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Julian Barnes was born
in 
graduated in modern languages (with
honors) in 1968. After graduation, he worked as a
lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary supplement for three
years. In 1977, Barnes began working as a reviewer and literary editor for the New
Statesmen and the New Review. From 1979 to 1986 he worked as a
television critic, first for the New Statesmen and then for the Observer
(
Barnes has received
several awards and honors for his writing including
the Somerset Maugham Award (Metroland 1981),
two Booker Prize nominations (Flaubert's Parrot 1984, England,
England 1998); Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (FP 1985); Prix Médicis (FP 1986); E. M. Forster Award (American
Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1986); Gutenberg Prize (1987); Grinzane Cavour Prize (Italy, 1988); and the Prix Femina (Talking It Over 1992). Barnes was made a
Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et
des Lettres in 1988, Officier
de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
in 1995 and Commandeur de l'Ordre
des Arts et des Lettres in
Julian Barnes has
written ten novels, two books of short stories, two collections of essays, and
a collection of writings about cookery. He has also translated a book by French
author Alphonse Daudet and a collection of German cartoons by Volker Kriegel. His writing has earned him considerable respect as
an author who deals with the themes of history, reality, truth and love.
Barnes currently lives
in
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