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Graham Colin Swift FRSL (born 4 May 1949) is a British people writer. Born in London, UK, he was educated at Dulwich College, Queens' College, Cambridge, and later the University of York.
The prize-winning Waterland (1983) is set in The Fens. A novel of landscape, history and family, it is often cited as one of the outstanding post-war British novels and has been a set text on the English literature syllabus in British schools. OCR A Level English AQA Writer Patrick McGrath asked Swift about the "feeling for magic" in Waterland during an interview. Swift responded that "The phrase everybody comes up with is magic realism, which I think has now become a little tired. But on the other hand there’s no doubt that English writers of my generation have been very much influenced by writers from outside who in one way or another have got this magical, surreal quality, such as Borges, Márquez, Grass, and that that has been stimulating. I think in general it’s been a good thing. Because we are, as ever, terribly parochial, self-absorbed and isolated, culturally, in this country. It’s about time we began to absorb things from outside."McGrath, Patrick. "Graham Swift" , BOMB Magazine Spring, 1986. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1984.
Swift was acquainted with Ted Hughes and has himself published poetry, some of which is included in Making an Elephant: Writing from Within (2009).
Swift's novel Mothering Sunday was adapted into a film in 2021, starring Olivia Colman and Colin Firth and featuring Glenda Jackson. imdb retrieved 8/10/2022.
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