Antonia Fraser

Lady Antonia Fraser

CH DBE FRSL
Fraser in 2010
Fraser in 2010
BornAntonia Margaret Caroline Pakenham
(1932-08-27) 27 August 1932 (age 92)
London, England
Alma materLady Margaret Hall, Oxford
GenreBiography, detective fiction
Years active1969–present
Spouse
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(m. 1956; div. 1977)​
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(m. 1980; died 2008)​
Children6, including Rebecca Fraser and Flora Fraser
Parents
Antonia Fraser's voice
from the BBC programme Desert Island Discs, 27 July 2008.[1]

Lady Antonia Margaret Caroline Fraser, CH, DBE, FRSL (née Pakenham; born 27 August 1932) is a British author of history, novels, biographies and detective fiction. She is the widow of the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Harold Pinter (1930–2008), and prior to his death was also known as Lady Antonia Pinter.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Antonia Fraser". Desert Island Discs. 27 July 2008. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. ^ Mel Gussow, "The Lady Is a Writer", The New York Times Magazine, 9 September 1984, Sec. 6, Health: 60, col. 2. Print. The New York Times Company, 9 September 1984; retrieved 8 April 2009.
  3. ^ Antonia Fraser, "Writer's Rooms: Antonia Fraser", Guardian, Culture: Books, Guardian Media Group, 13 June 2008; retrieved 8 April 2009. (Includes photograph of Antonia Fraser's study.)
  4. ^ "Non-Fiction: Author: Antonia Fraser" Archived 20 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Orion Books, 2004–2007 [updated 2009]; retrieved 9 April 2009.