Alan Burgess (1 February 1915 – 10 April 1998) was an English Royal Air Force pilot and author who wrote several biographical and non-fiction books between the 1950s and the 1970s. He wrote biographies of Gladys Aylward,[1] and Flora Sandes,[2] and co-wrote Ingrid Bergman's autobiography.[3] Bergman played Gladys Aylward in the film The Inn of the Sixth Happiness based on Burgess's biography.
Alan Burgess | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 February 1915 Birmingham, England |
| Died | 10 April 1998 (aged 83) England |
| Occupation | Author |
Having served in the Royal Air Force during World War II,[4] Burgess went on to write The Longest Tunnel: The True Story of World War II's Great Escape,[5] the story of "The Great Escape".
Works
editNovels
edit- Alan Burgess (1968). The Word for Love. Dutton.
Non-fiction
edit- Biographies
- Alan Burgess (1957). The Inn of the Sixth Happiness.
- Alan Burgess (1959). The Small Woman: The Heroic Story of Gladys Aylward. Reprint Society. ISBN 9780330101967.
- Alan Burgess (1963). The Lovely Sergeant. Readers Book Club.
- Alan Burgess (1975). Daylight Must Come: The Story of a Courageous Woman Doctor in the Congo. G. K. Hall. ISBN 978-0-8161-6281-9.
- Ingrid Bergman; Alan Burgess (1980). Ingrid Bergman: My Story. Delacorte Press. ISBN 978-0-4400-3299-1.
- Kay Sandiford, Alan Burgess (1984). Shattered Night. ISBN 9780446512596.
- History
- Alan Burgess (1960). Seven Men at Daybreak. Evans Bros.
- Alan Burgess (1990). The Longest Tunnel: The True Story of World War II's Great Escape. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-097-9.
Adaptations
edit- The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958), film directed by Mark Robson, based on book The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
- Operation Daybreak (1975), film directed by Lewis Gilbert, based on book Seven Men at Daybreak
References
editExternal links
edit- Alan Burgess at LibraryThing
- Alan Burgess in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Alan Burgess at IMDb