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2. Relatives. Jack Lee (brother) Laurence Edward Alan Lee, MBE (26 June 1914 – 13 May 1997) was an English poet, novelist and screenwriter, who was brought up in the small village of Slad in Gloucestershire .
May 9, 2024 · Laurie Lee (born June 26, 1914, Slad, near Stroud, Gloucestershire, England—died May 13, 1997, Slad) was an English poet and prose writer best known for Cider with Rosie (1959), a memoir of the author’s boyhood in the Cotswold countryside.
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Learn about the life and work of Laurie Lee, a celebrated English writer, artist and musician. Explore his autobiographical trilogy, his poetry, his essays and his connection to Slad and Spain.
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Learn More. Cider With Rosie, autobiographical novel by Laurie Lee, published in 1959. An account of the author’s blissful childhood in an isolated village, the book was as instant classic, widely read in British schools.
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Jun 26, 2014 · Laurie Lee was a poet, novelist and screenwriter who immortalised rural life in his book Cider With Rosie. He also wrote about his travels in Spain and his return to his childhood village of Slad in Gloucestershire.
Cider with Rosie is a 1959 book by Laurie Lee (published in the US as Edge of Day: Boyhood in the West of England, 1960). It is the first book of a trilogy that continues with As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969) and A Moment of War (1991). It has sold over six million copies worldwide.
Explore the books by Laurie Lee, a celebrated writer and poet who captured the beauty and hardship of rural England and Spain. Find his memoirs, travel writings, poetry and more on this website.
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