BOOK STOKE-ON-TRENT HOTELS

John Wain
- Favourite Briton.

Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Born on 14th of March 1925
Died on 24th of May 1994

Born 1925. Died 1994 - English novelist and critic.


Educated at St John’s College, Oxford. First novel was Hurry on Down (1953). Later novels include The Young Visitors (1965), Where The Rivers Meet (1988) and the children’s book Lizzie’s Floating Shop (1974). Also writes poetry, plays and edits literary magazines.

Links:
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/john-wain/ bibliography

More famous Britons here

Contributors: Do you have a site related to John Wain?
Supply some content for this page and we will gladly add a link to your site. Email here.

9708 views since 9th February 2007

Brit Quote:
Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative. - H G Wells
More Quotes

On this day:
Battle of Towton - 1461, Battle of Alresford - 1644, Albert Hall Opens - 1871, Captain Scott dies - 1912, First London Marathon - 1981
More dates from British history

click here to view all the British counties

County Pages