- James Kennaway
Infobox actor
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name = James Kennaway
birthdate = birth date|1928|6|5
birthplace =Auchterarder ,Scotland
deathdate = death date and age|1968|12|21|1928|6|5
deathplace =Scotland
othername =
occupation =Writer
yearsactive =
imdb_id = 0447860James Kennaway (
5 June ,1928 –21 December ,1968 ) was a Scottish writer. He was born inAuchterarder in Perthshire and attendedGlenalmond College .His best known novel was his first, "
Tunes of Glory " (1956), set in the army just after theSecond World War . It was turned into a well known film starringAlec Guinness andJohn Mills . This was not entirely typical of his later output.His other works were "
Household Ghosts " (1961), "The Mindbenders" (1963), "The Bells of Shoreditch " (1963), "Some Gorgeous Accident " (1967), "The Cost of Living Like This " (1969) and "Silence" (1972) - the final two works were posthumous. Household Ghosts was adapted as a feature film entitled "Country Dance," while a short story, The Dollar Bottom, was adapted as a short film, winning anAcademy Award in 1981.Kennaway died in a car crash on the M4 motorway near London at the age of only 40.
Further reading
Trevor Royle, "James & Jim, A Biography of James Kennaway" (Mainstream Publishing) 1983 ISBN 0-906391-46-6
External links
*imdb|0447860|James Kennaway
* [http://www.canongate.net/JamesKennaway Article from Canongate.net]
* [http://www.list.co.uk/article/2822-tunes-of-glory-james-kennaway-1956/ Article from The List magazine's 100 Best Scottish Books of all Time]
* [http://theoscarsite.com/whoswho4/kennaway_j.htm Article from The Oscar Site]Persondata
NAME= Kennaway, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Writer
DATE OF BIRTH= 1928-6-5
PLACE OF BIRTH=Auchterarder ,Scotland
DATE OF DEATH= 1968-12-21
PLACE OF DEATH=Scotland
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