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I don't only write about English literature I also write about chaos theory and... ants. I can understand ants.
A. S. Byatt
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A. S. Byatt
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: August 24
Literary Critic
Novelist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Sheffield
England
Dame Antonia Susan Duffy
Antonia Susan Drabble
Antonia Susan Duffy
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Writing
Ants
Chaos
English
Theory
Literature
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