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John Braine(1922-1986)

  • Writer
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In early 1957 he was earning £12 a week in a Bradford public library but in June that year he was able to give up his job because he was making a small fortune from the sales of a book mostly written while he was in Grassington sanatorium recovering from TB. By 1960 Room at the Top had sold half a million copies. In October 1985 he published his 13th book 'These Golden Days' and commenced a Saturday column 'Share My Life' for the Yorkshire Post which continued until he died in the Autumn of 1986
BornApril 13, 1922
DiedOctober 28, 1986(64)
BornApril 13, 1922
DiedOctober 28, 1986(64)
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Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret in Room at the Top (1958)
Room at the Top
7.5
  • Writer
  • 1958
The Jealous God (2005)
The Jealous God
5.6
  • Writer
  • 2005
Man at the Top (1970)
Man at the Top
7.0
TV Series
  • Writer
Kenneth Haigh and Nanette Newman in Man at the Top (1973)
Man at the Top
5.3
  • Writer
  • 1973

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Writer

  • Room at the Top (2012)
    Room at the Top
    • novel
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2012
  • The Jealous God (2005)
    The Jealous God
    • novel
    • 2005
  • Stay with Me Till Morning
    • adaptation
    • novel "Stay with Me Till Morning"
    • TV Series
    • 1981
  • ITV Playhouse (1967)
    ITV Playhouse
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 1978
  • Ian Hendry, Carole Mowlam, and Maureen Pryor in The Sunday Drama (1977)
    The Sunday Drama
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 1977
  • Kenneth Haigh and Nanette Newman in Man at the Top (1973)
    Man at the Top
    • original characters
    • 1973
  • Man at the Top (1970)
    Man at the Top
    • creator
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 1970–1972
  • One Pair of Eyes (1967)
    One Pair of Eyes
    • dialogue
    • TV Series
    • 1971
  • Life at the Top (1965)
    Life at the Top
    • novel
    • 1965
  • Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret in Room at the Top (1958)
    Room at the Top
    • adapted from the novel by
    • 1958

Personal details

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  • Born
    • April 13, 1922
    • Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Died
    • October 28, 1986
    • London, England, UK(gastric hemorrhage)
  • Spouse
    • Helen Wood(divorced, 4 children)

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    To know me is not to love me. I put the best of myself into my work, so there's not much left over for everyday living.

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