Alan Sillitoe (1928–2010)
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Alan Sillitoe was born on March 4, 1928 and grew up in the slums of the industrial city of Nottingham. He began to write while in the Royal Air Force, stationed in Malaya. He is best known for Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1958), which won the Author's Club Prize for the best British novel of mostrar más 1958 and The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (1959), which won Britain's Hawthornden Prize for 1960. Both books were adapted into films in 1960 and 1962 respectively. His other works include The Death of William Posters (1965), Tree on Fire (1967), Travels in Nihilon (1971), and Raw Material (1972). He died on April 25, 2010 at the age of 82. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Monire Childs
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Obras de Alan Sillitoe
The Rats 3 copias
The Fishing-Boat Picture 2 copias
On Saturday Afternoon [short story] 2 copias
The Collected Novels Volume One: Her Victory, The Widower's Son, and Travels in Nihilon (2018) 1 copia
The Old Wives' Tale 1 copia
Sillitoe Alan 1 copia
Uncle Ernest [short story] 1 copia
Noah's Ark [short story] 1 copia
Without beer or bread 1 copia
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For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contribuidor — 452 copias
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Sillitoe, Alan
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1928-03-24
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2010-04-25
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- London, England, UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Montpellier, France
Spain
Kent, England, UK
London, England, UK - Ocupaciones
- factory worker
air traffic control assistant
novelist
short-story writer
poet
playwright - Relaciones
- Fainlight, Ruth (wife)
- Organizaciones
- Royal Air Force
- Premios y honores
- Honorary Freeman of Nottingham City (2008)
- Biografía breve
- [from jacket of We]
Novelist and playwright Alan Sillitoe has produced many celebrated novels and short stories including Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, both of which were written in Spain and became widely acclaimed.
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- Reseñas
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- ISBNs
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- Idiomas
- 15
- Favorito
- 9