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Olivia Manning's Death

Born (Birthday) March 2, 1908

Death Date July 23, 1980

Age of Death 72 years

Cause of Death Stroke

Profession Novelist

The novelist Olivia Manning died at the age of 72. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

An English fiction writer, poet, and literary reviewer, she is most remembered for her Balkan and Levant novel trilogies, which are known, collectively, as the Fortunes of War series. Common themes of her work include colonialism, war, alienation, and feminism.

She met her husband, BBC radio producer R.D. “Reggie” Smith, in 1939. Despite infidelities on both sides, the marriage lasted until Manning’s death.