biography
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Rubens, Bernice (Ruth)
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| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1928– )
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| biography:
| Novelist and director of documentary films, born in Cardiff, S Wales, UK. She studied at the University of Wales, later becoming a Fellow of University College, Cardiff. She was a film-maker of distinction before she chose a full-time writing career, beginning with Set on Edge (1960). Later novels include The Elected Member (1970, Booker Prize), Brothers (1987), Yesterday in the Back Lane (1995), and I, Dreyfus (1998). |
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