Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923–2014)
Auteur van The Light Years
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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 toon meer 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) toon minder
Ontwarringsbericht:
(eng) Elizabeth Jane Howard (March 26, 1923-January 2, 2014) was a British novelist. Not to be confused with mystery writer Elizabeth Howard.
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Werken van Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Cazalet Chronicle Series and Midwife Trilogy Collection (7 Books) (2014) — Medewerker — 7 exemplaren
Elizabeth Jane Howard Cazalet Chronicles Series 5 Books Collection Set (All Change, Casting Off, Confusion, Marking… (2015) 4 exemplaren
Falling Love All 3 exemplaren
The Collected Novels Volume Two: Odd Girl Out, Something in Disguise, Falling, and Getting It Right (2018) 2 exemplaren
Sir Arthur Somervell on Music Education: His Writings, Speeches and Letters (2003) — Redacteur — 2 exemplaren
Marking Time / Casting Off 1 exemplaar
Upstairs Downstairs: Fourth Season - Volume III [TV series, 1974] — Writer — 1 exemplaar
The Cazalet Chronicles: Books 1-3 1 exemplaar
Three Miles Up 1 exemplaar
Quel tipo di ragazza (Italian Edition) 1 exemplaar
2018 1 exemplaar
The Collected Novels Volume One: The Long View, The Sea Change, The Beautiful Visit, and After Julius (2018) 1 exemplaar
Howard Elizabeth Jane 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1923-03-26
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2014-01-02
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- London, England, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- Bungay, Suffolk, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- London, England, UK
Bungay, Suffolk, England, UK - Beroepen
- short-story writer
novelist
actor - Relaties
- Scott, Peter (first husband)
Amis, Kingsley (third husband)
Amis, Martin (step-son)
Aickman, Robert (lover) - Organisaties
- Inland Waterways Association
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- CBE (2000)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (1951) - Korte biografie
- 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.
- Ontwarringsbericht
- Elizabeth Jane Howard (March 26, 1923-January 2, 2014) was a British novelist. Not to be confused with mystery writer Elizabeth Howard.
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149. Something in Disguise by Elizabeth Jane Howard in Backlisted Book Club (maart 2022)
Elizabeth Jane Howard in Virago Modern Classics (januari 2014)
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