Valentine Cunningham - Biography#

Undergraduate (1963-6) and graduate student (1963-9) Keble Coll Oxford; ,jr res fell St John's Coll Oxford 1969-72; University of Oxford: lectr in English 1972-, chm English Faculty 1984-87, prof of English language and literature 1996-; CCC Oxford: fell and tutor in English 1972-, dean 1980-91, sr tutor 1991-94, vice-pres 2008-12, senior research fellow 2012-14; permanent visiting prof University of Konstanz Germany 1994-2001; frequent broadcasts on BBC Radio; judge literary prizes incl: Booker Prize 1992 and 1998, Commonwealth Writers Prize 2000 and 2001; member Labour Party, member St Margaret's Church N Oxford.