Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923–2014)
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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 näytä lisää 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) näytä vähemmän
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(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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The Cazalet Chronicle Series and Midwife Trilogy Collection (7 Books) (2014) — Avustaja — 7 kappaletta
Elizabeth Jane Howard Cazalet Chronicles Series 5 Books Collection Set (All Change, Casting Off, Confusion, Marking… 4 kappaletta
Falling Love All 3 kappaletta
The Collected Novels Volume Two: Odd Girl Out, Something in Disguise, Falling, and Getting It Right (2018) 2 kappaletta
Sir Arthur Somervell on Music Education: His Writings, Speeches and Letters (2003) — Toimittaja — 2 kappaletta
Marking Time / Casting Off 1 kappale
Upstairs Downstairs: Fourth Season - Volume III [TV series, 1974] — Writer — 1 kappale
The Cazalet Chronicles: Books 1-3 1 kappale
Three Miles Up 1 kappale
Quel tipo di ragazza (Italian Edition) 1 kappale
2018 1 kappale
The Collected Novels Volume One: The Long View, The Sea Change, The Beautiful Visit, and After Julius (2018) 1 kappale
Howard Elizabeth Jane 1 kappale
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- Syntymäaika
- 1923-03-26
- Kuolinaika
- 2014-01-02
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- UK
- Syntymäpaikka
- London, England, UK
- Kuolinpaikka
- Bungay, Suffolk, England, UK
- Asuinpaikat
- London, England, UK
Bungay, Suffolk, England, UK - Ammatit
- short-story writer
novelist
actor - Suhteet
- Scott, Peter (first husband)
Amis, Kingsley (third husband)
Amis, Martin (step-son)
Aickman, Robert (lover) - Organisaatiot
- Inland Waterways Association
- Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- CBE (2000)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (1951) - Lyhyt elämäkerta
- 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.
- Erotteluhuomautus
- 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, Backlisted Book Club (maaliskuu 2022)
Elizabeth Jane Howard, Virago Modern Classics (tammikuu 2014)
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I love a good family saga, and this most certainly is one. Elizabeth Jane Howard puts her female characters at the center, often the source of real power in the family. At the same time, she shows the ways women are disadvantaged in society, through limited education (which continues with the female Cazalet children), to dependence on male wage earners and a complete lack of reproductive freedom. Also, the children are multi-dimensional, setting them up to play more significant roles in the ten years that play out in the remaining Cazalet Chronicles novels. I am really looking forward to continuing this series.… (lisätietoja)