Jeanette Winterson (1959 - )
English author, broadcaster and educator;
her first novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)
was a literary sensation and later made into a TV miniseries;
the literary career which followed has made her
one of Britain's most distinguished modern writers;
awards include the Whitbread Prize for a First Novel,
a BAFTA Award for Best Drama, the E. M. Forster Award
and the Lambda Literary Award twice.
She's wonderful. Remember her very mismatched adoptive mother wondering why be happy when you could be normal? Sad home life there.
ReplyDeleteSuch an important voice in modern life and, especially, lesbian life and visibility. Look at all of those awards!
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