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The most important American addition to the World Experience was the simple surprising fact of America. We have helped prepare mankind for all its later surprises.
John Wain

Born: March 14, 1925
Died: May 24, 1994 (aged 69)
Bio: John Barrington Wain was an English poet, novelist, and critic, associated with the literary group "The Movement". For most of his life, Wain worked as a freelance journalist and author, writing and reviewing for newspapers and the radio.
Known for:
- Hurry on Down (1953)
- A Winter in the Hills (1970)
- The smaller sky (1967)
- Strike the father dead (1962)
- Young Shoulders (1982)







