CultureJulian Barnes: "You don't become a great novelist until you're dead. Worrying about prestige is a waste of breath"Quim Aranda27-01-2026
![British writer Julian Barnes at the CCCB, in a 2020 archive image.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 16 9"%3E%3C/svg%3E)