Lee, Laurie

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Lee, Laurie (1914–97) English writer. Lee's collections of poetry include The Sun My Monument (1944) and My Many-Coated Man (1955). He is best known for his autobiography Cider with Rosie (US: The Edge of Day, 1959), and his accounts of travels in Spain during the Spanish Civil WarAs I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969) and A Moment of War (1991). He also wrote short stories.

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