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She was the sister of the novelist Margaret Drabble, and the siblings drew parallels with the Brontes, a comparison they tended to spurn...
Booker-prize winning British novelist Antonia Susan Byatt, known most commonly as AS Byatt, has died aged 87, her publisher said in a statement on Friday...
The tale, an academic treasure hunt which pits a wicked U.S. biographer armed with a cheque book against a downtrodden English scholar, was seen by critics as a move away from the style of her earlier works to a more commercial approach...
Possession was made into a feature film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and her next book, "Angels and Insects", also made it to the silver screen.. Byatt won a number of awards and titles including a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) and DBE (Dame of the British Empire)...
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AS Byatt, author and critic, dies aged 87
17, Nov, 23The acclaimed author of novels including Possession and The Children’s Book, has died, her publisher has confirmed