A. S. Byatt

Antonia Susan Byatt (born August 24, 1936, Sheffield, England) has been hailed by some as one of the great postmodern novelists in Britain. She is usually known as A. S. Byatt.

Prizes and awards

• 1986 PEN/Macmillan Silver Pen Award Still Life
• 1990 Booker Prize for Fiction Possession: A Romance
• 1990 CBE
• 1990 Irish Times International Fiction Prize Possession: A Romance
• 1991 Commonwealth Writers Prize (Eurasia Region, Best Book) Possession: A Romance
• 1995 Premio Malaparte (Italy)
• 1998 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
• 1999 DBE
• 2002 Shakespeare Prize (Germany)

She has been granted the title of "Duchess of Morpho Eugenia" by the Spanish writer Javier Marías, claimant to the micronational title of king of Redonda.

Related Topics:
Javier Marías - Micronation - King of Redonda

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