ALAN SILLITOE - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED 02/01/1983 - HFSID 83313

ALAN SILLITOE
Author Alan Sillitoe wrote and dated a short note on this check from his account at Barclays Bank in 1983. Sillitoe, who wrote about the alienation of working-class England, is best known for his novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and short story The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.
Autograph Note signed on check: "A Sillitoe". Pencil notations on verso in unknown hand. 6x3, perforated left edge. Feb. 1, 1983. Blank Barclays Bank check for his personal account. Not used as a check. In full: "Author of 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning' and 'The Lost Flying Boat' . English author Sillitoe (1928-2010) published his celebrated first novel, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, in 1958 and his other most famous work, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (title piece in a short story collection) the next year. Both were made into films. His 2001 novel Birthday updated the lives of the character's from Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. Sillitoe also wrote poems, essays, children's books and plays for stage, screen and TV, as well as short stories and novels; his latest novel, Gadfly in Russia, was published in 2007. Sillitoe, who dropped out of school at age 14, was awarded several honorary doctorates during his life. Lightly toned and creased. Folded once and unfolded. Otherwise in fine condition.

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