Birthdate: August 27, 1959
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Manchester
Jeanette Winterson is a renowned English author celebrated for her captivating novels exploring themes of gender, sexual identity, and the relationship between humans and technology. Her debut novel, “Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit,” reflects her upbringing in a Pentecostal community as a lesbian. Winterson has received numerous prestigious awards for her work, including the Whitbread Prize, BAFTA Award, John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, E. M. Forster Award, St. Louis Literary Award, and Lambda Literary Award. She is also distinguished as an Officer and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (OBE, CBE) for her literary contributions. Winterson’s novels have been translated into nearly 20 languages, underscoring her influence on a global scale.
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