Alan Brien

Alan Brien (12 March 1925 – 23 May 2008) was an English journalist best known for his novel Lenin. This took the form of a fictional diary charting Lenin's life from the death of his father to shortly before his own demise in 1924.

Biography 
Brien was born in Sunderland and educated at Bede Grammar School, and Jesus College, Oxford. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II.

During his career in journalism, Brien worked as a theatre and film critic, columnist and foreign correspondent for a variety of publications, most notably The Sunday Times, Punch, the New Statesman and The Observer. During the 1960s he appeared on TV as a regular on "Three After Six". The three in question were Benny Green, Dee Wells and Brien. The programme would discuss the days news and current affairs.

Brien was married to the British journalist and feminist writer Jill Tweedie.

Personal life and death 
Brien died on 23 May 2008, survived by his fourth wife, the writer Jane Hill, with whom he had shared an ancient cottage in Highgate Village.

References

External links
Obituary: Guardian
Obituary: Independent

Category:1925 births
Category:2008 deaths
Category:People from Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Category:English male journalists
Category:British theatre critics
Category:English film critics
Category:Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford
Category:People educated at Bede Grammar School for Boys
Category:Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
Category:English male novelists
Category:20th-century English novelists
Category:20th-century British male writers