David Storey

1933 - 2017

country of citizenship: United Kingdom

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Slade School of Fine Art, Queen Elizabeth Grammar School

occupation: screenwriter, novelist, dramaturge, painter, playwright

award received: John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, Booker Prize, Somerset Maugham Award

David Malcolm Storey (13 July 1933 – 27 March 2017) was an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a professional rugby league player. He won the Booker Prize in 1976 for his novel Saville. He also won the MacMillan Fiction Award for This Sporting Life in 1960. Source: Wikipedia (en)