Louis de Bernières
Novelist, Author
1954 –
Who is Louis de Bernières?
Louis de Bernières is a British novelist most famous for his fourth novel, Captain Corelli's Mandolin. In 1993 de Bernières was selected as one of the "20 Best of Young British Novelists", part of a promotion in Granta magazine. Captain Corelli's Mandolin was published in the following year, winning the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book. It was also shortlisted for the 1994 Sunday Express Book of the Year. It has been translated into over 11 languages and is an international bestseller.
On 16 July 2008 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in the Arts by the De Montfort University in Leicester, which he had attended when it was Leicester Polytechnic.
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- Born
- Dec 8, 1954
London - Also known as
- Louis de Bernieres
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Victoria University of Manchester
- University of London
- De Montfort University
- University of Manchester
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on July 23, 2013
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