Barbara Trapido
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Barbara Trapido, born 1941, is a British novelist. Born in Cape Town and growing up in Durban she studied at the University of Natal gaining a BA in 1963 before emigrating to London. After many years teaching she became a full time writer in 1970.[1]
Trapido has published six novels, three of which have been nominated for the Whitbread Prize. Her semi-autobiographical Frankie & Stankie, one of those shortlisted, which deals with growing up white under apartheid, gained a great deal of critical attention, most of it favourable. It was also longlisted for the Booker prize.
At a literary event in Abingdon in March 2008, Barbara read extracts from an as yet unpublished 7th novel.[2]
Barbara Trapido lives with her family in Oxford and some of her books have Oxford connections.
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[edit] Bibliography
- Brother of the More Famous Jack (1982)
- Noah's Ark (1984)
- Temples of Delight (1990)
- Juggling (1994)
- The Travelling Hornplayer (1998)
- Frankie & Stankie (2003)
[edit] Reviews
- Frankie & Stankie, Observer newspaper
- Frankie & Stankie, Telegraph newspaper
[edit] External links
- Barbara Trapido: Biography and critical perspective from the British Council.
- "The awkward squad". Trapido writes about the process of creating a novel in The Guardian newspaper.
