Olivia Williams: Manning

Manning received several awards and nominations for her work, including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for "The Balkan Trilogy" and a nomination for the Booker Prize.

Olivia Manning was born on February 2, 1908, in Portsmouth, England. Her family moved to Wales when she was a child, and she spent much of her childhood in Swansea. Manning was educated at the University of Reading and later at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where she studied English literature. Olivia Williams Manning

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