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Ted Lewis (15 January 1940 – 27 March 1982) [1] was a British writer known for his crime fiction . Early life. Alfred Edward Lewis was born in Stretford, Manchester and was an only child. In 1946, the family moved to Barton-upon-Humber in Lincolnshire.
Sep 26, 2015 · One of the giants of English Noir crime writing, Derek Raymond, seems to have been in an alcoholic haze for most of his adult life. So, what do we make of the short life of Ted Lewis who died at the tragically young age of 42 from an alcohol related illness? Lewis was born in Manchester in 1940.
His first novel, All the Way Home and All the Night Through was published in 1965, followed by Jack's Return Home, subsequently retitled Get Carter after the success of the film of the sa. Ted Lewis (1940 – 1982) was a British writer born in Manchester, an only child.
Jan 21, 2018 · The godfather of Brit noir: cult crime writer Ted Lewis is due a renaissance. When he died in 1982, he was remembered in the literary world – if at all – solely as the man who “wrote that film with Michael Caine”.
Sep 29, 2008 · Ted Lewis, the man who wrote so convincingly about London-based gangsters, came of age in the same small North Lincolnshire town where he later went down in flames. Lewis continued to live in Barton-Upon-Humber while attending Hull College of Art, commuting across the Humber estuary via ferry.
Discover the works of Ted Lewis, the renowned author of Get Carter, at The Ted Lewis Centre. Explore our documentary on Ted Lewis and his influential works.
Dec 2, 2012 · But too few have been hipped to Ted Lewis, the author of the novel that served as that movie’s basis. Lewis was a noir maverick, the originator of the British school of hardboiled crime fiction. He is the U.K.’s answer to Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler.
