Not to be confused with Barrie Unsworth, Australian politician.
Barry Unsworth
Born
(1930-08-10)10 August 1930 Wingate, County Durham, England
Died
4 June 2012(2012-06-04) (aged 81) Perugia, Umbria, Italy
Occupation
Writer
Period
1966–2012
Genre
Novel
Subject
Historical fiction
Notable works
Sacred Hunger
Notable awards
Booker Prize 1992
Barry Unsworth FRSL (10 August 1930 – 4 June 2012) was an English writer known for his historical fiction. He published 17 novels, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times, winning once for the 1992 novel Sacred Hunger.
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Year Title Author Un-/Abridged Notes 1996 After Hannibal BarryUnsworth Unabridged 1997 Brave New World Aldous Huxley Unabridged 1997 Suspicion Robert...
The Songs of Kings was a novel published in 2002 by BarryUnsworth that retells the story of Iphigenia at Aulis told by the Greek tragic poet Euripides...
Cadfael Chronicles by Ellis Peters (mid-12th) The Ruby in Her Navel by BarryUnsworth (12th) Kay the Left-Handed by Leslie Barringer (12th) Anna of Byzantium...
also formed the basis for the 2003 novel The Songs of the Kings by BarryUnsworth, as well as the P. D. Q. Bach cantata Iphigenia in Brooklyn. Neil LaBute...
Sacred Hunger is a historical novel by BarryUnsworth first published in 1992. It shared the Booker Prize that year with Michael Ondaatje's The English...
Losing Nelson is a 1999 novel by BarryUnsworth. Its protagonist is Charles Cleasby, who is obsessed with Lord Nelson, attempts to re-enact events of "Horatio"'s...
depicted by Homer. (Published 1998–2000) The Songs of the Kings by BarryUnsworth, published in 2002. Ilium by Dan Simmons, published in 2003, gives the...
Geoffrey Gilyard Unsworth, OBE, BSC (26 May 1914 – 28 October 1978) was a British cinematographer who worked on nearly ninety feature films during a career...
Iphigenia, film by Michael Cacoyannis. The Songs of the Kings, novel by BarryUnsworth. Iphigenia, play by Mircea Eliade. Iphigenia at Aulis, play by Ellen...
Land of Marvels is a historical novel by the author BarryUnsworth. It is set in Mesopotamia on the eve of the first world war. John Somerville, an archaeologist...
(The Famished Road) 1992: Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient) and BarryUnsworth (Sacred Hunger) 1993: Roddy Doyle (Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha) 1994: James...
split the prize between Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient and BarryUnsworth's Sacred Hunger. This prompted the foundation to draw up a rule that...
February 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011. Brilliant Creatures: Germaine, Clive, Barry & Bob Official website at ABC "Find My Past". Retrieved 24 February 2015...