Author and first female Slade professor of art published 24 novels including Hotel du Lac,which won her the Booker prize in 1984The literary world was in mourning for Anita Brookner, the celebrated novelist and art historian, and who has died. Brookner,the surprise winner of the Booker prize for fiction in 1984, was 87. She was highly regarded for her style and stories centring on the theme of middle-lesson loneliness, and often featuring female protagonists.
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Source: theguardian.com