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Bernice Rubens
Born
(1923-07-26)26 July 1923 Splott, Cardiff, Wales
Died
13 October 2004(2004-10-13) (aged 81)
Occupation
Novelist
Language
English
Education
Cardiff High School for Girls
Alma mater
Cardiff University
Genre
Novel
Notable awards
Booker Prize
Spouse
Rudolf Nassauer
Relatives
Harold Rubens (brother)
Bernice Rubens (26 July 1923 – 13 October 2004)[1] was a Welsh novelist.[2] She became the first woman to win the Booker Prize in 1970, for The Elected Member.
^Cunningham, Valentine (2008). "Rubens, Bernice (1923–2004)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/94398. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Watts, Janet (14 October 2004). "Bernice Rubens: Booker-winning novelist whose work focused on the more disturbing aspects of human behaviour". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
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