British female writers

[bekah]

At 1:52 PM +0300 10/12/06, Ya Sam wrote:
>Thanks for the information on Shirley Hazzard, Mike. As I get it 
>she's Australian, although she is considered to be a British writer 
>as well. The ever fluid identity! Anyway, to do justice to the 
>female writers of Great Britain, especially considering the fact 
>that I don't know all worth of attention, I would like to have a 
>similar list with them as well. Below I will list the obvious names 
>that come to my mind right now and I would be glad to get any 
>opinion and contribution from the list.
>
>A.S. Byatt, Angela Carter, Sarah Waters, Zadie Smith, Doris Lessing, 
>Monica Ali, Beryl Bainbridge, Pat Barker, Ali Smith, A.L. Kennedy, 
>Margaret Drabble, Shirley Hazzard.
>
>To my mind A.S. Byatt is the most learned from this list and Angela 
>Carter is the most bizzare.



And you will think that Shirley Hazzard uses the most poetic language.

Bekah