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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 (born 13 February 1960) is a British politician serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence since 2020.
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.
John J. Healy was born in Co. Dublin, Ireland in 1983. He was awarded the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Electronic Engineering from University College Dublin in 2005 and 2010. He has worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Physics in UNAM, Mexico, and in Computer Science and Electronic Engineering in Maynooth University.
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...
Aug 4, 2008 · First published by Faber in 1988 and now republished as a Penguin Modern Classic, Healy's visceral account of his decade and a half as a wino vagrant among London's...
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.
Jul 8, 2014 · John Healy, the onetime literary sensation, has had his name taken from him, his reputation. Why? In 1988, the somewhat complacent and insular British literary world was rocked by an unforgettable voice from the outside when "The Grass Arena," London-Irishman John Healy's memoir, was published by Faber & Faber.
Sep 26, 2013 · 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.
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Jul 31, 2008 · John Healy's The Grass Arena describes with unflinching honesty his experiences of addiction, his escape through learning to play chess in prison, and his ongoing search for peace of mind. This Penguin Classics edition includes an afterword by Colin MacCabe.
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