Stanley Middleton

Holiday, 1974, Winner

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Stanley Middleton was born in August 1919 in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire. He taught English at a school in Nottingham for many years after graduating from University College Nottingham. His first novel, A Short Answer was published in 1958.In 1974, his novel Holiday won the Booker prize. He lives near Nottingham.

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