World● Low51m ago · Nov 7, 2026, 8:01 AM
Julian Barnes, 80-year-old British writer, Princess of Asturias Award for Literature 2026: "I still think that literature is what tells human truth, that of the heart and spirit"
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At 80 years old, Julian Barnes reviews a career of more than four decades dedicated to literature and reflects on love, memory, and the end of life. The British writer defends the value of fiction as a way of telling human truth.
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