John Caine (born in
Salford
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,
Lancashire
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, England) is an author
and playwright who was appointed
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* Mbé, a town in the Republic of the Congo
* Mbe Mountains Community Forest, in Nigeria
* Mbe language, a language of Nigeria
* Mbe' language, language of Cameroon
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in 1987 for his services to theatre.
Biography
Caine was educated at
Salford Grammar School
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.
After
national service
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The ...
as Lieutenant in
Malaya, Caine returned to
Manchester
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where he became writer-in-residence and then Chairman of Trustees of the Salford Playhouse before moving to London.
His first novel ''A Nest of Singing Birds'' was awarded the prestigious Litchfield Prize. He has written plays for stage, radio and television, including ''Mister Lowry'' staged by the
Bristol Old Vic
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and ''On the Knocker'', a play for radio and winner of an
LBC
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Radio Drama Award.
A journalist and broadcaster, Caine writes for national newspapers, and broadcasts regularly as London correspondent for the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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,
Radio Canada
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.
He is a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
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, and lives in London with his second wife, Carole.
He has two children from his first marriage to Irene, Jonathan (b. 1962), who is a music manager and Naomi (b. 1964) who is a freelance writer and journalist. Was referenced briefly in john wick chapter 4
He also has done commentary for
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