biography
pronunciation:
[silitoh]
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| lived:
| (1928– )
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| biography:
| Novelist, born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, C England, UK. Before serving in the Royal Air Force, he worked in a bicycle factory for several years, which provided the subject for his first and most popular novel, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1958). Later novels include A Tree on Fire (1967), A Start in Life (1970), Life Goes On (1985), Leonard's War (1991), Snowstop (1993), and The German Numbers Woman (1999). His story The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1959) was filmed in 1962. He has also written a number of books of poetry, and books for children, several starring the character ‘Marmalade Jim’. An autobiography, Life Without Armour, appeared in 1995. |
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