Howard Jacobson

Howard Jacobson
Born (1942-08-25) 25 August 1942 (age 82)
Manchester, England
OccupationNovelist, columnist, broadcaster
Alma materDowning College, Cambridge
Period1983–present
GenreBiographical
SubjectJewishness, humour
Notable awardsMan Booker Prize (2010)
SpouseBarbara Starr (m. 1964; div.)
Rosalin Sadler (m. 1978; div. 2004)
Jenny De Yong (m. 2005)

Howard Eric Jacobson (born 25 August 1942) is a British novelist and journalist. He writes comic novels that often revolve around the dilemmas of British Jewish characters.[1] He is a Man Booker Prize winner.

  1. ^ Ragi, K. R., "Howard Jacobson's The Finkler Question as a Post-Holocaust Fiction", in Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies. July 2014, vol. 5, issue 3, pp. 50-55.