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Bowen, John, 1924-2019

LC control no.n 50042807
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR6052.O85
Personal name headingBowen, John, 1924-2019
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Variant(s)Bowen, John, 1924-
Associated countryGreat Britain
Birth date1924-11-05
Death date2019-04-18
Place of birthKolkata (India)
Field of activityEnglish fiction Television authorship Television--Production and direction English drama
Profession or occupationNovelists Television writers Television producers and directors Dramatists
Special noteJoint pseudonym not found on published works: Justin Blake.
Found inHis After the rain, 1958.
CA online, Mar. 24, 2000 (Bowen, John (Griffith), b. Nov. 5, 1924; novelist, television writer, television producer, playwright; writes with Jeremy Bullmore using the joint pseudonym Justin Blake)
Guardian WWW site, viewed April 30, 2019 (John Bowen; John Griffith Bowen, writer, born 5 November 1924, Kolkata, India; at the age of five he was sent back to Britain to be brought up by his grandmother and an aunt; died 18 April 2019; virtually abandoned his career as a novelist in the 1960s to concentrate on writing for TV; he and Jeremy Bullmore, a fellow advertising copywriter, were commissioned by BBC television to write the children's adventure serial Garry Halliday, using the joint pseudonym Justin Blake; the pair wrote five spin-off novels)
Associated languageeng
Invalid LCCNn 90623253