About
Julian Barnes is an English writer born in Leicester in 1946. After studying at Oxford, he worked as a lexicographer and then as a literary critic. His first novel, Metroland (1980), won the Somerset Maugham Award. He gained prominence with Flaubert's Parrot (1984), acclaimed by critics. In 2011, he received the Booker Prize for The Sense of an Ending. His work explores memory, history, and human relationships. He has also written crime novels under a pseudonym and memoirs. He has received numerous honors, including the Princess of Asturias Award in 2026.
* 1946-01-19
Major works
- Metroland (1980)novel
- Flaubert's Parrot (1984)novel
- A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (1989)novel
- The Sense of an Ending (2011)novel
- The Noise of Time (2016)novel
Key milestones
- 2011Wins the Booker Prize for The Sense of an Ending.
- 2026Receives the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature.
- 2008Death of his wife, literary agent Pat Kavanagh.
Themes
memoryhistoryloveartidentity
Sources: britannica.com · fpa.es · magd.ox.ac.uk