Alan Burns (author)
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Alan Burns (29 December 1929 – 23 December 2013)[1][2][3] was an English author and one of the key figures in the short-lived group of experimental writers working in Britain in the 1960s and early 1970s, which included writers such as B. S. Johnson, Christine Brooke-Rose, Ann Quin and Giles Gordon. Burns wrote eight novels, a play and the script for two short films (one in collaboration with B. S. Johnson), as well as several short pieces, a book of interviews with writers, articles and edited an American report on pornography and censorship for publication in the UK. Burns was one of the earliest teachers of creative writing as an academic discipline in Britain, appointed as the first writer in residence on the University of East Anglia's Creative Writing Master's programme and later he went on to teach this discipline in both Australia and the USA. Burns also worked with Peter Whitehead, writing Jeanette Cochrane, a short experimental film in a montage style, which featured early music from Pink Floyd and an appearance by Nico.
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Born | Alan Burns (1929-12-29)29 December 1929 London |
Died | 23 December 2013(2013-12-23) (aged 83) London, England |
Occupation | Novelist, creative writing teacher, playwright |
Period | Late 1950s to mid-1980s |
Genre | Fictional prose |
Literary movement | Modernism |
Notable works | Europe After the Rain, Babel |