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Birthday
(Wednesday)
Died
Birthplace
Nationality
Languages
English
Spouse
Alan Charles Cameron (1923)
Parents
Henry Charles Cole Bowen, Florence Isabella Pomeroy Colley
Education
Downe House, University of Oxford
Zodiac Sign
♊ Gemini
Chinese Zodiac
猪 Pig
Name Origin
English < Ancient Greek < Biblical Hebrew (אֱלִישֶׁבַע)
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Elizabeth Bowen: Anglo-Irish novelist and diarist (1899–1973).
Born in Dublin (died at age 73).
3 awards including Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Studied at Downe House.
AWARDS (3)
B
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
WON
B
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
WON
B
Rome Prize
WON
Biography
Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer notable for her books about "the Big House" of Irish landed Protestants as well as her fiction about life in wartime London.
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How old was Elizabeth Bowen?
Elizabeth Bowen was born on and passed away on at the age of 73.
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Elizabeth Bowen was born in Dublin.
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