James Kennaway
James Peebles Ewing Kennaway ( born June 5, 1928 in Auchterarder, Perthshire, † December 21, 1968 in Buckinghamshire, England) was a Scottish author and screenwriter.
Life
Kennaway was in his native Scotland on the Glenalmond College to school. After serving in the British armed forces, he wrote his first novel, The Tunes of Glory, in which some of his experiences are reflected during the service period. It was followed by other novels, short stories and screenplays, even to its own substances.
At the age of 40 years Kennaway died of a heart attack at the wheel of his car during a trip home to his home in Lechlade, Gloucestershire.
Publications
- German, translated by Adolf sky and Günther Steinbrinker: Travel from the past. S. Mohn, Gütersloh 1962.
- German, translated by Emi Ehm: Almost a good marriage Rowohlt, Reinbek 1969.
- German: Bloody Winter, from the English by Klaus Schultz. Verlag Volk und Welt, ( East) Berlin 1976.