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Elizabeth Bowen

Elisabeth Bowen

Anglo-Irish novelist and diarist (1899–1973).

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Sex or Gender

Female

Educated At

University of Oxford
Downe House

Cause of Death

Lung Cancer

Place of Birth

Dublin

Place of Death

London

Country of Citizenship

Ireland

Date of Birth

6/7/1899

Date of Death

2/22/1973

Instance Of

Human

Award Received

Rome Prize
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
(1969)
Point in Time
: 1969

Notable Work

The Last September
The House in Paris
The Death of the Heart
The Heat of the Day
Eva Trout

Occupation

Writer
Novelist
Short Story Writer

Given Name

Elizabeth

Family Name

Bowen

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Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Nominated For

Nobel Prize in Literature
(1958)
Point in Time
: 1958
Booker Prize
(1970)
For Work
:
Eva Trout
Has Characteristic
:
Booker Prize Shortlist
Point in Time
: 1970

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Place of Burial

Cork

Father

Henry Charles Cole Bowen

Mother

Florence Isabella Pomeroy Colley

Sexual Orientation

Bisexuality

Start of Work Period

1923

Spouse

Alan Charles Cameron
(8/4/1923 - )
Start Time
: 8/4/1923

Archives At

Harry Ransom Center
Inventory Number
:MS-00477
Title
: Elizabeth Bowen Collection
Library of Trinity College Dublin

Pseudonym

Bitha
Bitha Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen Cameron
Dorothea Cole

Name in Native Language

Elizabeth Bowen

Position Held

Booker Prize Judge
(1972)
Point in Time
: 1972

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Medical Condition

Stuttering

Described by Source

A Historical Dictionary of British Women
Page(s)
:59
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