Julian Barnes Biography

Following an education at the City of London School and Merton College, Oxford, he worked as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary. Subsequently, he worked as a literary editor and film critic. He now writes full-time. His brother, Jonathan Barnes, is a philosopher specialized in Ancient Philosophy. He lived in London with his wife, the literary agent Pat Kavanagh, until her death on 20 October 2008.

Bibliography:

Novels:

• Metroland (1980)
• Before She Met Me (1982)
• Flaubert's Parrot (1984) – shortlisted for the Booker Prize
• Staring at the Sun (1986)
• A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (1989)
• Talking It Over (1991)
• The Porcupine (1992)
• England, England (1998) – shortlisted for the Booker Prize
• Love, etc (2000) – sequel to Talking it Over
• Arthur & George (2005) – shortlisted for the Booker Prize
• The Sense of an Ending (2011) – winner of the Booker Prize
• The Noise of Time[16] (2016)

Collections:

• Cross Channel (1996)
• The Lemon Table (2004)
• Pulse (2011)

Non-fiction:

• Letters from London (Picador, London, 1995)
• Alphonse Daudet: In The Land of Pain (2002)
• Something to Declare (2002) – essays
• The Pedant in the Kitchen (2003) – journalism on cooking
• Nothing to Be Frightened Of (2008) – memoir
• Through the Window (2012) – 17 essays and a short story
• A Life with Books (2012) - pamphlet
• Levels of Life (2013) - memoir
• Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art (October, 2015) – essays
• Works as Dan Kavanagh
• Duffy (1980)
• Fiddle City (1981)
• Putting the Boot In (1985)
• Going to the Dogs (1987)