John Braine

John Gerard Braine ( born April 13, 1922 in Bradford, England, † October 28, 1986 in London, England ) was a British author.

Life

John Braine left the St. Bede's Grammar School at 16 and worked in a shop, a laboratory and a factory before he became librarian after the Second World War. Although he published twelve works of fiction, he is now best known for his first novel, The Way Up ( Room at the Top ) from 1957, which was filmed in 1959 by Jack Clayton. Braine is usually associated with the Angry Young Men movement.

Works

Novels

  • Room at the Top, 1957 ( German ... and lose his own soul but, in 1957, from 1960/1963 under the title The Path to the top)
  • The Vodi, 1959 ( dt For the ones are in the dark, 1960)
  • The Jealous God, 1964
  • The Crying Game, 1968
  • Stay With Me Till Morning, 1970
  • The Queen Of A Distant Country, 1972
  • The Pious Agent, 1975
  • Waiting for Sheila, 1976
  • One And Last Love, 1981
  • These Golden Days, 1985

Non-fiction

Filmography (selection)

Room at the Top (1959 film) Integrated Authority File
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