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P. H. Newby, English soldier and author (died 1997)

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P. H. Newby

English writer and broadcasting administrator (1918–1997)

Percy Howard Newby CBE was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator. He was the first winner of the Booker Prize, his novel Something to Answer For having received the inaugural award in 1969.
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