- Born
- Birth nameJulian Patrick Barnes
- Height5′ 11¾″ (1.82 m)
- Julian Barnes was born in Leicester, England on January 19, 1946 and attended the City of London School, later graduating from a college in Oxford. He worked as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary in the 1970s. Barnes began working as a reviewer and literary editor for the New Statesmen and the New Review publications in the late 1970s, and later worked as a television critic. He has received several awards and honors for his writing, and has written nine novels, a book of short stories, and two collections of essays. Under the pseudonym of Dan Kavanagh, Barnes has also written several crime novels. He currently lives in London.
- IMDb mini biography by: Sir Didymus <pmhsirdidymus@aol.com>
- SpousesRachel Cugnoni(August 2025 - present)Pat Kavanagh(1979 - October 20, 2008) (her death)
- He was nominated (but didn't win) for the 2005 Man Booker Prize for his novel Arthur and George.
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 137, pages 32-36. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
- Julian Barnes was a thoughtful, helpful prefect at City of London School. One Database contributor recalls some good advice he dispensed during a Prefects' Detention, probably 1962-63.
- Grief, like death, is banal and unique.
- Does history repeat itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce? No, that's too grand, too considered a process. History just burps, and we taste again that raw-onion sandwich it swallowed centuries ago.
- [2011, on the Booker Prize] The best way to stay sane is to treat it as if it's posh bingo. That is ... until you win it, when you realize that the judges are the wisest heads in literary Christendom.
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