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English novelist and screenwriter (born )

This article is about the Booker Prize nominee. For the comedy writer, see David Mitchell (comedian).

David Stephen Mitchell (born 12 January ) is an English novelist, television writer, and screenwriter.

He has written nine novels, two of which, number9dream () and Cloud Atlas (), were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written articles for several newspapers, most notably for The Guardian.

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He has translated books about autism from Japanese to English.

Early life

Mitchell was born in Southport in Lancashire (now Merseyside), England, and raised in Malvern, Worcestershire. He was educated at Hanley Castle High School.

At the University of Kent, he earned a degree in English and American Literature, followed by an M.A. in Comparative Literature.

Mitchell lived in Sicily for a year. He moved to Hiroshima, Japan, where he taught English to technical students for eight years, before return