A. S. Byatt

**Dame Antonia Susan Duffy** ( née Drabble ; 24 ga Agusta 1936 - 16 Nuwamba 2023), an san ta da sunanta na farko na aure, **A.S. Byatt** / /ˈbaɪ.ə t / BY -ət BY,  marubuciya ce ta Ingilishi, marubuciya, mawaƙiya kuma marubuciya mai gajeren labari. An fassara littattafanta zuwa harsuna sama da talatin.  

Bayan ta halarci Jami'ar Cambridge, ta yi aure a shekarar 1959 ta koma Durham . A lokacin da Byatt ke jami'a ne ta fara aiki a kan littattafanta guda biyu na farko, waɗanda Chatto &amp;amp; Windus suka buga a matsayin *Shadow of a Sun* (1964; an sake buga su a shekarar 1991 tare da taken da aka yi niyya da shi, *The Shadow of the Sun* ) da *The Game* (1967). Byatt ta ɗauki aikin koyarwa a shekarar 1972 don taimakawa wajen biyan kuɗin karatun ɗanta. A cikin makon da ta yarda, wani direban da ya bugu ya kashe ɗanta yayin da yake tafiya daga makaranta zuwa gida. Yana da shekaru 11. Byatt ya shafe shekaru 11 yana koyarwa, sannan ya fara rubutu na cikakken lokaci a shekarar 1983. *The Virgin in the Garden* (1978) shine na farko a cikin *The Quartet*,  wani nau'in littattafai na *Still Life* (1985), *Babel Tower* (1996) da *A Whistling Woman* (2002).

Littafin Byatt mai suna Possession: A Romance ya sami kyautar Booker ta shekarar 1990, yayin da kundin gajerun labaranta mai suna The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye (1994) ya sami kyautar Aga Khan ta shekarar 1995 don Fiction . Littafinta mai suna The Children's Book an zaɓe shi don kyautar Booker ta shekarar 2009 kuma ya lashe kyautar tunawa da James Tait Black Memorial ta shekarar 2010. Ayyukanta masu mahimmanci sun haɗa da nazarce-nazarce guda biyu na Dame Iris Murdoch (wanda aboki ne kuma mai ba da shawara), Digiri na 'Yanci: Nazarin Farko na Iris Murdoch (1965) da Iris Murdoch: Nazarin Mahimmanci (1976). Sauran nazarce-nazarcenta masu mahimmanci sun haɗa da Wordsworth da Coleridge in Their Time (1970) da Portraits in Fiction (2001).

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Antonia Susan Drabble a Sheffield, Ingila, a ranar 24 ga Agusta, 1936,  a matsayin ɗan fari ga John Frederick Drabble, QC, wanda daga baya ya zama alkali a Kotun Gunduma, da Kathleen Bloor, ƙwararriya a Browning .  'Yan'uwanta mata su ne marubuciya Margaret Drabble da kuma masanin tarihin fasaha Helen Langdon. Ɗan'uwanta Richard Drabble KC lauya ne.  Mahaifin Drabble ya shiga cikin sanya 'yan gudun hijira Yahudawa a Sheffield a shekarun 1930.  Mahaifiyarta 'yar Shavian ce kuma mahaifinta ɗan Quaker ne.  Sakamakon harin bam da aka kai Sheffield a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, iyalin sun ƙaura zuwa York . 

## Rayuwar mutum da mutuwa
Byatt ya auri Ian Charles Rayner Byatt a shekarar 1959 kuma ya ƙaura zuwa Durham .  Sun haifi 'ya mace tare,  da kuma ɗa, Charles, wanda wani direban giya ya kashe yana ɗan shekara 11 yayin da yake tafiya daga makaranta.    Ta yi magana game da mutuwar ɗanta da tasirinsa ga laccocinta da kuma aikinta bayan buga *Littafin Yara*, wanda a ciki hoton yaron da ya mutu ya bayyana.   Ta fara ɗaukar aikinta na ilimi a matsayin alama.  Daga baya ta rubuta waƙar "Dead Boys".  An wargaza auren a shekarar 1969. Daga baya a wannan shekarar, Byatt ya auri Peter Duffy, kuma sun haifi 'ya'ya mata biyu.   

Dangantakar Byatt da 'yar uwarta Margaret Drabble wani lokacin ta yi tsami saboda kasancewar abubuwan tarihin rayuwarta a cikin rubuce-rubucensu. Duk da cewa dangantakarsu ba ta da kusanci sosai kuma ba sa karanta littattafan juna, Drabble ya bayyana lamarin a matsayin "kishiyar 'yan'uwa ta yau da kullun"  kuma Byatt ya ce "masu rubutun tsegumi sun yi ta ambatonsa sosai."  Byatt ba ta da tabbas game da wanzuwar Allah, kodayake tana da sha'awar ayyukan Quaker.   Ta ji daɗin kallon wasan snooker, tennis, da ƙwallon ƙafa .  

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