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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 .
Jun 22, 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.
Cider with Rosie. For the 1998 film, see Cider with Rosie (film). 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).
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May 13, 1997 · Laurence Edward Alan "Laurie" Lee, MBE, was an English poet, novelist, and screenwriter. His most famous work was an autobiographical trilogy which consisted of Cider with Rosie (1959), As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969) and A Moment of War (1991).
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Laurie Lee leaves the Cotswolds, heads to London, and then determines to head further afield, arriving in Vigo in Galicia before taking a year to walk through pre-Civil War Spain to the southern coast at Almunecar where he becomes trapped at the beginning of the war.
Laurie Lee (1914-1997) was a British poet and author of autobiographical books, such as Cider with Rosie. Explore his life, works, awards and recordings of his poems on this web page.
