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Clive Barker
Clive Barker · Steven Friederich, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Clive Barker

b. 1952

English author, film director, and visual artist (born 1952) (74 years)

Born
5 Oct 1952 · Liverpool

Life timeline

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

Showing 85 years
  1. 5 Oct 1952BornBorn in Liverpool
  2. 1985AwardBritish Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction
  3. 1985AwardWorld Fantasy Award for Best Collection
  4. 1986AwardBritish Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction
  5. 1990AwardCosmos 2000 Award
  6. 1991AwardInkpot Award
  7. 1995AwardWorld Horror Convention Grand Master Award
  8. 1997AwardJulia-Verlanger Award
  9. 1998AwardGrand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel
  10. 2004AwardBram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers
  11. 2004AwardGLAAD Davidson/Valentini Award
  12. 2009AwardTime Machine Award
  13. 2012AwardBram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1952 – today).

  1. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  2. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  3. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  4. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  5. 1956Suez Crisis
  6. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  7. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  8. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  10. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  12. 1968Prague Spring
  13. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  14. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  15. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  16. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  18. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  19. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  20. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  21. 1985Schengen Agreement
  22. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  23. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  24. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  26. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  28. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  29. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  30. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  31. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  32. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  33. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  34. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  35. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  36. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  37. 20112011 Norway attacks
  38. 2011Libyan civil war
  39. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  40. 20122012 Summer Olympics

Biography

Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is a British writer, filmmaker, and visual artist. He came to prominence in the 1980s with a series of short stories collectively named the Books of Blood, which established him as a leading horror author. His work has been adapted into films, notably the Hellraiser series (the first installment of which he also wrote and directed) and the Candyman series.

Barker's paintings and illustrations have been shown in galleries in the United States, and have appeared in his books. He has also created characters and series for comic books, and some of his more popular horror stories have been featured in ongoing comics series.

Text from the Wikipedia article Clive Barker, CC BY-SA 4.0

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