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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 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Laurie Lee is the 6,934th most popular writer (down from 6,852nd in 2024), the 6,630th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,393rd in 2019) and the 721st most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Laurie Lee ranks 6,934 out of 7,302. Before him are Brigitte Vasallo, Esteban Navarro, 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 418. Before 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 324. Before him are Chuck Arnold, Floyd Cramer, Gulshan Kumar, Eddie Arcaro, Ramiro Castillo, and Miguel Ángel Blanco. After him are Brian Pillman, Paul Tsongas, Jermaine Stewart, Chetan Anand, Joyce Compton, and Marjorie Reynolds.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Laurie Lee ranks 6,632 out of 8,785. Before 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).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Laurie Lee ranks 721. Before him are Jo Walton (1964), Robert Bridges (1844), Owen Jones (1984), David Hare (1947), Edwin Morgan (1920), and Tom Parker Bowles (1974). After him are Charley Boorman (1966), Noel Streatfeild (1895), Maggie O'Farrell (1972), Helen Dunmore (1952), Tom Rob Smith (1979), and Sebastian Faulks (1953).

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