Julian Barnes

Julian Barnes
Barnes in 2019
Born	(1946-01-19) 19 January 1946 (age 78) Leicester, England
Pen name	Dan Kavanagh (crime fiction), Edward Pygge
Occupation	Writer
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford
Genre	Novels, short stories, essays, memoirs
Literary movement	Postmodernism
Notable awards	Prix Femina 1992 Commandeur of L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 2004 Man Booker Prize 2011 Jerusalem Prize 2021
Spouse	Pat Kavanagh ​ ​ (m. 1979; died 2008)​
Website
julianbarnes.com

Julian Patrick Barnes (born 19 January 1946) is an English writer. He won the Man Booker Prize in 2011 with The Sense of an Ending, having been shortlisted three times previously with Flaubert's Parrot, England, England, and Arthur & George. Barnes has also written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh (having married Pat Kavanagh).^[1] In addition to novels, Barnes has published collections of essays and short stories.

In 2004 he became a Commandeur of L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His honours also include the Somerset Maugham Award and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. He was awarded the 2021 Jerusalem Prize.^[2]