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Author photo. Photo from 1945 (Poetry since 1939, British Council)

Photo from 1945 (Poetry since 1939, British Council)

Laurie Lee (1914–1997)

Author of Cider with Rosie

Includes the names: Laure Lee, Laurie Lee, Lauri Lee., Laurie Lee Mbe, Laurie Lee; Illustrator John Ward

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The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse (Contributor, some editions) 229 copies, 3 reviews
An Oxford Book of Christmas Stories (Contributor) 55 copies, 1 review
Light on a Dark Horse (Foreword) 25 copies, 1 review
Round the Christmas Fire: Festive Stories (Contributor) 23 copies
Penguins 60s Classics (Loose as the Wind; Now Remember; Florence… (Contributor) 11 copies
The Penguin New Writing No. 31 (Contributor) 9 copies
The Penguin New Writing No. 18 (Contributor) 5 copies
The Penguin New Writing No. 23 (Contributor) 5 copies
The Penguin New Writing No. 28 (Contributor) 5 copies
Cotswold Ballads. (Foreword) 3 copies
The Penguin New Writing No. 21 (Contributor) 2 copies
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Canonical name
Legal name
Lee, Laurence Edward Alan
Other names
Date of birth
1914-06-26
Date of death
1997-05-13
Burial location
Holy Trinity, Slad, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Gender
male
Nationality
UK
Country (for map)
Birthplace
Uplands, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Place of death
Slad, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Cause of death
Places of residence
Uplands, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK (birth)
Slad, Gloucestershire, England, UK (death)
Spain
Education
Central Boys' School, Stroud, England, UK
Occupations
poet
novelist
autobiographer
journalist
script writer
Relationships
Mansell, Frank (friend)
Smith, Emma (secretary, protégé)
Organizations
International Brigades
Awards and honors
Member of the Order of the British Empire (1952)
Agents
Short biography
Laurence "Laurie" Lee was born and raised in a rural part of England in a bygone era of innocence and simplicity, which he lovingly described in his most famous work, an autobiographical trilogy consisting of Cider with Rosie (1959), As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969) and A Moment of War (1991). Cider with Rosie continues to be one of the most popular books in Britain, and is sometimes used as a school text in English literature. He fought on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War and during World War II, he made documentary films for the UK government. Before devoting himself entirely to writing in 1951, Lee worked as a journalist and as a scriptwriter. In 1950, he married Catherine Francesca Polge and the couple had one daughter.
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