Biography on alexander baron

Alexander Baron was a British author and screenwriter.
Baron was a politically active man during the 1930s.
Alexander Baron (1917 – 1999) grew up in in Hackney, East London.

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Set in 1943. A rare insight into the emotional impact of war.

It’s 1943. The allied invasion of Sicily. In a lull in the fighting, a British battalion march through the summer heat into the bombed-out city of Catania, to be greeted by the women, children and old men who remain there. Yearning for some semblance of home life, the men begin to fill the roles left by absent husbands and fathers. Unlikely relationships form; tender, exploitative even cruel, and each doomed to end when the battalion moves on.

Many lives interleave in There’s No Home but at its heart is the love that develops between Graziella, a bright young mother, and Sergeant Craddock, whose faltering Italian and rough attempts at seduction mask a deeper sympathy. In this sensitive and authentic portrayal of men and women thrown together by chance and conflict, Baron offers us a rare insight into the emotional impact of war.

* A remarkably authentic and sensitive portrayal of men and women thrown together by chance and conflit.

* Written on Baron’s return from Wor

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Baron, Alexander (writer) – Archive and Library

Alexander Baron was an author and screenwriter whose most acclaimed works captured and reflected his real-life experiences of warfare and the grittier aspects of life in London in the early 20th century. He was born Joseph Alexander Bernstein on 4 December 1917 in Maidenhead, but his family moved to Hackney a short time later. His father was a Polish-Jewish immigrant who originally settled in London in 1908 and eventually changed the family name to Baron; Alexander formally adopted the new surname in 1948.

Baron was a politically active man during the 1930s. He helped organise the Labour League of Youth, a group tied to the Communist Party of Great Britain, to campaign against fascism in the East End, and he edited the Young Communist League magazine, Challenge. However, Baron became increasingly disenchanted with far-left politics following the Hitler-Stalin Pact in August 1939 and broke ties with the Communist party following the end of World War II.

In the final months of 1939, Baron enlisted in the British Army and served

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Alexander Baron

British novelist and screenwriter (1917–1999)

Alexander Baron

Born	Joseph Alexander Bernstein (1917-12-04)4 December 1917 Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
Died	6 December 1999(1999-12-06) (aged 82) Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London, England
Occupation	Novelist, screenwriter
Nationality	British
Citizenship	London
Education	Hackney Downs School
Notable works	From the City from The Plough (1948), Rosie Hogarth (1951), The Human Kind (1953), The Lowlife (1963), King Dido (1969)

Alexander Baron ((1917-12-04)4 December 1917 – (1999-12-06)6 December 1999) was a British author and screenwriter. He is best known for his highly acclaimed novel about D-Day, From the City, from The Plough (1948), and his London novel The Lowlife (1963).

Early life

Baron's father was Barnett Bernstein, a Polish-Jewish immigrant to Britain who settled in the East End of London in 1908 and later worked as a master furrier. Baron was born in Maidenhead, where his mother Fanny (née Levinson) had been evacuated during Ze