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Barry Hines

Barry Hines

Known For Writing
Birthday Jun 30, 1939
Died Mar 13, 2016 (76)
Birthplace Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Nov 15, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date May 07, 2024
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Biography

An English author, playwright, screenwriter and amateur footballer. His novels and screenplays explore the political and economic struggles of working-class Northern England, particularly in his native West Riding/South Yorkshire. He is best known for the novel A Kestrel for a Knave (1968), which h ... e helped adapt for Ken Loach's film Kes (1969). He collaborated with Loach on adaptations of his novels Looks and Smiles and The Gamekeeper, and the 1977 two-part television drama The Price of Coal. He also wrote the television film Threads, which depicts the impact of a nuclear war on Sheffield.

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Born Kicking

Born Kicking

1992

Writer

Shooting Stars

Shooting Stars

1990

Writer

Threads

Threads

1984

Writer

Looks and Smiles

Looks and Smiles

1981

Novel, Writer

The Gamekeeper

The Gamekeeper

1980

Novel, Writer

Two Men from Derby

Two Men from Derby

1976

Writer

Billy's Last Stand

Billy's Last Stand

1971

Writer

Kes

Kes

1970

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