L. P. Hartley
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British novelist and short story writer (1895–1972)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1895
- Died
- 1972
- Works
- 63
Top works
- Simonetta Perkins
- Night fears, and other stories
- The boat
- The travelling grave
- Facial justice / by L. P. Hartley
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Film & TV
Whittlesey, United Kingdom
Born Leslie Poles Hartley, but more known just as L. P. Hartley. British writer and short story writer. His best-known novels are the Eustace and Hilda trilogy (1947), The Go-Between (1953) and The Hireling (1957). The first was made into a TV movie in 1977, and the other two were made into cinema films in 1971 and 1973.
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 8
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leslie
- Family name
- Hartley
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Whittlesey
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- short story writer
- Educated at
- Harrow School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- prose
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- Sir Maurice Bowra; Sylvester Govett Gates; L.P. Hartley, by Lady Ottoline Morrell.jpg
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- name in native language
- Leslie Poles Hartley
- date of birth
- 1895-12-30
- date of death
- 1972-12-13
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- start of work period
- 1921-00-00
- Commons category
- Leslie Poles Hartley
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