James Lansdale Hodson
James Lansdale Hodson (1891-1956) was a British novelist, scriptwriter and journalist. He was a war correspondent and northern editor of the Daily Mail.[1]
Born in Bury, Lancashire in 1891, Hodson worked as a war correspondent during World War II, and he wrote a war diary that was published by Victor Gollancz as a series of 7 books; Through the Dark Night, Towards the Morning, Before Daybreak, 'War in the Sun, Home Front, And Yet I like America and The Sea and the Land.[1] He also wrote the official British film Desert Victory. He toured the United States from 1943-4, writing And Yet I Like America on his return.[2] His 1952 novel Morning Star had as its theme the freedom of the press in England.[3] His novel Return To The Wood (1955) became a play (by John Wilson) and then a film (1964, directed by Joseph Losey and starring Dirk Bogarde), both called King & Country.[4]
He died aged 65 on 28 August 1956 at Lewisham Hospital.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 James L. Hodson Archive, Manchester City Council
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External links
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- James Lansdale Hodson at the Internet Movie Database
- James Landsale Hodson at Goodreads
- James Lansdale Hodson at the National Portrait Gallery
