Barbara Trapido
British novelist (born 1941)
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Barbara (Louise) Trapido (born 1941 as Barbara Schuddeboom), is a British novelist born in South Africa with German, Danish and Dutch ancestry.[1] 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.[2]
1941 (age 84–85)
Barbara Trapido | |
|---|---|
| Born | Barbara Schuddeboom 1941 (age 84–85) Cape Town, South Africa |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | University of Natal (BA) |
Trapido has published seven 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. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2011.[3]
Barbara Trapido lives with her family in Oxford and some of her books have Oxford connections.
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)
- Sex & Stravinsky (2010)
Reviews
- Frankie & Stankie, Observer newspaper
- Frankie & Stankie, Telegraph newspaper
- Sex & Stravinsky, The Independent newspaper
External links
- Barbara Trapido: Biography and critical perspective from the British Council.
- "The awkward squad". Trapido writes in The Guardian newspaper about the process of creating a novel.
- Portraits of Barbara Trapido at the National Portrait Gallery, London