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Alan Sillitoe

Alan Sillitoe was born in Nottingham, England, to working-class parents. His father worked in the Raleigh factory. In World War II he served with the Royal Air Force as a wireless operator in Malaysia from 1946-1949. Upon returning to England, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and spent sixteen months in an RAF hospital. After he was discharged, he lived in France and Spain on his veteran's pension and attempted to recover from the disease. In 1955, while living in Mallorca with his lover, American poet Ruth Fainlight, he began to write his first novel, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, which was published in 1958. He has written many novels and several volumes of poetry. In 1995 he wrote an autobiography, Life Without Armour. He married Ruth Fainlight, and lives in London.

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Born 4 March 1928
Died 25 April 2010

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  • Cover of: The loneliness of the long distance runner

    Cover of edition lonelinessoflon00sill Cover of edition lonelinessoflong00sill Cover of edition lonelinessoflong0000sill_r8w3 Cover of edition dieeinsamkeitdes00sill First published in 1959 — 33 editions
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  • Cover of: Saturday night and Sunday morning

    First published in 1958 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: Saturday night and Sunday morning

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  • Cover of: Key to the door.

    First published in 1961 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: The ragman's daughter: and other stories.

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  • Cover of: The death of William Posters.

    First published in 1965 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1960 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Raw material.

    First published in 1972 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1976 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1967 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: A tree on fire

    First published in 1967 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices Timeless Themes: The British Tradition

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  • Cover of: Guzman, go home: and other stories.

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  • Cover of: A start in life.

    First published in 1970 — 4 editions
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Born 4 March 1928
Died 25 April 2010

Subjects

Fiction, Social life and customs, Fiction, general, Working class, England, fiction, Fiction in English, Description and travel, Children's fiction, English Authors, Travel, Biography, Fiction, short stories (single author), Authors, English, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Man-woman relationships, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Authors, biography, English Short stories, Fiction, coming of age, Fiction, political, Large type books, Revolutionaries, Short Stories, Short stories, English, Sillitoe, alan, 1928-2010

Places

England, Great Britain, Nottingham (England), Nottinghamshire, Nottinghamshire (England), Soviet Union, Araby, Araby bazaar, Indian Ocean, Kent (England), Kerguelen Islands, North Richmond Street, Nottingham, Saxon Shore Way (England)

People

Alan Sillitoe (1928-2010), Mangan's sister

Time

20th century, 1950's, 1960s, 1917-1970, 1950-, 1953-1985

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February 21, 2023 Edited by meot added the thirth link (Guardian obituary 2010, April 25, fourth link https://www.imdb.com/video/vi4082089753/
March 28, 2022 Edited by Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten links
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import