Author. He is a recognized British author who is best known for his semi-autobiographical trilogy "Cider with Rosie" in 1959, "As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning" in 1969, and "A Moment of War" in 1991. Born Laurence Edward Alan Lee, his novels start in his childhood in England and go into his experiences during the Spanish Civil War and the eastern Mediterranean. After leaving at age 20 his home in a small village, he began to travel, attending universities and becoming a journalist and screenwriter. During World War II, he was an editor for the Ministry of Information. Lee's first poem appeared in "Horizon" in 1940, which follow in 1944 with his first collection, "The Sun My Monument" Besides his novels and poetry, he published travel books, essays, a radio play, and a collection of short stories, "I Can't Stay Long" in 1976. He received several awards, including the Atlantic Award in 1944, the Society of Authors Traveling Award in 1951, M.B.E. (Member, Order of the British Empire), the William Foyle Poetry Prize in 1956, and the W.H. Smith and Son Award in 1960. A coming-of-age story in set in the World War I era, his novel, "Cider with Rosie," was adapted into a British television film in 1998 and the BBC 2015 film, which received the Royal TV nomination for Best Drama.
Author. He is a recognized British author who is best known for his semi-autobiographical trilogy "Cider with Rosie" in 1959, "As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning" in 1969, and "A Moment of War" in 1991. Born Laurence Edward Alan Lee, his novels start in his childhood in England and go into his experiences during the Spanish Civil War and the eastern Mediterranean. After leaving at age 20 his home in a small village, he began to travel, attending universities and becoming a journalist and screenwriter. During World War II, he was an editor for the Ministry of Information. Lee's first poem appeared in "Horizon" in 1940, which follow in 1944 with his first collection, "The Sun My Monument" Besides his novels and poetry, he published travel books, essays, a radio play, and a collection of short stories, "I Can't Stay Long" in 1976. He received several awards, including the Atlantic Award in 1944, the Society of Authors Traveling Award in 1951, M.B.E. (Member, Order of the British Empire), the William Foyle Poetry Prize in 1956, and the W.H. Smith and Son Award in 1960. A coming-of-age story in set in the World War I era, his novel, "Cider with Rosie," was adapted into a British television film in 1998 and the BBC 2015 film, which received the Royal TV nomination for Best Drama.
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