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Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, Braine left grammar school at 16 and worked in a shop, a laboratory and a factory before becoming, after the war, a librarian. Although he wrote twelve works of fiction, Braine is chiefly remembered today for his first novel, Room at the Top (1957), which was also turned into a successful movie (1959). Braine is usually associated with the Angry Young Men movement. This article discusses the city Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England. ... The White Yorkshire rose. ... A grammar school is a type of school found in some English-speaking countries. ... The Librarian, a 1556 painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo A librarian is a person who develops procedures for organizing information and provides services that assist and instruct people in the most efficient ways to identify and access any needed information or information resource (article, book, magazine, etc. ... DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... Room at the Top is a 1959 film which tells the story of a young man in a dreary English factory town who thinks that he might be able to move up the ladder if he marries the bosss daughter. ... See also: 1956 in literature, other events of 1957, 1958 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1958 in film 1959 1960 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film Events The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film, Sappy Bullfighters. ... Angry Young Men (or Angries for short) is a journalistic catchphrase applied to a number of British playwrights and novelists from the mid-1950s. ...

Select bibliography

Fiction

• Room at the Top (1957)
• Life at the Top (1962)
• The Jealous God (1964)
• The Crying Game (1968)
• Stay With Me Till Morning (1970)
• The Pious Agent (1975)
• Waiting for Sheila (1976)

Room at the Top is a 1959 film which tells the story of a young man in a dreary English factory town who thinks that he might be able to move up the ladder if he marries the bosss daughter. ... See also: 1956 in literature, other events of 1957, 1958 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1961 in literature, other events of 1962, 1963 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Jealous God is a novel by John Braine which was first published in 1964. ... See also: 1963 in literature, other events of 1964, 1965 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Crying Game is a 1968 novel by John Braine. ... See also: 1967 in literature, other events of 1968, 1969 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1969 in literature, other events of 1970, 1971 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1974 in literature, other events of 1975, 1976 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1975 in literature, other events of 1976, 1977 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

Non-fiction

• Writing a Novel (1974)
• J. B. Priestley (1978)

House of Stratus have recently republished some of Braine's novels. See also: 1973 in literature, other events of 1974, 1975 in literature, list of years in literature. ... J. B. Priestley John Boynton Priestley, OM (September 13, 1894, Bradford, England - August 14, 1984, Stratford-upon-Avon) was an English writer and broadcaster. ... See also: 1977 in literature, other events of 1978, 1979 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

External links

• Biography ("Famous Bradfordians")
• An image of John Braine on Any Questions in 1959
• John Braine bibliography of first editions