Barry Hines

Date of birth

30 Jun 1939

88 years ago at Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Melvin Barry Hines

An English author, playwright, screenwriter and amateur footballer. His novels and screenplays explore the political and economic struggles of working-class Northern England, particularly in his native West Riding/South Yorkshire.

Biography

He is best known for the novel A Kestrel for a Knave (1968), which he helped adapt for Ken Loach's film Kes (1969). He collaborated with Loach on adaptations of his novels Looks and Smiles and The Gamekeeper, and the 1977 two-part television drama The Price of Coal.

He also wrote the television film Threads, which depicts the impact of a nuclear war on Sheffield.

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