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John Healy (born 1943) is an Irish writer and former tournament chess player. Early life and personal life. He was born in London in 1943 [1] to Irish immigrant parents in London's Kentish Town. Leaving school at the age of 14, he spent his formative years in the army, where he had a successful boxing career.
John Healey was born on 13 February 1960 in Wakefield, the son of Aidan Healey OBE.He was educated at the Lady Lumley's School in Pickering before attending the independent St Peter's School, York for sixth form. He studied Social and Political Science at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he received a BA in 1982.. Healey worked as a journalist and the deputy editor of The House, the internal ...
Lt. Gen. John P. Healy is the Chief of Air Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia, and Commander, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.
Mar 7, 2013 · The John Healy Story: From Homeless Wino, to Author, to Chess Genius. He fought other homeless winos in the street, then won book awards, then played tournament chess. DW. by Dan Wilkinson. March...
May 25, 2012 · An ex-soldier, ex-boxer, ex-wino and ex-prisoner, turned chess master turned writer: a true one-off literary sensation. Faber & Faber published his book, The Grass Arena. It went on to win the JR Ackerley Prize for autobiography. Harold Pinter described it as ‘terrific’. A BBC film adaptation was praised to the hilt.
Apr 11, 2024 · Cathy Healy (right) pins a third star on the shoulder of her husband, Lt. Gen. John Healy (left), during his promotion ceremony Wednesday morning. Shortly after, he would become commander of the Air Force Reserve Command.
John Healy may refer to: John Healy (author) (born 1943), British author of The Grass Arena. John Healy (bishop) (1841–1918), Irish Roman Catholic archbishop of Tuam, 1896–1918. John Healy (cricketer) (1851–1916), Australian cricketer. John Healy (entrepreneur) (1840–1908), 19th-century American entrepreneur. John Healy (hurler), Irish ...
Sep 26, 2013 · John Healy: 20 Questions. John Healy was born on 11 November 1942 in London, the son of Irish immigrants. Consistently beaten by his father, he left school at 14 and took up boxing. According to his trainer George Francis, ‘Healy at 16 was a supreme stylist possessing concussive power in both hands. He was tipped for the top but in the end it ...
May 25, 2012 · Barbaric Genius: Directed by Paul Duane. With Frank Boyle, Dick Fitzgerald, John Healy, Megan Larkin. The remarkable story of John Healy's rise from wino and street thief to chess master and award-winning author.
Jan 1, 1988 · John Healy’s gripping and visceral memoir of his life as a street alcoholic in London in the 1960s pulls no punches and immerses the reader in the filth, degradation, violence and crime of a down and out subculture that few of us can begin to imagine.
