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Barry Unsworth
Born(1930-08-10)10 August 1930
Wingate, County Durham, England
Died4 June 2012(2012-06-04) (aged 81)
Perugia, Umbria, Italy
OccupationWriter
Period1966–2012
GenreNovel
SubjectHistorical fiction
Notable worksSacred Hunger
Notable awardsBooker 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 Barry Unsworth Unabridged 1997 Brave New World Aldous Huxley Unabridged 1997 Suspicion Robert...

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The Songs of the Kings

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The Songs of Kings was a novel published in 2002 by Barry Unsworth that retells the story of Iphigenia at Aulis told by the Greek tragic poet Euripides...

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List of historical fiction by time period

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Cadfael Chronicles by Ellis Peters (mid-12th) The Ruby in Her Navel by Barry Unsworth (12th) Kay the Left-Handed by Leslie Barringer (12th) Anna of Byzantium...

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Iphigenia in Aulis

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also formed the basis for the 2003 novel The Songs of the Kings by Barry Unsworth, as well as the P. D. Q. Bach cantata Iphigenia in Brooklyn. Neil LaBute...

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Sacred Hunger

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Sacred Hunger is a historical novel by Barry Unsworth first published in 1992. It shared the Booker Prize that year with Michael Ondaatje's The English...

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Losing Nelson

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Losing Nelson is a 1999 novel by Barry Unsworth. Its protagonist is Charles Cleasby, who is obsessed with Lord Nelson, attempts to re-enact events of "Horatio"'s...

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Trojan War in literature and the arts

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depicted by Homer. (Published 1998–2000) The Songs of the Kings by Barry Unsworth, published in 2002. Ilium by Dan Simmons, published in 2003, gives the...

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Geoffrey Unsworth

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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...

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Iphigenia

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Iphigenia, film by Michael Cacoyannis. The Songs of the Kings, novel by Barry Unsworth. Iphigenia, play by Mircea Eliade. Iphigenia at Aulis, play by Ellen...

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Land of Marvels

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Land of Marvels is a historical novel by the author Barry Unsworth. It is set in Mesopotamia on the eve of the first world war. John Somerville, an archaeologist...

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Bernardine Evaristo

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Booker Prize

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split the prize between Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient and Barry Unsworth's Sacred Hunger. This prompted the foundation to draw up a rule that...

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August 10

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2013) 1928 – Gus Mercurio, American-Australian actor (d. 2010) 1930 – Barry Unsworth, English-Italian author and academic (d. 2012) 1931 – Dolores Alexander...

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List of English novelists

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Tweed (1891–1940) Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941) Barry Unsworth (1930–2012), Sacred Hunger. Cathi Unsworth (living) Allen Upward (1863–1926) Edward Upward...

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Howard Jacobson

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February 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011. Brilliant Creatures: Germaine, Clive, Barry & Bob Official website at ABC "Find My Past". Retrieved 24 February 2015...

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