Author
Laurie Lee
British writer
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1914
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1997
country of citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
language of expression: English
occupation: screenwriter, poet, autobiographer, journalist, writer
award received: Member of the Order of the British Empire
Laurence Edward Alan "Laurie" Lee, MBE (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.
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3As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
book by Laurie Lee
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author: Laurie Lee
illustrator: Leonard Rosoman
1969