Ivy Compton-Burnett
Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett, was an English novelist, published in the original editions as I. Compton-Burnett. She was awarded the 1955 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for her novel Mother and Son.
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- Pinner
- Educated at
- Royal Holloway, University of London
- Awards
- 🏆 James Tait Black Memorial Prize🏆 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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"As regards plots I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots."
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1884
Born
Birth1969
Died
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