Claire Tomalin

English biographer and journalist

Person human Q52207

Facts

17 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: female^[18]
Date of birth: June 20, 1933
Place of birth: Greater London, London^[6]
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[8]
Occupation: journalist, writer, biographer
Position held: Booker Prize judge^[9]
Educated at: Newnham College, Hitchin Girls' School^[10]^[11]
Award received: James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Bodley Medal, Hawthornden Prize, honorary doctorate^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]
Spouse: Michael Frayn^[7]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[24]
Birth name: Claire Delavenay^[25]
Family name: Tomalin^[19]
Given name: Claire^[20]
Member of: Royal Society of Literature^[17]
P14750: 0883-7DFF-C43D-05A4-BE6D
Relative: Jack Harries, Finn Harries, Rebecca Frayn^[21]^[22]^[23]

🏷️ Also known as

en Claire Delavenay en Claire Tomalin ar كلير تومالين de Claire Delavenay he קלייר טומלין ja クレア・トマリン ru Клэр Томалин ru Томалин, Клэр zh 克莱尔·托马林 zh 克萊兒·湯瑪琳 zh 克萊爾·托馬寧 zh 桑德拉·斯特恩 zh-hant 克萊爾·托馬林

🔖 Identifiers · 72

ISNI: 0000000109235277
VIAF cluster ID: 89941811
Library of Congress authority ID: n80109603
GND ID: 138394636
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Claire Tomalin.jpg ↗
Alexander Turnbull Library ID: 101025
Awards & Winners artist ID: 0253pn
BBC Things ID: fde4eb35-79a5-45e6-8ee1-78ab8f0764c1
BIBSYS ID: 90087357
Babelio author ID: 68814
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12284314x
C-SPAN person numeric ID: 52029

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C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated): 52029
CANTIC ID: 981058517548306706
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf12103100
CiNii Research ID: 1140282266717134976
CineMagia person ID: 448226
Companies House officer ID: 17q_KXKPHhDytMUlYRTOgO6pdf8
DBC author ID: 87097969801897
DDB person (GND) ID: 138394636
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 94317
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 138394636
FID performing arts ID: agent/gnd_138394636
Film.ru person ID: claire-tomalin
Freebase ID: /m/0253pn
Goodreads author ID: 18514
Harper's tag: claire-tomalin
IMDb ID: nm1597463
IdRef ID: 031672620
JRC Names ID: 241065
KBR person ID: 13964572
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 138394636
Kallías ID: PE00609209
Kinobox person ID: 943465
LRB contributor ID: claire-tomalin
Libraries Australia ID: 35552292
Los Angeles Review of Books author ID: claire-tomalin
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA02509814
NDL Authority ID: 00476231
NL CR AUT ID: jn20010601042
NLA Trove people ID: 993444
NLB authority ID (Belarus): SEK-ar8532009
NLP ID: a0000002519268
NUKAT ID: n00028234
National Library of Ireland ID: vtls000081258
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007276674005171
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:C2Gq;=BT
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810633221605606
National Library of Portugal ID: 1612421
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX1137677
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID: mp10904
National Virtual Library of India ID: 268892, 281047
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 074149490
Obálky knih ID: jn20010601042
Official forum URL: openlibrary.org
Open Library ID: OL397983A
Parsifal cluster ID: 684984
Podchaser creator ID: 107Zzr3oAa
Prabook ID: 536902
RERO ID (legacy): A003904505
RSL author ID: claire-tomalin-3
SBN author ID: LO1V082022
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 168009
SNAC ARK ID: w6k177bg
TMDB person ID: 1338216
UK National Archives ID: F69919
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058517548306706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme): a1293262
Wellcome Collection concept ID: hcdm3fp5
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJmxXGBTVkd73HHgb37PwC
Yale LUX ID: person/29790069-c401-449d-a5cc-1a850ce4de2e
ČSFD person ID: 110737

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🔗 Connections

Award received 3

honorary doctorate, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Hawthornden Prize

Occupation 3

writer, journalist, biographer

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Educated at 1

Newnham College

Given name 1

Claire

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Member of 1

Royal Society of Literature

Place of birth 1

Greater London

Relative 1

Jack Harries

Sex or gender 1

female

Spouse 1

Michael Frayn

Spouses 1

Michael Frayn

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Summary

Claire Tomalin was born on June 20, 1933^[1], in Greater London^[2]. She has worked as a journalist^[3], writer^[4], and biographer^[5].

FAQs

Where was Claire Tomalin born?

Claire Tomalin's place of birth was Greater London^[2].

Who was Claire Tomalin married to?

Claire Tomalin's spouses include Michael Frayn^[7].

What did Claire Tomalin do for work?

Claire Tomalin worked as a journalist^[3], writer^[4], and biographer^[5].

Where did Claire Tomalin go to school?

Claire Tomalin was educated at Newnham College^[10] and Hitchin Girls' School^[11].

What awards did Claire Tomalin receive?

Honors received include James Tait Black Memorial Prize^[12], Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature^[13], Bodley Medal^[14], and Hawthornden Prize^[15].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Claire Tomalin — place of birth (P19): Greater London. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-10. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Claire Tomalin — place of birth (P19): London. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Claire Tomalin — sex or gender (P21): female. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-07-04. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Claire Tomalin — spouse (P26): Michael Frayn. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Claire Tomalin — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Claire Tomalin — position held (P39): Booker Prize judge. thebookerprizes.com. thebookerprizes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Claire Tomalin — educated at (P69): Newnham College. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Claire Tomalin — educated at (P69): Hitchin Girls' School. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Claire Tomalin — occupation (P106): journalist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Claire Tomalin — occupation (P106): writer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Claire Tomalin — occupation (P106): biographer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Claire Tomalin — award received (P166): James Tait Black Memorial Prize. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Claire Tomalin — award received (P166): Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. rsliterature.org. Retrieved 2025-06-27. rsliterature.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Claire Tomalin — award received (P166): Bodley Medal. thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2019-03-28. thebookseller.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Claire Tomalin — award received (P166): Hawthornden Prize. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Claire Tomalin — award received (P166): honorary doctorate. www5.open.ac.uk. www5.open.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Claire Tomalin — member of (P463): Royal Society of Literature. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Claire Tomalin — date of birth (P569): June 20, 1933. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Claire Tomalin — family name (P734): Tomalin. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Claire Tomalin — given name (P735): Claire. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Claire Tomalin — relative (P1038): Jack Harries. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Claire Tomalin — relative (P1038): Finn Harries. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Claire Tomalin — relative (P1038): Rebecca Frayn. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Claire Tomalin — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Claire Tomalin — birth name (P1477): Claire Delavenay. wikidata.org.

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2d ago · Gerwoman · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SBN author ID → LO1V082022

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4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗

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NLB authority ID (Belarus) → SEK-ar8532009

Place of birth → Greater London, London

P14750 → 0883-7DFF-C43D-05A4-BE6D

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17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Harper's tag → claire-tomalin

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25w ago · Ogmios · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Official forum URL → https://openlibrary.org/authors/merge?records=OL8036198A,OL3

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