J. B. Priestley

English writer (1894–1984).

Born September 13th, 1894 in Bradford. [ref]

Died August 14th, 1984 at 89 years old in Stratford-upon-Avon. [ref]

Occupations
children's writer, journalist, librettist, literary critic, novelist, playwright, poet, science fiction writer, writer
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde