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"I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War."

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About A. S. Byatt

English novelist, critic, and scholar whose fiction combined intellectual depth with formal experimentation. She received broad acclaim for works including Possession, which won the Booker Prize. Her career also included influential literary criticism and essays.

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