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Laurie Lee

1914 - 1997

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Laurence Edward Alan Lee, (26 June 1914 – 13 May 1997) was an English poet, novelist and screenwriter, who was brought up in the small village of Slad in Gloucestershire. His most notable work is the autobiographical trilogy Cider with Rosie (1959), As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969), and A Moment of War (1991). The first volume recounts his childhood in the Slad Valley. The second deals with his leaving home for London and his first visit to Spain in 1935, and the third with his return to Spain in December 1937 to join the Republican International Brigades. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Laurie Lee is the 6,894th most popular writer (down from 6,852nd in 2019), the 6,604th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,394th in 2019) and the 720th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Laurie Lee ranks 6,894 out of 7,302Before him are Ransom Riggs, Brigitte Vasallo, Es'kia Mphahlele, Ed Greenwood, Charles Krauthammer, and Roya Hakakian. After him are Koenraad Elst, Valerie Plame, Lutz Seiler, Sara Stridsberg, Russell Hoban, and Conrad Richter.

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Among people born in 1914, Laurie Lee ranks 418Before him are Paul Russo, Ellen Drew, Joan Marsh, Fred Clark, Randall Jarrell, and Alan Cranston. After him are Gerald Mohr, Dixy Lee Ray, Frances Reid, Howard K. Smith, and Joan Littlewood. Among people deceased in 1997, Laurie Lee ranks 322Before him are Sally Blane, Derek Taylor, Chuck Arnold, Floyd Cramer, Gulshan Kumar, and Eddie Arcaro. After him are Brian Pillman, Paul Tsongas, Jermaine Stewart, Chetan Anand, Joyce Compton, and Marjorie Reynolds.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Laurie Lee ranks 6,606 out of 8,785Before him are 21 Savage (1992), Femi Kuti (1962), Ray Parlour (1973), Christine Truman (1941), Peter Sillett (1933), and Gary Pallister (1965). After him are Rob Edwards (1982), Jack O'Connell (1990), Robert Lindsay (1949), Simon Curtis (1960), Dalian Atkinson (1968), and Dan Wheldon (1978).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Laurie Lee ranks 720Before him are Heston Blumenthal (1966), Jo Walton (1964), Robert Bridges (1844), Owen Jones (1984), David Hare (1947), and Edwin Morgan (1920). After him are Charley Boorman (1966), Noel Streatfeild (1895), Maggie O'Farrell (1972), Helen Dunmore (1952), Tom Rob Smith (1979), and Sebastian Faulks (1953).