P. H. Newby typescripts 1959-1994
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Newby, P. H. (Percy Howard), 1918-
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P. H. Newby
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(Percy) Howard Newby (1918-1997) was a writer and broadcasting administrator. He trained as a teacher and, during the Second World War, was seconded by the army to be a lecturer in English literature at Fuad 1st University (Cairo University). It was during his time as a lecturer that his first novel, 'Journey to the Interior', was published, and in 1946 he returned to Britain to work as a freelance writer. In 1949 he began his long career at the BBC as a talk...
