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Angela Carter
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Person

Angela Carter

1940 – 1992 · aged 52

English novelist (1940–1992)

Born
7 May 1940 · Eastbourne
Died
16 Feb 1992 · London

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 60 years
  1. 7 May 1940BornBorn in Eastbourne
  2. 1968AwardJohn Llewellyn Rhys Prize
  3. 1969AwardSomerset Maugham Award
  4. 1983RoleBooker Prize judge
  5. 1984AwardJames Tait Black Memorial Prize
  6. 16 Feb 1992DiedDied in London

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1940 – 1992).

  1. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  2. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  3. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  4. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  5. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  6. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  7. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  8. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  10. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  11. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  13. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  14. 1956Suez Crisis
  15. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  17. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  19. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  21. 1968Prague Spring
  22. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  23. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  24. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  25. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  27. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  28. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  29. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  30. 1985Schengen Agreement
  31. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  32. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  33. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Biography

Angela Olive Pearce (formerly Carter, née Stalker; 7 May 1940 – 16 February 1992), who published under the name Angela Carter, was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realist, and picaresque works. In 1984, her short story "The Company of Wolves" was adapted into a film of the same name. In 2008, The Times ranked Carter tenth in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". In 2012, Nights at the Circus was selected as the best ever winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.

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