Frank Kermode
1919
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2010
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United Kingdom
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: University of Liverpool, St Ninian's High School, Douglas
occupation: literary critic, writer, university teacher
award received: Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, honorary doctor of Harvard University, Knight Bachelor, Warren-Brooks Award
position held: Booker Prize judge
Sir John Frank Kermode, FBA (29 November 1919 – 17 August 2010) was a British literary critic best known for his 1967 work The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction and for his extensive book-reviewing and editing. He was the Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University College London and the King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at Cambridge University. Kermode was known for many works of criticism, and also as editor of the popular Fontana Modern Masters series of introductions to modern thinkers. He was a regular contributor to the London Review of Books and The New York Review of Books. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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