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Alan Sillitoe was a British writer, screenwriter, poet, and novelist. Born in Nottingham in 1928, he began his work period in 1958. He wrote in English and was a member of the Royal Society of Literature. His notable works include the novel *Saturday Night and Sunday Morning*, *Poems for Shakespeare*, *7*, *Masaʻot be-Nihilon*, *Guzman*, *Go Home and other stories*, and *The Death of William Posters*.
Sillitoe was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and received the Hawthornden Prize. He died of cancer in London in 2010. His manner of death was natural causes. He is buried at Highgate Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 99
Top works
- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
- Poems for Shakespeare, 7
- Masaʻot be-Nihilon
- Guzman, Go Home and other stories
- The Death of William Posters
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties — Self1993
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1928-03-04 ) 4 March 1928, Nottingham , England
- Died
- 25 April 2010 (2010-04-25) (aged 82), London, England
- Occupation
- Writer
- Notable works
- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1958); , " The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner " (1959)
- Spouse
- Ruth Fainlight
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Nottingham
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- autobiographer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Hawthornden Prize
- Notable work
- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
- Image
- Alan sillitoe-10 05 09.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1928-03-04
- date of death
- 2010-04-25
- member of
- Royal Society of Literature
- place of burial
- Highgate Cemetery
- Commons category
- Alan Sillitoe
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- name in native language
- Alan Sillitoe
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Alan Sillitoe FRSL (4 March 1928 – 25 April 2010) was an English writer and one of the so-called "angry young men" of the 1950s. He disliked the label, as did most of the other writers to whom it was applied. He is best known for his debut novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and his early short story "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner", both of which were adapted into films.
Biography
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