Women of the Century Database Display

Surname	Drabble
Forename/s	Margaret
Other Names
Dates	(1939 - )

Biographical Notes	Born in Sheffield on 5 June 1939. Educated at Mount School, York and at Newnham College , Cambridge, graduating with a first in English. Sister of novelist Antonia Byatt *. She has described her first novels, beginning with 'A Summer Birdcage' (1963), as being strongly influenced by her experiences of early years marriage and motherhood. They tended to deal with issues such as motherhood pregnancy, and women's careers. The later novels enlarged their scope to consider the public as well as the private life. She was chair of the National Book League in 1980. Awards include: John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial prize (1966)||, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1968) and the E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Letters in 1973.-
Sources Used	J. Shattock (1994); J.S. Uglow (1982)
Associated Places	Sheffield