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John Braine
Braine in 1962
Born(1922-04-13)13 April 1922
Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died28 October 1986(1986-10-28) (aged 64)
OccupationNovelist
Known forRoom at the Top (1957)

John Gerard Braine (13 April 1922 – 28 October 1986)[1] was an English novelist. Braine is usually listed among the angry young men, a loosely defined group of English writers who emerged on the literary scene in the 1950s.

  1. ^ "Braine, John Gerard (1922–1986), writer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 23 September 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39825. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 26 March 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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