John Wain (baptised John Barrington Wain, March 14, 1925 – May 24, 1994) was an English poet, novelist, and critic, associated with the literary group "The Movement". For most of his life, Wain worked as a freelance journalist and author, writing and reviewing for newspapers and the radio.
Wain was born and matured in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, and attended St. John's College, Oxford, gaining a B.A. during 1946 and M.A. during 1950. He was a ...
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John Wain (baptised John Barrington Wain, March 14, 1925 – May 24, 1994) was an English poet, novelist, and critic, associated with the literary group "The Movement". For most of his life, Wain worked as a freelance journalist and author, writing and reviewing for newspapers and the radio.
Wain was born and matured in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, and attended St. John's College, Oxford, gaining a B.A. during 1946 and M.A. during 1950. He was a Fereday Fellow of St John's between 1946 and 1949. He wrote his first novel Hurry on Down during 1953, a comic picaresque story about an unsettled university graduate who rejects the standards of conventional society. Other notable novels include Strike the father dead (1962), a tale of a jazzman's rebellion against his conventional father, and Young shoulders (1982), winner of the Whitbread Prize, the tale of a young boy dealing with the death of loved ones. Wain's use of lower-case letters in the titles of his novels indicates his non...
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