Barbara (Louise) Trapido (born 1941 as Barbara Schuddeboom), is a British

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born in South Africa with

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and Dutch ancestry. Born in

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and growing up in

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she studied at the University of Natal gaining a BA in 1963 before emigrating to London. After many years teaching, she became a full-time writer in 1970.Barbara Trapido
Trapido has published seven novels, three of which have been nominated for the Whitbread Prize. Her semi-autobiographical ''Frankie & Stankie'', one of those shortlisted, which deals with growing up white under

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, gained a great deal of critical attention, most of it favourable. It was also longlisted for the Booker prize. Barbara Trapido lives with her family in

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and some of her books have Oxford connections.

Bibliography

*''Brother of the More Famous Jack'' (1982) *''Noah's Ark'' (1984) *''Temples of Delight'' (1990) *'' Juggling'' (1994) *''The Travelling Hornplayer'' (1998) *''Frankie & Stankie'' (2003) *''Sex & Stravinsky'' (2010)

Reviews

Frankie & Stankie
Observer newspaper

Telegraph newspaper

The Independent newspaper

External links

Barbara Trapido: Biography and critical perspective
from the British Council.
"The awkward squad"
Trapido writes in ''

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'' newspaper about the process of creating a novel.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Trapido, Barbara 1941 births Living people Writers from Cape Town 20th-century British novelists 21st-century British novelists South African women novelists Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Writers from Oxford University of Natal alumni British people of German descent South African emigrants to the United Kingdom British people of Danish descent British people of Dutch descent 21st-century British women writers 20th-century British women writers