Laurie Lee 1914-1997

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  • mercia
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 8920
    #1

    Laurie Lee 1914-1997

    Radio 4Extra and RadioGloucester have been celebrating the centenary of Lee's birth with readings and interviews and even a drama first broadcast on the Third Programme in 1959. I remember enjoying As I Walked Out ...... some years ago but can't think I have read anything else. Are you a fan ?

    BBC Radio Gloucestershire - Laurie Lee 100
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01xj23f
    Celebrating author Laurie Lee’s centenary.

    BBC Arts - Books Features - Laurie Lee
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1kbrnc7gG7pkrRcMDMRLdbK/laurie-lee
    The poet, journalist and author famous for Cider with Rosie and his autobiographical works

    BBC - Laurie Lee
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01z0g3b
    A collection of programmes and clips relating to Laurie Lee

    Laurie Lee: Cider with Rosie author's life remembered
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28015290
    He was a much loved poet, novelist and screenwriter, born 100 years ago and still as popular as ever - but who was Laurie Lee, the local boy from Gloucestershire whose name is now counted among the greats?
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  • Pabmusic
    Full Member
    • May 2011
    • 5537
    #2
    Originally posted by mercia View Post
    ...Are you a fan ?...
    Yes. Ever since we did Cider With Rosie for O Level in 1968.

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    • french frank
      Administrator/Moderator
      • Feb 2007
      • 30537
      #3
      I'm ashamed to say that he was always one of those on my reading list that I never quite got round to reading - other than dipping in a couple of times when a copy came to hand. He's associated more in my mind with his actual participation in the Spanish Civil War, rather than his writings.
      It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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      • johncorrigan
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 10432
        #4
        Originally posted by french frank View Post
        I'm ashamed to say that he was always one of those on my reading list that I never quite got round to reading - other than dipping in a couple of times when a copy came to hand. He's associated more in my mind with his actual participation in the Spanish Civil War, rather than his writings.
        I caught an enjoyable interview on 4 extra, last night I think, which was made shortly before his death, in which he talked about, among other things, his moments when death came closest. He said his greatest regret was that although he was not religious that he partook in activities which were disrespectful of religious sites, and that was something which kept coming back to him in later years.

        I read 'As I walked out...' a couple of years ago when I found it in a holiday cottage I was staying in...very gentle in many ways - I found him to be a very romantic writer...enjoyed it...enjoyed his attitude of wait and see what life offers up to you even in the most hostile situation.

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        • Stanley Stewart
          Late Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 1071
          #5
          Always recall Lee's response when two tourists asked him where Laurie Lee was buried. He felt "the first stab of mortality". "If you'll join me in the pub in 10 mins, I'll tell you." Decided his obituary on his gravestone would be - if he's not here, he's in the Woolsack!

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