Jeanette Winterson | |
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_(cropped_2).jpg) Winterson in 2015 | |
| Born | 27 August 1959[citation needed] Manchester, England, UK |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist, Professor at the University of Manchester |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | St. Catherine's College, Oxford |
| Period | 1985–present |
| Genre | Fiction, children's fiction, journalism, science fiction |
| Notable works | Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit |
| Spouse | |
| Partner | Peggy Reynolds (1990–2002) |
| Website | |
| www | |
Jeanette Winterson CBE FRSL (born 27 August 1959)[citation needed] is an English author.
Her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was a semi-autobiographical novel about a lesbian growing up in an English Pentecostal community. Other novels explore gender polarities and sexual identity and later ones the relations between humans and technology. She broadcasts and teaches creative writing. She has won a Whitbread Prize for a First Novel, a BAFTA Award for Best Drama, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the E. M. Forster Award and the St. Louis Literary Award, and the Lambda Literary Award twice. She has received an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to literature, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Her novels have been translated to almost 20 languages.[2]
- ^ "Jeanette Winterson". Bookclub. 4 April 2010. BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ "Jeanette Winterson". international literature festival berlin. Retrieved 31 December 2023.