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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 Secretary of State for Defence since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Rawmarsh and Conisbrough, formerly Wentworth and Wentworth and Dearne respectively, since 1997.
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.
Mar 7, 2013 · John Healy is a former homeless alcoholic who wrote a best-selling book about his life on the streets, The Grass Arena. He also became a chess master and faced controversy with his publisher Faber & Faber.
John Healy was a former street criminal who became a chess prodigy and a best-selling author, but then disappeared from the public eye. This documentary by Paul Duane explores his life, his chess, his paranoia and his rediscovery.
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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...
Oct 9, 2013 · John Healy is complicated. Using a cold opening, Director Paul Duane dives head first into " Barbaric Genius ," a documentary comprising several years of one-on-one interviews examining the dense life of the protagonist in his own words.
