James Kennaway (5 June 1928 – 21 December 1968) was a Scottish writer. He was born in Auchterarder in Perthshire and attended Glenalmond College.
His best known novel was his first, Tunes of Glory (1956), which was turned into a well known film starring Alec Guinness and John Mills. It was a realistic work, set in the army just after the Second World War, and drawing to some extent on Kennaway's own experiences. This was not entirely typical of h...
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James Kennaway (5 June 1928 – 21 December 1968) was a Scottish writer. He was born in Auchterarder in Perthshire and attended Glenalmond College.
His best known novel was his first, Tunes of Glory (1956), which was turned into a well known film starring Alec Guinness and John Mills. It was a realistic work, set in the army just after the Second World War, and drawing to some extent on Kennaway's own experiences. This was not entirely typical of his later output, some of which was more experimental in nature.
His other works were Household Ghosts (1961), The Mindbenders (1963), The Bells of Shoreditch (1963), Some Gorgeous Accident (1967), The Cost of Living Like This (1969) and Silence (1972) - the final two works were posthumous. Household Ghosts was adapted as a feature film entitled Country Dance, while a short story, The Dollar Bottom, was adapted as a short film, winning an Academy Award in 1981.
Kennaway died in a car crash on the M4 motorway near London at the age of only 40....
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