Angela Carter
Born in 1940, Angela Carter began her career as a journalist before studying English literature at the University of Bristol.
Her writing was deeply shaped by her two years in Tokyo, where she became politically radicalized.
A prolific and adventurous author, Carter worked as writer-in-residence at several universities across the world and contributed journalism to major British publications.
She was actively involved in film adaptations of her work, including The Company of Wolves.
Her novel Nights at the Circus won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
Carter died of lung cancer in 1992, aged 51, leaving behind an extraordinary literary legacy.
