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Paul Scott
AuthorBooks · Second hand1920-1978
Paul Mark Scott was an English novelist best known for his tetralogy The Raj Quartet. In the last years of his life, his novel Staying On won the Booker Prize (1977). The series of books was dramatised by Granada Television during the 1980s and won Scott the public and critical acclaim that he had not received during his lifetime.
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Birth
1920
Death
1978
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Paul Scott was born in Southgate in 1920 and built a prolific career as both a novelist and a literary agent.
His most famous work is the tetralogy The Raj Quartet, which deeply explores the history and culture of India.
In 1977, his novel Staying On was awarded the prestigious Booker Prize.
Despite his talent, widespread public and critical acclaim arrived mainly after his death, following the television adaptation of his books.
With a body of work spanning over a hundred titles, Scott established himself as a key figure in 20th-century British literature.