Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Bernice Rubens Biography and Timeline

Follow Bernice Rubens through 2 dated historical records for Great Britain.

Bernice Rubens, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

2Distinct records
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1970–1970Years on this page

1970

Man Booker Prize

Arts / Literature

Bernice Rubens becomes the first woman to win the Booker Prize, for The Elected Member

The Elected Member

Arts / Literature

Publication of "The Elected Member"

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.