait Black Memorial Prize recipients
3052:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature
2956:The Oxford Companion to English Literature
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906:The Oxford Companion to English Literature
419:The Oxford Companion to English Literature
3072:People educated at The Mount School, York
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633:Drabble's early novels were published by
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3022:English women dramatists and playwrights
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1969:Drabble, Margaret (11 September 2020).
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344:(1965), which won the following year's
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2464:(Supplement). 14 June 2008. p. 6.
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2524:"Website of St. Louis Literary Award"
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1997:"A life in writing: Margaret Drabble"
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2586:"Golden Pen Award, official website"
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1950:Milton, Barbara (Fall–Winter 1978).
1580:(5th and 6th editions) (1985, 2000)
988:American Academy of Arts and Letters
400:American Academy of Arts and Letters
201:American Academy of Arts and Letters
2652:Rubenstein, Roberta (Spring 1994).
2610:Page, Benedicte (1 December 2011).
2287:Lee, Hermione (24 September 1989).
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2251:"The Millstone by Margaret Drabble"
2249:Drabble, Margaret (19 March 2011).
2217:Mantel, Hilary (23 November 1989).
2039:Silgardo, Melanie (25 April 2017).
1922:Drabble, Margaret (20 April 2010).
1232:, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1987)
1217:, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1980)
1202:, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1977)
1187:, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1975)
1172:, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1972)
1157:, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1969)
1142:, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1967)
1127:, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1965)
1112:, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1964)
460:. Drabble's father participated in
316:Dame Margaret Drabble, Lady Holroyd
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3122:21st-century English women writers
3107:20th-century English women writers
2714:One Pair of Eyes: Margaret Drabble
2391:Tripney, Natasha (14 April 2013).
1035:1995: Honorary doctorate from the
1029:1994: Honorary doctorate from the
1023:1992: Honorary doctorate from the
1017:1988: Honorary doctorate from the
1011:1988: Honorary doctorate from the
1005:1987: Honorary doctorate from the
950:John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize
582:Views on the 2003 invasion of Iraq
408:Drabble also wrote biographies of
346:John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize
180:John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize
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2504:. James Tait Black Memorial Prize
2195:Cuevas, I. M. A. (January 2017).
978:Book Award (Finest Fiction), for
558:When sought out for interview by
519:Drabble was married to the actor
3112:21st-century British biographers
3092:20th-century British biographers
2372:Wolitzer, Meg (2 October 2013).
2137:Drabble, Margaret (8 May 2003).
1995:Allardice, Lisa (17 June 2011).
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356:James Tait Black Memorial Prize
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3102:20th-century English novelists
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2223:The New York Review of Books
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196:Book Award (Finest Fiction)
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3042:English short story writers
3032:British women screenwriters
2072:Stevenson, Randall (2004).
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1464:Arnold Bennett: A Biography
789:Her eleventh novel, titled
416:and edited two editions of
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1563:The Genius of Thomas Hardy
665:"to keep myself company".
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543:; they live in London and
485:Newnham College, Cambridge
358:. She was honoured by the
2997:British women biographers
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2612:"Drabble wins Golden PEN"
2219:"England, Whose England?"
1512:Angus Wilson: A Biography
1451:Literature in Perspective
1095:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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1031:University of East Anglia
843:(published in 2004), as "
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489:Royal Shakespeare Company
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1415:Sylvester & Orphanos
1043:St. Louis Literary Award
1007:University of Manchester
916:) from 1980 until 1982.
726:Drabble's fourth novel,
586:In the aftermath of the
537:The Literary Consultancy
338:Drabble's books include
335:and short story writer.
3027:English women novelists
2658:Contemporary Literature
2572:"Honorary Degrees 2006"
1600:Contemporary Literature
1401:Penguin Modern Classics
1061:University of Cambridge
1001:University of Sheffield
380:plateglass universities
360:University of Cambridge
116:University of Cambridge
3087:Writers from Sheffield
1047:Saint Louis University
1019:University of Bradford
936:, and was promoted to
924:Drabble was appointed
440:John Frederick Drabble
213:2011
207:1973
198:1972
189:1967
183:1966
3037:English screenwriters
2355:"Mermaid on Dry Land"
942:2008 Birthday Honours
934:1980 Birthday Honours
623:(so narrowly) elected
588:2003 invasion of Iraq
354:, which won the 1967
3017:English book editors
2918:The Dark Flood Rises
2798:Jerusalem the Golden
2028:on 12 November 2016.
1516:Secker & Warburg
1403:on 24 February 2011
1376:The Dark Flood Rises
1139:Jerusalem the Golden
1057:Doctorate in Letters
967:Jerusalem the Golden
874:The Dark Flood Rises
752:. Her seventh novel
729:Jerusalem the Golden
709:feminist novel that
613:Nineteen Eighty-Four
434:Drabble was born in
398:). She received the
351:Jerusalem the Golden
242: 1960;
159:Jerusalem the Golden
3012:English biographers
2937:London Consequences
2870:The Witch of Exmoor
2854:A Natural Curiosity
2143:The Daily Telegraph
2120:Desert Island Discs
2106:The Daily Telegraph
1549:London Consequences
1379:, Canongate (2016)
1278:The Witch of Exmoor
1244:A Natural Curiosity
999:doctorate from the
991:E. M. Forster Award
887:and biographies of
812:The Witch of Exmoor
807:A Natural Curiosity
792:A Natural Curiosity
782:"not a novel but a
748:who gives away her
716:The Golden Notebook
657:The Witch of Exmoor
541:Sir Michael Holroyd
535:(d. 2017), who ran
493:Stratford-upon-Avon
403:E. M. Forster Award
204:E. M. Forster Award
2910:The Pure Gold Baby
2862:The Gates of Ivory
2822:The Realms of Gold
2774:A Summer Bird-Cage
2639:"The Gifts of War"
2502:"Previous winners"
2482:on 4 December 2005
2461:The London Gazette
2441:The London Gazette
2351:Le Guin, Ursula K.
2323:"Seoul destroying"
1894:"Margaret Drabble"
1357:The Pure Gold Baby
1263:The Gates of Ivory
1184:The Realms of Gold
1090:A Summer Bird-Cage
1049:Library Associates
1037:University of York
1025:University of Hull
975:The Yorkshire Post
920:Awards and honours
909:in 1985 and 2000.
897:William Wordsworth
870:The Pure Gold Baby
755:The Realms of Gold
671:A Summer Bird-Cage
193:The Yorkshire Post
138:A Summer Bird-Cage
100:short story writer
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2886:The Seven Sisters
2878:The Peppered Moth
2838:The Middle Ground
2530:on 23 August 2016
2414:Showalter, Elaine
2293:Los Angeles Times
2184:. TSS Publishing.
2087:978-0-19-158884-6
2021:Islington Tribune
1308:The Seven Sisters
1293:The Peppered Moth
1214:The Middle Ground
849:Ursula K. Le Guin
828:The Seven Sisters
818:The Peppered Moth
780:The Middle Ground
771:The Middle Ground
695:hole in the heart
677:Her second novel
668:Her first novel,
468:and her father a
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122:Years active
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3082:Wives of knights
2814:The Needle's Eye
2782:The Garrick Year
2759:Margaret Drabble
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