Wayne, John (writer)

John Wayne - a native of an intelligent family, graduated from Oxford University , worked as a teacher of English literature at the University of Reading . In the 50s of the XX century. Wayne became known as one of the literary founders of the "angry youth" movement. His first novels “Hurry Down” (1953) and “Living in the Present” (1955) are the most vivid (along with Osborne's play “ Look Back in Anger ”) an expression of the moods that engulfed English youth in the first post-war years. At the beginning of his career, Wayne published several novels at once: Opponents (1958), Traveling Woman (1959), Kill Father (1965), Lesser Heaven (1967); collections of short stories: Nankle (1960), Death of the Hind Legs (1966), collections of poems and poems Major Iterli (1960), Wildtrack (1965).

Wayne wrote a number of articles and books about contemporary writers and writers of the past: in 1957, Wayne published Preliminary Essays, for which he received the Somerset Maugham Prize in 1958, and Essays on Literature and Ideas in 1963, in 1964. "The Living World of Shakespeare"; articles were written about Ezra Pound , George Orwell , Raymond Williams and others.

In the 50s of the XX century. in the novels of John Wayne, the comedic element prevailed (for example, "Hurry Down," "Living in the Present"). Laughter sometimes sounds in Winter in the Mountains, but Wayne, a comedian and comedian, receded into the background in this work in front of Wayne, who writes in a serious, sometimes epic, sometimes lyrical manner.

• English literature. 1945-1980. M., 1987.
• Zhlutenko N. Yu. Riot within tradition. John Wayne's work and contemporary English critical realism. Kiev, 1977.
• Ivasheva V. English literature of the XX century. M., 1967.
• Ivasheva V.V. The fate of English writers. Dialogs yesterday and today. M., 1989.

• John Wayne Hurry down. M .: Publishing house of foreign countries. literature, 1960.
• John Wayne Winter in the mountains. M .: Progress, 1972. (2nd ed. M: Progress, 1980)
• John Wayne I love you, Ricky! // Rescuer: stories of English writers about youth / Comp. V. Skorodenko. M .: Young Guard, 1973. S. 448-456.
• John Wayne Rescuer // Rescuer: stories of English writers about youth / Comp. V. Skorodenko. M.: Young Guard, 1973. S. 457-479.
• John Wayne Rafferty // Rescuer: stories of English writers about youth / Comp. V. Skorodenko. M .: Young Guard, 1973.P. 480-491.
• John Wayne A stranger at a dinner party // English short story of the XX century / Comp. V. Skorodenko. M .: Fiction, 1981. S. 529-537.
• John Wayne Small sky // Modern English novel / Comp. V. Skorodenko. M .: Rainbow, 1984. S. 243-362.

• The Hurry Down novel (1953, p. 1960)
• the novel "Living in the Present" (1955)
• "Preliminary essays"
• Rivals novel (1958)
• The Traveling Woman (1959)
• Sat short stories "Nankle" (1960)
• Sat verses "Major Iterly" (1960)
• Essays on Literature and Ideas (1963)
• Shakespeare’s Living World (1964)
• the novel "Kill the father" (1965)
• the poem "Wildtrack" (1965)
• Sat short stories "Death of the hind legs" (1966)
• The Lesser Heaven novel (1967)
• novel Winter in the Mountains (1970, p. 1972)
• novel "The Tale of the Seller of Indulgences" (1979)
• the story "Lizzy - the mistress of a floating shop" (1981)
• the story "Young Shoulders" (1982)