Louis de bernieres biography for kids
Biography for 2nd graders.
Louis de Bernières
English novelist
Louis de Bernières | |
|---|---|
De Bernières, Hatchards, London, 2023 | |
| Born | (1954-12-08) 8 December 1954 (age 70) Woolwich, London, England |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Period | 1990–present |
Louis de Bernières (born 8 December 1954) is an English novelist.
Louis de bernieres biography for kids
He is known for his 1994 historicalwar novelCaptain 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.[1]Captain Corelli's Mandolin was published in the following year, winning the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book.[2] It was also shortlisted for the 1994 Sunday Express Book of the Year.[3] It has been translated into at least 11 languages and is an international best-seller.
On 2008, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by De Montfort University in Leicester, which he had attended when it was Leicester Polytechnic.
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