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Simon Gray

Simon James Holliday Gray CBE FRSL (21 October 1936 – 7 August 2008) was an English playwright and memoirist who also had a career as a university lecturer in English literature at Queen Mary, University of London, for 20 years. While teaching at Queen Mary, Gray began his writing career as a novelist in 1963 and, during the next 45 years, in addition to…

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Alma mater
Dalhousie University (BA) Trinity College, Cambridge (BA)
Education
Westminster School
Born
Simon James Holliday Gray (1936-10-21)21 October 1936 Hayling Island, Hampshire, England
Children
2
Died
7 August 2008(2008-08-07) (aged 71) London, England
Genres
Drama, screenplay, memoir, novel

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Simon Gray

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related to Posthumous tributes and related developments · 25
Simon Gray → BBC Radio, Book, Celebration, Coda, Comedy Theatre, December, Faber, From, Granta, Gray's, Harry Burton, Jouncer, London, March, November, Quartermaine's Terms, Smoking Diaries, Spring, The Last Cigarette, The Smoking Diaries
related to External links · 6
Simon Gray → BFI's Screenonline, Guardian, Harry Ransom CenterSimon Gray, IMDbSimon Gray, Internet Broadway DatabaseSimon Gray, Simon Gray Papers
Alma mater · 1
Simon Gray → Dalhousie University (BA) Trinity College, Cambridge (BA)
Born · 1
Simon Gray → Simon James Holliday Gray (1936-10-21)21 October 1936 Hayling Island, Hampshire, England
Children · 1
Simon Gray → 2
Died · 1
Simon Gray → 7 August 2008(2008-08-07) (aged 71) London, England
Education · 1
Simon Gray → Westminster School
Genres · 1
Simon Gray → Drama, screenplay, memoir, novel
Notable works · 1
Simon Gray → Butley, Quartermaine's Terms, Otherwise Engaged, The Smoking Diaries
Occupations · 1
Simon Gray → Playwright, screenwriter, memoirist, novelist academic (1965–1985)

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Simon GrayChildren21.00infobox
Simon GrayDied7 August 2008(2008-08-07) (aged 71) London, England1.00infobox
Simon GrayEducationWestminster School1.00infobox
Simon GrayGenresDrama, screenplay, memoir, novel1.00infobox
Simon GrayNotable worksButley, Quartermaine's Terms, Otherwise Engaged, The Smoking Diaries1.00infobox
Simon GrayOccupationsPlaywright, screenwriter, memoirist, novelist academic (1965–1985)1.00infobox
Simon GrayPeriod1963–20081.00infobox
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Simon GrayWebsitesimongray.org.uk1.00infobox
Simon Grayrelated to External linksSimon Gray Papers0.60section

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