Alan Sillitoe

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Alan Sillitoe was born in Nottingham, England, to working-class parents. His father worked in the Raleigh factory. In World War II he served with the Royal Air Force as a wireless operator in Malaysia from 1946-1949. Upon returning to England, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and spent sixteen months in an RAF hospital. After he was discharged, he lived in France and Spain on his veteran's pension and attempted to recover from the disease. In 1955, while living in Mallorca with his lover, American poet Ruth Fainlight, he began to write his first novel, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, which was published in 1958. He has written many novels and several volumes of poetry. In 1995 he wrote an autobiography, Life Without Armour. He married Ruth Fainlight, and lives in London.

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La soledad del corredor de fondo
Representative edition published 2007
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Prentice Hall Literature - Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes - The British Tradition
Representative edition published 2005
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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Representative edition published 2005
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A man of his time
Representative edition published 2004
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Life without armour
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Leading the Blind
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A flight of arrows
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New and collected stories
Representative edition published 2003
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El Carro Del Sol / The Broken Chariot
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Birthday
Representative edition published 2002
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Samstagnacht und Sonntagmorgen. Roman
Representative edition published 2001
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The German Numbers Woman
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La solitude du coureur de fond
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The Broken Chariot
Representative edition published 1999
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Alligator playground
Representative edition published 1998
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Alligator Playground
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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.
Representative edition published 1997
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Saturday night and Sunday morning
Representative edition published 1995
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Collected stories
Representative edition published 1995
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Leonard's war
Representative edition published 1993
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Collected poems
Representative edition published 1993
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The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
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Reise nach Nihilon
Representative edition published 1992
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Leonard's war
Representative edition published 1991
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