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Samuel Eldred Greenlee, Jr. is an American writer. He is best known for his novel The Spook Who Sat by the Door, first published in London by Allison & Busby in March 1969, and later selected as The Sunday Times Book of the Year. The novel was then made into a movie of the same name in 1973, directed by Ivan Dixon and co-produced and written by Greenlee, is now considered a "hit classic".
BornSamuel Eldred Greenlee, Jr, July 13, 1930, Chicago, Illinois, US
DiedMay 19, 2014, Chicago, Illinois
EducationEnglewood High School, University of Wisconsin, University of Chicago
Notable worksThe Spook Who Sat by the Door (1969)
Notable awardsPoet laureate of Chicago
ChildrenNatiki Montano

About Sam Greenlee

Novelist Sam Greenlee was born in Illinois, United States on July 13, 1930. He dies at the age of 83, on May 19, 2014.

African-American novelist best known for The Spook Who Sat by the Door, a controversial novel about the CIA's training of foreign groups. Baghdad Blues and Ammunition!: Poetry and Other Raps are two of Greenlee's other works.

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Sam Greenlee before becoming famous

Sam Greenlee was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1930 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Horse (馬).

He enlisted in the military after attending the University of Wisconsin and the University of Chicago. From 1952 until 1954, he was a member of the army.

Achievement of Sam Greenlee

For his gallantry in Iraq, he received the Meritorious Service Medal.

Sam Greenlee's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was born and raised in Chicago. He had one daughter with his wife Nienke.

Sam Greenlee on Social Media

Sam Greenlee Collabed with

He and Poet Gwendolyn Brooks were both Illinois Poet Laureates.

Sam Greenlee Income & Net worth

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