A.S. Byatt
1936–2023
English novelist and critic whose fiction draws on intellectual history, myth and the lives of artists and scholars. Born in Sheffield, she was educated at The Mount School, York, before studying at Newnham College, Cambridge, Bryn Mawr College and Somerville College, Oxford. Her first novel, Shadow of a Sun, appeared in 1964. Possession (1990), in which two academics uncover a hidden Victorian love affair, won the Booker Prize. Other works include a quartet of novels beginning with The Virgin in the Garden. She died in London in November 2023. The Children’s Book was shortlisted for the 2009 Man Booker Prize.
Works
- Possession (1990)
- The Children's Book (2009)
Prizes
- The Children's Book — The Booker Prize 2009: Shortlist, Longlist
- Possession — The Booker Prize 1990: Winner, Shortlist