硃利安•巴恩斯（1946— ），英國當代著名作傢。父母皆為法語教師，哥哥在牛津大學教授哲學，妻子帕特•凱伐納是著名的文學經紀人。巴恩斯畢業於牛津大學，曾參與《牛津英語辭典》的編纂工作，做過多年的文學編輯和評論傢。

“聰明”是巴恩斯作品的一貫標識。八十年代他以突破性之作《福樓拜的鸚鵡》入圍布剋奬決選，躋身英國文壇一流作傢之列。此後，獲各大文學奬項無數，三進布剋奬決選，並於2011年憑藉《終結的感覺》贏得大奬，同年獲大衛•柯恩英國文學終身成就奬。

巴恩斯也深得法國讀者的好感，他是唯一一位同時獲得法國梅第奇奬和費米娜奬的作傢，並先後榮獲法國文化部頒發的文學藝術騎士、軍官、司令勛章，堪稱在法國最受歡迎的英國作傢之一。

As every schoolboy knows, you can fit the whole of England on the Isle of White. Grotesque, visionary tycoon Sir Jack Pitman takes the saying literally and does exactly that. He constructs on the island 'The Project', a vast heritage centre containing everything 'English', from Big Ben to Stonehenge, from Manchester United to the white Cliffs of Dover. The project is monstrous, risky, and vastly successful. In fact, it gradually begins to rival 'Old' England and even threatens to supersede it...One of Barnes' finest and funniest novels, "England, England" calls into question the idea of replicas, truth vs. fiction, reality vs. art, nationhood, myth-making, and self-exploration.