Alan White (novelist)

Alan White (novelist)

Infobox Writer
name = Alan White
birthdate = birth year and age|1924
birthplace = Yorkshire, England
occupation = Novelist
genre = War novels, Militaria
notableworks = The Long Day's Dying

Alan White (born 1924 in Yorkshire) is an English novelist and jounalist. He used his experiences as a Second World War commando leader in his writings. He also wrote using the names "James Fraser" and "Alec Whitney". [ [http://www.xs4all.nl/~embden11/Engels3/whitea.htm Alan White.] ] His novel "The Long Day's Dying " was made into a 1968 film directed by Peter Collinson. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=lQ3GZuKbidMC&pg=PA312&lpg=PA312&dq=%22alan+white%22+%22the+long+day's+dying%22&source=web&ots=ZtNDsNJfjN&sig=GiDTbJILvSd5NRVAaPFa4ga4_cU Basinger, Jeanine. "The World War II Combat Film: Anatomy of a Genre." at Google Book Search. Online. November 15, 2007.] ] White wrote mysteries, as well as war and adventure novels. [ [http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC?locID=22396_largo&srchtp=person&AI=U14301753&c=1&DO=is&BA=A.D.&docNum=K2406000175&bConts=41&vrsn=149&OP=contains&BO=is&ca=1&ste=12&NA=White%2C+Alan&tab=1&tbst=prp&n=25&DA=A.D."James Fraser." St. James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers, 4th ed. St. James Press, 1996.Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC Document Number: K2406000175] ]

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NAME= White, Alan
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DATE OF BIRTH= birth year and age|1924
PLACE OF BIRTH= Yorkshire, England
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