Patrick Ryan (author and journalist)
- Patrick Ryan (author and journalist)
Patrick Ryan (born 1916) was an author and journalist whose best-known work, the satirical war novel "How I Won The War" was made into a film in 1967, directed by Richard Lester and starring John Lennon.
Biography
Patrick Ryan was born in the Isle of Wight in 1916 to a family of Irish origin. he was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School. On the outbreak of war in 1939 he enlisted in an Infantry Regiment, was commissioned as an officer, and then transferred to the Reconnaissance Corps of the Royal Armoured Corps. He served in North Africa, Italy, and Greece.
He moved to Leeds in the 1950s as a factory manager, and his "apprenticeship" in adapting to Yorkshire life is related in his humorous memoir "How I Became A Yorkshireman", published in the late 1960s. He later became Head Postmaster at Harrogate and became a regular contributor for "Punch" in the 1960s.
Published works
*"How I Won the War" (1963)
*"Hubert Calendar Counts his Blessings" (1965)
*"How I Became a Yorkshireman" (1967)
*"Clancy, My Friend, My Friend" (1969)
External links
*imdb title|0061789|title=How I Won The War
* [http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fa/ryan.patrick.html The Patrick Ryan Papers at University of Texas]
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