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Brookner

American  
[brook-ner] / ˈbrʊk nər /

noun

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


Brookner British  
/ ˈbrʊknə /

noun

  1. 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

“There are writers — Iris Murdoch, or Anita Brookner, or John Cheever — who just give me hours of comfort,” she said.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2018

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

From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2018

These days, Brookner, now in her mid-70s, is battling kidney problems.

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2018

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