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J. L. Carr

English novelist (1912–1994)
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Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
May 20, 1912
Date of death
February 26, 1994
Place of birth
Thirsk
Place of death
Kettering
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[7][8]
Occupation
writer, teacher
Award received
Guardian Fiction Prize[9]
Nominated for
Booker Prize, Booker Prize[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[14]
Family name
Carr[11]
Given name
J.[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en J. L. Carr en Joseph Lloyd Carr ar جي إل كار cs Joseph Lloyd Carr de Joseph Lloyd Carr ko 조지프 로이드 카 ko J. L. 카 nl J.L. Carr ru Джозеф Ллойд Карр
🔖 Identifiers · 36
ISNI
0000000108999937
VIAF cluster ID
50469808
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n50040365
GND ID
12878394X
Awards & Winners artist ID
03351d
BBC Things ID
9126916e-4f0f-476f-bc46-9304446125fe
Babelio author ID
302788
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12204899v
CANTIC ID
981058609767106706
CONOR.SI ID
299536483
CONOR.SR ID
27568487
FAST ID
1720137
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Film.ru person ID
j-l-carr
Freebase ID
/m/03351d
Goodreads author ID
34170
HAND ID
2967-F0B8-3DFA-D2D9-5FF2
IMDb ID
nm0139724
IdRef ID
030681456
J9U entity ID
987007418917705171
Kinobox person ID
162086
NL CR AUT ID
jn19990001339
NLA Trove people ID
1080123
NUKAT ID
n02030872
National Library of Korea ID
KAC2018O9035
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp71818
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069255520
Open Library ID
OL4374343A, OL1216627A
Open Plaques subject ID
2692
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
54792
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095551305
SNAC ARK ID
w61g378k
SVKKL authority ID
p0107047-Carr-J-L-1912
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1399972
WikiTree person ID
Carr-14657
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJm4KrQhkwVKg7t4TVfcyd
Yale LUX ID
person/0edfadc1-479d-4a47-a525-0290d61d8522

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Country of citizenship 2
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Nominated for 2
Booker Prize, Booker Prize
Occupation 2
teacher, writer
Family name 1
Carr
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Thirsk
Place of death 1
Kettering
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

J. L. Carr was born on May 20, 1912[1], in Thirsk[2]. He died on February 26, 1994[3], in Kettering[4]. He worked as a writer[5] and teacher[6].

FAQs

Where was J. L. Carr born?

J. L. Carr was born in Thirsk[2].

Where did J. L. Carr die?

J. L. Carr died in Kettering[4].

What did J. L. Carr do for work?

J. L. Carr worked as a writer[5] and teacher[6].

What awards did J. L. Carr receive?

Honors received include Guardian Fiction Prize[9].

Related Entities

United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . thebookerprizes.com. thebookerprizes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4h ago · Printstream · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65763: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  2. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 2967-F0B8-3DFA-D2D9-5FF2
    "Changed [de] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57985: Import missing aliases from dewiki 2/3"
  3. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → p0107047-Carr-J-L-1912
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: p0107047-Carr-J-L-1912, batch #259494"
  4. 26w ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → writer, teacher
    Sex or gender → male
    Place of death → Kettering
    Given name → J.
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: CANTIC ID: 981058609767106706, batch #257405"
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