Jane Gardam
Jane Gardam (1928–2025) was a British writer, novelist and literary critic.
Also recorded as Jane Mary Gardam · Jane Mary Pearson · Jane Pearson · Jean Mary Pearson
Jane Gardam
- Full name
- Jean Mary Pearson.
- Born
- 1928. · Coatham.
- Died
- 2025. · Chipping Norton.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom.
- Occupation
- writer, novelist and literary critic.
- Fields
- literature, children's and young adult literature, children's book and literary criticism.
- Education
- Bedford College.
- Honours
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Costa Book Awards, David Higham Prize for Fiction, Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Phoenix Award.
- Languages
- English.
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Biography
Recorded at birth as Jean Mary Pearson. Born at Coatham in 1928, died in Chipping Norton in 2025.
Jane Gardam studied at Bedford College. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is literature, children's and young adult literature and children's book. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are children's and young adult. Places of work recorded in the authority are England. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Costa Book Awards, David Higham Prize for Fiction and Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize.
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Coatham.
Birth place
Chipping Norton.
Death place
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 24 August 2026.
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