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Melvin Barry Hines (* 30. Juni 1939 in Hoyland bei Barnsley; † 18. März 2016 in South Yorkshire, England) war ein britischer Schriftsteller und Drehbuchautor. Er wurde vor allem durch seine sozialkritischen Romane namhaft. Sein bekanntestes Werk ist A Kestrel for a Knave, als Film erfolgreich geworden unter dem Titel Kes
Years active. 1966–2009. Melvin Barry Hines, FRSL (30 June 1939 – 18 March 2016) was an English author, playwright and screenwriter. His novels and screenplays explore the political and economic struggles of working-class Northern England, particularly in his native West Riding / South Yorkshire .
- Ecclesfield Grammar School
- 1966–2009
- Writer
- Melvin Barry Hines, 30 June 1939, Hoyland, England
A Kestrel for a Knave is a novel by English author Barry Hines, published in 1968. Set in an unspecified mining area in Northern England, the book follows Billy Casper, a young working-class boy troubled at home and at school, who finds and trains a kestrel whom he names "Kes".
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20. März 2016 · Barry Hines obituary: author of A Kestrel for a Knave. Novelist and screenwriter whose most famous book, A Kestrel for a Knave, was turned into the 1969 film Kes. Mark Hodkinson and Tony...
20. März 2016 · 20 March 2016. Hines, pictured in 1984, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2009. Barry Hines, the Yorkshire author who wrote the novel on which Ken Loach's film Kes was based, has died...
21. März 2016 · Barry Hines, the author behind the film Kes, has died aged 76, prompting tributes from the worlds of literature and politics. Hines had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for the last nine...
21. März 2016 · Barry Hines 1970 interview - from the archive. 18 July 1970: Barry Hines no longer opens the Guardian at the sports page. He starts with the arts, and follows with the leader. Otherwise,...
