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Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat FRSL RNVR (22 March 1910 β 8 August 1979) was a British novelist known for his sea stories, particularly The Cruel Sea (1951) and Three Corvettes (1942β45), but perhaps known best internationally for his novels, The Tribe That Lost Its Head and its sequel, Richer Than All His Tribe. Two non-fiction books, Life is a Four Letter Word: Breaking In (London, 1966) and Life is a Four Letter Word: Breaking Out (London, 1970), comprise Monsarrat's autobiography.
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1910-03-22
Deathday1979-08-08 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceLiverpool, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society of Literature
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