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September 26, 2023 (90 years old)
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Cancer
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Celebrities born on July 5
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Maurice Leitch is an author born in Northern Ireland. Leitch's works include novels, short stories, television series, screenplays, and radio and television documentaries. Her first novel was The Liberty Lad, published in 1965. His second novel, Poor Lazarus received the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1969 and Silver's City won the Whitbread Prize in 1981. Leitch taught at Antrim elementary schools for several years before joining BBC Northern Ireland in 1960 as a private way is the producer / writer. In 1970 he moved to London to become a producer in the drama division of BBC radio. From 1977 to 1989, he was editor of Radio Four's Book at Bedtime, until he left in 1989 to write full-time. In the New Year's Honors list, on December 31, 1998, he was awarded the MBE Award for Literary Services.
BornJuly 5, 1933, Muckamore, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
OccupationNovelist, short story writer and dramatist
LanguageEnglish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Notable worksPoor Lazarus, Silver's City, Chinese Whispers

About Maurice Leitch

Novelist Maurice Leitch was born in Northern Ireland on July 5, 1933. He dies at the age of 90, on September 26, 2023.

He is most known for his work for BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Radio 4, as well as his novel Poor Lazarus, which won the Guardian Fiction Prize, and his Whitbred Prize-winning work Silver City.

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Maurice Leitch before becoming famous

Maurice Leitch was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1933 is also the year of Rooster (雞) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He began a primary school teaching profession after studying at Methodist College Belfast and Stranmillis University College, and he began publishing short pieces in the Belfast Telegraph and penning children's stories for a Northern Irish radio program at the same time. In 1965, he released his first novel, The Liberty Lad.

Achievement of Maurice Leitch

He was awarded the prestigious MBE medal for his contributions to British literature in late 1998.

Maurice Leitch's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He grew up in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, as the son of Jean Coid Leitch and Andrew Leitch.

Maurice Leitch Collabed with

TV Actress Annette Badland featured in his BBC television play Chinese Whispers, which he wrote in 1989.

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Annette Badland, 73

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Maurice Leitch Income & Net worth

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