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Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson is an English author. Her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was a semi-autobiographical novel about a lesbian growing up in an English Pentecostal community. Other novels explore gender and sexual identity, and her later ones the relations between humans and technology. Her novels have been translated into almost 20 languages. She also broadcasts and teaches creative w…
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Born 27 August 1959 · Q233584
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2026· 4 entries
“they were drawn to me: anything outside marriage seems like freedom and excitement”
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“self-confessed, born-again multi-millionaire”
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“And once I am doing my work, I have no idea what time it is or how much time has passed. Time is internal, isn”
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2025· 7 entries
The Guardian: One Aladdin Two Lamps by Jeanette Winterson review – freewheeling reflections on life, art and AI
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The Guardian: Zadie Smith, Michael Rosen, Irvine Welsh and Jeanette Winterson sign letter calling for Israel boycott
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The New York Times: Jeanette Winterson
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The Guardian: Jeanette Winterson: ‘I’d like to go up in space as a very old lady and just be pushed out’
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The Guardian: ‘OpenAI’s metafictional short story about grief is beautiful and moving’ | Jeanette Winterson
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Winterson published One Aladdin Two Lamps, "a dizzying whirligig of memoir, history, philosophy, politics and self-help, loosely tied to commentary on the Nights” (One Thousand and One Nights — a collection of Middle Eas
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It was announced that the Royal Shakespeare Company was adapting Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit into a musical
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2024· 2 entries
The Guardian: ‘She gave me the chance that became my life’: Jeanette Winterson on her first editor, Philippa Brewster
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The Guardian: Our bodies are incredible. That's why I believe in the power of extended fasting | Jeanette Winterson
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2023· 7 entries
The Guardian: The pet I’ll never forget: Jeanette Winterson on Silver, ‘the brightest cat I have ever had’
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The Guardian: Rory Stewart, Jeanette Winterson and Marlon James announced for Hay festival 2024
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NPR: Author Jeanette Winterson 'The Night Side of the River,' a collection of ghost stories
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Yahoo: AI and other ghosts haunt Jeanette Winterson's eerie new story collection
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The Guardian: Night Side of the River by Jeanette Winterson review – uneasy ghost stories
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The Guardian: Night Side of the River by Jeanette Winterson review – ghost stories that reinvigorate the supernatural
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The Guardian: ‘Ghosts love my house’: Jeanette Winterson on hauntings, high spirits and post-humanism
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2021· 1 entry
The Independent: Jeanette Winterson’s book burning stunt is a masterclass in staying relevant and edgy
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2019· 4 entries
The Washington Post: In ‘Frankissstein,’ Jeanette Winterson brings something zany and intellectual ALIVE!
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Wired: The Timeless Futurism of Jeanette Winterson's Frankissstein
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Winterson published her eleventh novel, Frankissstein
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“I like the idea of people being fluid in their sexuality. I don”
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2016· 3 entries
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (2016).
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Awarded BBC 100 Women (2016).
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Winterson published a book of short stories about Christmas alongside seasonal recipes from her celebrity friends, including Susie Orbach, Kathy Acker and Ruth Rendell
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2015· 1 entry
Married psychotherapist Susie Orbach, author of Fat is a Feminist Issue
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2013· 2 entries
It was announced that Winterson would be writing an adaptation of The Winter's Tale for the Hogarth Shakespeare series, a series of modern retellings of Shakespeare plays by well-known authors
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Winterson chaired the Forward Prize for Poetry alongside actor Sam West, journalist David Mills and poets Paul Farley and Sheenagh Pugh
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2012· 2 entries
Winterson succeeded Colm Tóibín as Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Manchester
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“I don’t really think of myself as female or male, I just think of myself as me. I’m not even sure I see myself as human. I don’t feel particularly human. My closest friends will say to you: ‘Yeah, maybe, she’s more like some sort of creature. Not an animal, but a creature thing.’ I don’t always get the human.”
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2011· 1 entry
Winterson published her memoir, Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal
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2009· 1 entry
Winterson donated the short story "Dog Days" to Oxfam's Ox-Tales project, covering four collections of UK stories by 38 authors
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2007· 1 entry
Winterson published The Stone Gods, a sci-fi novel where each of the four sections of the book end in death
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2006· 1 entry
Winterson was awarded an OBE for services to literature
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2003· 1 entry
“s books The King of Capri (2003) and Tanglewreck (2006) for her godchildren. In 2006, Winterson was awarded an OBE for services to literature. In 2007, Winterson published The Stone Gods, a sci-fi novel where each of the four sections of the book end in death. In 2009, Winterson donated the short story”
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2002· 1 entry
Winterson's stage adaptation of The Powerbook opened at the Royal National Theatre, London
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2000· 1 entry
Winterson published The Powerbook, a novel set across Paris, Capri and cyberspace
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1994· 1 entry
Winterson wrote the TV film Great Moments in Aviation, also directed by Kidron
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction (1993).
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series for Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1991).
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1990· 2 entries
Awarded E. M. Forster Award (1990).
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Winterson wrote the script for television and it was directed by Beeban Kidron and produced by Philippa Giles
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1989· 1 entry
Winterson was asked by the BBC to script her novel into a three-part drama
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1985· 1 entry
Brewster published Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Winterson's first novel; a semi-autobiographical story about a lesbian girl growing up in a Pentecostal community
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1979· 1 entry
And Tony Blair in 1997, and felt let down by both
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1959· 1 entry
Born 1959-08-27.
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