Rose Tremain

Dame Rose Tremain

Born
Rosemary Jane Thomson

(1943-08-02) 2 August 1943
London, England
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
Alma materSorbonne
University of East Anglia (BA)
Notable awardsOrange Prize (2008)
Whitbread Award (1999)
Prix Femina Étranger (1994)
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1992)
Sunday Express Book of the Year (1989)
Giles Cooper Award (1984)

Dame Rosemary Jane Tremain (née Thomson; born 2 August 1943) is an English novelist, short story writer, and former Chancellor of the University of East Anglia. She as been the recipient of many prizes for her writing, including the Giles Cooper Award (1984), the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1992), the Whitbread Award (1999) and the Orange Prize (2008).