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   The British author Andrea Levy, who died in early 2019, won acclaim for her novel (Small Island), documenting the lives of Windrush immigrants in Britain. Ed...

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   ournalist and broadcaster Gary Younge is joined by family and friends of novelist Andrea Levy to celebrate her life and work. Expect personal stories, along ...

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4. www.youtube.com › watchANDREA LEVY on her novel THE LONG SONG - YouTube

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   Dec 2, 2009 · Andrea Levy tells the story of how she came to write this fascinating novel of Jamaica during the last turbulent years of slavery and the early years of free...

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5. www.bbc.co.uk › news › entertainment-arts-46889988Andrea Levy: Small Island and Long Song author dies aged 62 - BBC

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   Feb 15, 2019 · British author Andrea Levy, whose award-winning novels captured the black British experience in the years after Windrush, has died at the age of 62. A statement released on behalf of her family ...

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Andrea_LevyAndrea Levy - Wikipedia

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   Andrea Levy. Andrea Levy FRSL (7 March 1956 – 14 February 2019) [1][2][3] was an English author best known for the novels Small Island (2004) and The Long Song (2010). She was born in London to Jamaican parents, and her work explores topics related to British Jamaicans and how they negotiate racial, cultural and national identities. [4][5]

7. www.bbc.co.uk › programmes › m000f5zqBBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Andrea Levy: In Her Own Words

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   Feb 8, 2020 · Andrea Levy: In Her Own Words. Author Andrea Levy, alongside friends and family, speaks candidly about her writing life and her impending death. From 2020. Profiling the life and work of Andrea ...

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   Who is Andrea Levy?

   • Andrea Levy FRSL (7 March 1956 – 14 February 2019) was an English author best known for the novels Small Island (2004) and The Long Song (2010). She was born in London to Jamaican parents, and her work explores topics related to British Jamaicans and how they negotiate racial, cultural and national identities.

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   What happened to Andrea Levy?

   • Andrea Levy, the author of our June Book of the Month, The Long Song, died in 2019. Here we reproduce some of her comments on the book, including how and why she wrote it ‘ Small Island, my last novel, was set just after World War Two and it concerned Afro-Caribbean people coming to Britain.

   The Long Song by Andrea Levy, in the author’s own words

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   How old was Andrea Levy when she died?

   • "Small Island author Andrea Levy dies, aged 62". The Bookseller. Retrieved 31 March 2021. ^ "Imagine...Andrea Levy: Her Island Story". BBC One. 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019. ^ "BBC Radio 4 – Archive on 4, Andrea Levy: In her own words". BBC. Retrieved 25 August 2022. ^ Younge, Gary (5 February 2020). "Andrea Levy, my brilliant friend".

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   Why is Andrea Levy significant or important?

   • Andrea Levy's acknowledgment of the roles played by all sides in the change process is an important part of understanding the past so we can create a better future together. In her last novel, The Long Song (2010), she goes further back to the origins of the intimacy between Britain and the Caribbean.

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   Where was Andrea Levy born?

   • Andrea Levy was born in London in 1956. Her father had sailed from Jamaica to England on the Empire Windrush ship, and her mother joined him soon after. Andrea grew up black in what was still a very white England, which gave her a complex perspective on the country of her birth.

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   Does Andrea Levy win a Walter Scott Prize?

   • "Andrea Levy wins Walter Scott prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 February 2019. ^ a b "The Long Song". The Man Booker Prizes. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2021. ^ Kyte, Holly (27 January 2010). "The Long Song by Andrea Levy: review". The Telegraph. ^ Kellaway, Kate (7 February 2010). "The Long Song by Andrea Levy". The Observer.

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9. thebookerprizes.com › the-booker-library › featuresThe Long Song by Andrea Levy, in the author’s own words

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   Jun 5, 2023 · The Long Song. Andrea Levy’s bittersweet novel about the last days of slavery in Jamaica is powerful and intimate - and full of mischievous surprise. Andrea Levy, the author of The Long Song, died in 2019. Here we reproduce some of her comments on the book, including how and why she wrote it.