Person Details

Birthday: 1899-01-17 13:09:26

Death: 1960-01-12 13:09:26

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Ealing, Middlesex, England

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Movie Involvements: 8

TV Involvements: 2


Most Famous Work

Biography

Nevil Shute Norway was an English novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in Australia. He used his full name in his engineering career and Nevil Shute as his pen name to protect his engineering career from inferences by his employers (Vickers) or fellow engineers that he was not a serious person or from potential negative publicity in connection with his novels, which included On the Beach and A Town Like Alice.

Most Famous Work

On the Beach
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6

On the Beach

(2000) Novel
On the Beach
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7

On the Beach

(1959) Novel
No Highway
Average
7

No Highway

(1951) Novel
The Far Country
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0

The Far Country

(1987) Novel
Landfall
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7

Landfall

(1949) Novel
A Town Like Alice
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6

A Town Like Alice

(1956) Novel
A Town Like Alice
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8

A Town Like Alice

(1981) Novel
The Pied Piper
Average
7

The Pied Piper

(1942) Novel

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