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Byatt

American

[bahy-uht] / ˈbaɪ ət /

noun

A(ntonia) S(usan), 1936–2023, English novelist and short-story writer (sister ofMargaret Drabble ).

Byatt British

/ ˈbaɪət /

noun

Dame A ( ntonia ) S ( usan ). born 1936, British novelist; her books include The Virgin in the Garden (1978), Possession (1990), and A Whistling Woman (2002)

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Dry stone waller Byatt, 43, and his wife Megan, 39, a sheep farmer, moved to Philhope nine years ago.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

To Byatt, maternal mental health is not a gap but a crevasse.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2024

“Breast is great,” Byatt said, “but not at the expense of parental mental health.”

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2024

Byatt, 87, the Booker Prize-winning author of “Possession,” who grappled with history, tradition, science and myth in a six-decade career that established her as one of Britain’s most renowned novelists, died Nov. 16.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2023

From the northern form we have Yates, Yeats, and Yeatman, and the compounds Byatt, by gate, Hyatt, high gate.

From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest

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