Brookner

American

[brook-ner] / ˈbrʊk nər /

noun

Anita, 1928–2016, English novelist and art historian.

Brookner British

/ ˈbrʊknə /

noun

Anita . born 1928, British writer and art historian. Her novels include Hotel du Lac (1984), which won the Booker Prize, Brief Lives (1990), and The Next Big Thing (2002)

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It turns out that Carr thinks she may have won in 2022 because she delivered a powerful monologue by her character, Dr Emma Brookner, in The Normal Heart.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2023

Early on, he asks Dr. Brookner whether having a big mouth is a symptom of AIDS.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2021

And as Anita Brookner wrote, “Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.”

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2020

As the British writer Anita Brookner said, “Satire depends on strong beliefs, and on strong beliefs wounded.”

From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2018

But Brookner earned accolades as a leader and morale booster who steered the station in “the right direction,” according to internal performance evaluations.

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2018

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