AS Byatt, writer and literary critic, dies aged 87

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Author wrote works such as ‘Possessão’ and ‘The children’s book’. AS Byatt, English writer, dies at 87 Michael Trevillion/Reproduction/Penguin Uk/Chatto & Windus AS Byatt, writer and literary critic, has died at 87. The information was shared by her publisher, Chatto & Windus, this Friday (17). “We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Dame Antonia Byatt, one of the most important writers and critics of our time,” says the statement published on the publisher’s website. “She died peacefully at home, surrounded by close family. A Sheffield girl with a strong European sensibility (“I have a Germanic imagination,” she told Desert Island Discs in 1991), Antonia had a remarkable mind that produced a unique creative vision .” Among her best-known books are 1990’s “Possession” and 2009’s “The Children’s Book.” “Her novels showed a deep engagement with history and historical consciousness – and an understanding of the traditions in which she wrote – whether folk tales or novels. And if her fiction offered an imaginative realm of ideas, it was also warm and engaging, and filled with unforgettable characters,” says the publisher’s statement. Born Antonia Drabble in 1936, Byatt grew up in Sheffield and York, before studying English at Cambridge, Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia and Oxford. She began teaching at University College London in 1962. Her first novel, “Shadows of a Sun”, in 1964. In 1999, she was awarded the Order of the British Empire, and in 2018, she was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Prize for Literature. Her works have been translated into 38 languages. Her most recent publication was a collection of short stories, 2021’s “Medusa’s Ankles: Selected Stories.”

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