Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923–2014)
Autor(a) de The Light Years
About the Author
Elizabeth Jane Howard was born in London, England on March 26, 1923. She was educated by governesses at home. Her first novel, The Beautiful Visit, was published in 1950 and won the John Llewellyn Rhys prize. Her other works include the series the Cazalet Chronicles, Falling, and the autobiography mostrar mais Slipstream. The first two novels of the Cazalet Chronicles, The Light Years and Marking Time, became the BBC TV series The Cazalets in 2001. The other books in the series are Confusion, Casting Off, and All Change. She also edited several anthologies and wrote short stories, articles, television plays, film scripts and a book on food with Fay Maschler. She was made a CBE in 2000. She died on January 2, 2014 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Disambiguation Notice:
(eng) Elizabeth Jane Howard (March 26, 1923-January 2, 2014) was a British novelist. Not to be confused with mystery writer Elizabeth Howard.
Séries
Obras de Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Cazalet Chronicle Series and Midwife Trilogy Collection (7 Books) (2014) — Contribuinte — 7 cópias
Elizabeth Jane Howard Cazalet Chronicles Series 5 Books Collection Set (All Change, Casting Off, Confusion, Marking… (2015) 4 cópias
Falling Love All 3 cópias
The Collected Novels Volume Two: Odd Girl Out, Something in Disguise, Falling, and Getting It Right (2018) 2 cópias
Sir Arthur Somervell on Music Education: His Writings, Speeches and Letters (2003) — Editor — 2 cópias
Marking Time / Casting Off 1 exemplar(es)
Upstairs Downstairs: Fourth Season - Volume III [TV series, 1974] — Writer — 1 exemplar(es)
The Cazalet Chronicles: Books 1-3 1 exemplar(es)
Three Miles Up 1 exemplar(es)
Quel tipo di ragazza (Italian Edition) 1 exemplar(es)
Cazalet Chronicle Collection - 4 Books: The Light Years: Cazalet Chronicles Book 1; Marking Time: Cazalet Chronicles… 1 exemplar(es)
2018 1 exemplar(es)
The Collected Novels Volume One: The Long View, The Sea Change, The Beautiful Visit, and After Julius (2018) 1 exemplar(es)
Howard Elizabeth Jane 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1923-03-26
- Data de falecimento
- 2014-01-02
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- London, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Bungay, Suffolk, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- London, England, UK
Bungay, Suffolk, England, UK - Ocupação
- short-story writer
novelist
actor - Relacionamentos
- Scott, Peter (first husband)
Amis, Kingsley (third husband)
Amis, Martin (step-son)
Aickman, Robert (lover) - Organizações
- Inland Waterways Association
- Premiações
- CBE (2000)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (1951) - Pequena biografia
- Elizabeth Jane Howard, known as Jane, worked briefly as an actor in provincial theater before marrying Sir Peter Scott in 1942, at age 19. They had a daughter, Nicola, and divorced in 1951. A second marriage, to Jim Douglas-Henry in 1958, was brief. Her third marriage to novelist Kingsley Amis lasted from 1965 to 1983. She published her first novel in 1950 and her autobiography, Slipstream, in 2002.
- Aviso de desambiguação
- Elizabeth Jane Howard (March 26, 1923-January 2, 2014) was a British novelist. Not to be confused with mystery writer Elizabeth Howard.
Membros
Discussions
149. Something in Disguise by Elizabeth Jane Howard em Backlisted Book Club (Março 2022)
Elizabeth Jane Howard em Virago Modern Classics (Janeiro 2014)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 48
- Also by
- 15
- Membros
- 5,701
- Popularidade
- #4,334
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Resenhas
- 184
- ISBNs
- 470
- Idiomas
- 9
- Favorito
- 23
A family saga with a bit of upstairs/downstairs to it in the early volumes at leadt.Kicking off in volume 1 in 1937 introducing all the family/personalities. Howard is wonderful at giving you a varied cast, and allowing you to like even the more difficult characters. And she gives a wonderful flavour of place.
Now I'm heading into WWII in Volume 2 [Marking Time].… (mais)