Elizabeth Bowen | |
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 Elizabeth Bowen, CBE | |
| Born | Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen 7 June 1899 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 22 February 1973 (aged 73) London, England |
| Resting place | Saint Colman's Church, Farahy |
| Language | English |
| Notable works | The Last September (1929) The House in Paris (1936) The Death of the Heart (1938) The Heat of the Day (1949) Eva Trout (1968) |
| Spouse | Alan Cameron (1923–1952; his death) |
Elizabeth Bowen CBE (/ˈboʊən/; 7 June 1899 – 22 February 1973) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer notable for her books about the "big house" of Irish landed Protestants as well as her fiction about life in wartime London.
In 1958, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature by Russian-American linguist Roman Jakobson.[1]
- ^ Nomination archive – Elisabeth Bowen nobelprize.org