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Antonia Susan Byatt;About the Author Important Works Warm up Questions Background Information Plot Summary Analysis Critical Response and Impact ;Born on 24 August 1936 in Sheffield, England. Internationally known for her novels and short stories. Booker Prize winner （Possession）. Appointed CBE in 1990 and DBE in 1999. ;Born Antonia Susan Drabble, 24 August 1936, in Sheffield, Yorkshire. Daughter of John Drabble, QC and Kathleen Marie Bloor, a judge and the sister of novelist Margaret Drabble. Family Daughter of His Honour John Frederick Drabble, QC and late Kathleen Marie Bloor. Sister of novelist Margaret Drabble. Education Sheffield High School; The Mount School, York; Newnham College, Cambridge (BA Hons; Hon. Fellow 1999); Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia, USA; Somerville College, Oxford. ;Critical Reception Byatt has been both praised and criticized for her intellectual scope and her willingness to deal with complex ideas in her fiction. Reviewers often note Byatts fascination with the creative process and the artists craft. Critics have also called attention to her interest in painting as an artistic expression and her use of painterly language to create a visual picture. Merle Rubin stated, “A. S. Byatt is an artful writer, craftsman like in her approach and drawn to themes involving art and artists. ; An academic critic as well as a novelist, she has a painters eye for form and color, a scholars respect for significant detail.” Several reviewers credit Byatt for her scholarship, but some complain that her fiction gets bogged down under the weight of her erudition. However, many critics assert that the strength of her storytelling keeps her narratives compelling. Byatts recreation of the Victorian novel of manners has also sparked discussions concerning the role of the postmodern novel and the relationship between history and contemporary fiction.;Fiction The Frederica Quartet: The Virgin in the Garden (1978) Still Life (1985, Pen/Macmillan