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Dan Jacobson


South Africa (b.1929)

Dan Jacobson was born in South Africa in 1929. After working in business and as a journalist in Johannesburg, he settled in Britain in 1955. He has taught at several universities in the United States and has recently retired from a professorship at University College London. He is the author of novels, short stories, as well as essays and autobiographical and critical works, which have been widely acclaimed and have been awarded several leading literary prizes.
 

Awards: SoA (1964)  see all
 
Novels
   The Trap (1955)
   A Dance in the Sun (1956)
   The Price of Diamonds (1958)
   The Evidence of Love (1960)
   The Beginners (1966)
   Rape of Tamar (1970)
   Wonder Worker (1973)
   The Confessions of Joseph Baisz (1977)
   Her Story (1987)
   Hidden in the Heart (1991)
   The God-Fearer (1992)
   All for Love (2005)
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Collections
   A Long Way from London (1958)
   Inklings (1963)
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Non fiction show
 
Awards
1964 Somerset Maugham Award : Time of Arrival: And Other Essays

Award nominations
2005 Booker Prize (longlist) : All for Love


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