Date of Birth
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21-November-1932
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Place of Birth
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Liverpool
(United Kingdom, England, Merseyside, United Kingdom, with Dependencies and Territories, Lancashire, North West England)
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Nationality
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United Kingdom
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Also know as
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Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge, Beryl Margaret Bainbridge, Dame Beryl Bainbridge, The Booker Bridesmaid
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Profession
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Writer, Novelist, Author, Screenwriter, Actor
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Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge DBE was an English writer from Liverpool. She was primarily known for her works of psychological fiction, often set among the English working classes. Bainbridge won the Whitbread Awards prize for best novel in 1977 and 1996; she was nominated five times for the Booker Prize. She was described in 2007 as "a national treasure". In 2008, The Times newspaper named Bainbridge among their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
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