John Carey
1934
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United Kingdom
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: St John's College
occupation: journalist, literary critic, university teacher, scholar of English, writer
award received: James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
position held: Booker Prize judge
official website: www.johncarey.org
John Carey, (born 5 April 1934) is a British literary critic, and post-retirement (2002) emeritus Merton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford. He is known for his anti-elitist views on high culture, as expounded in several books. He has twice chaired the Booker Prize committee, in 1982 and 2003, and chaired the judging panel for the first Man Booker International Prize in 2005. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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