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Alexander Baron
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British novelist and screenwriter (1917–1999)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 38
Top works
- Creative chef 2
- Rose Hogarth
- Lowlife : (Faber Editions)
- The wine of Etna
- There's No Home
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Film & TV
Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
Alexander Baron (1917-1999) was a novelist and screenwriter. Born into a working class Jewish home in Hackney, Baron joined the Communist Party as a young man, saw the thick of battle in Sicily and Normandy during WWII, and became one of the most admired novelists of post-war Britain. His first novel, From the City, From the Plough (1948) was based on his own wartime experiences, specifically…
Known for
- The Cardinal and the Corpse1992
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 18
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexander
- Family name
- Baron
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Maidenhead
- Place of death
- Hampstead
- Occupation
- novelist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- The British writer Alexander Baron, late 1950s (c) N Baron.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1917-12-04
- date of death
- 1999-12-05
- place of burial
- Golders Green Crematorium
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