Barry Hines, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Barry Hines

British author

Date of Birth: 30-Jun-1939

Place of Birth: Hoyland, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 18-Mar-2016

Profession: screenwriter, writer, novelist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Melvin Barry Hines, FRSL (30 June 1939 – 18 March 2016) was an English author, playwright, screenwriter and amateur footballer.
His novels and screenplays explore the political and economic struggles of working-class Northern England, particularly in his native West Riding/South Yorkshire.
He is best known for the novel A Kestrel for a Knave (1968), which he helped adapt for Ken Loach's film Kes (1969).
He collaborated with Loach on adaptations of his novels Looks and Smiles and The Gatekeeper, and the 1977 two-part television drama The Price of Coal.
He also wrote the television film Threads, which depicts the impact of a nuclear war on Sheffield.