What British novelist and fighter pilot inspired Bali Rai?
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Bali Rai Bali Rai was born in Leicester in 1971 and grew up in a multicultural, multi-racial community close to the city centre. As a child he dreamt about three things—playing football for Liverpool F.C., being Bob Marley and becoming a writer. At the age of eleven he read the book that would inspire him to write. It was "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" by Sue Townsend. Other authors had inspired him to write for fun (Roald Dahl in particular) but it was Sue Townsend who became his true role model.
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Roald Dahl Roald Dahl ( , ] ; 13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide.
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Abu Ishaque Abu Bashar Mohammad Ishaque (] ; 1 November 1926 – 2003) was a Bangladeshi novelist.
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Frederick Rutland Frederick Joseph Rutland, (21 October 1886 – 28 January 1949) was a British pioneer of naval aviation. A decorated pilot in the First World War, he earned the nickname "Rutland of Jutland" for his exploits at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. He later worked for the Japanese and was interned by the British authorities during the Second World War.
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The Flying Dutchman (novel) The Flying Dutchman is a 1939 novel by a British author Michael Arlen.
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(un)arranged marriage The young-adult novel (Un)Arranged Marriage is the first novel by the British-Indian author Bali Rai (born 1971 in Leicester, England).
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Ivor Broom Air Marshal Sir Ivor Gordon Broom, & Two Bars, AFC (2 June 1920 – 24 January 2003) was a senior Royal Air Force commander, and a decorated bomber pilot of the Second World War.
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I Wayan Gobiah I Wayan Gobiah ( 1898 – ?) was a Balinese teacher and writer. He is best known for "Nemoe Karma", a 1931 novel which is considered the first Balinese-language novel.
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Norah Burke Norah (Aileen) Burke (2 August 1907 in Bedford, England – 1976 in Suffolk, England) was a well known novelist and non-fiction writer famous for her descriptions of life in India during the early 20th century.
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Idris Al-Obeidi Major Idris Hamed Al-Obeidi was a fighter pilot in the Libyan Air Force. He was widely admired as the air force’s most accomplished pilot.
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Colin Thubron Colin Gerald Dryden Thubron, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 14 June 1939) is a British travel writer and novelist.
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Bal Samant Bal Gangadhar Samant (May 27, 1924 – January 18 2009) was an Indian writer. He wrote around 80 books in Marathi on a wide range of topics from fiction, biography, Marathi dramas and history. His books include a biography of Richard Francis Burton, (titled "Shapith Yaksha"), Hitler, Deenanath Mangeshkar, Marathi natyasangeet, reincarnation, Bal Gandharva, elephants (titled "Gajaraja"), death and many more.
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Ross Raisin Ross Raisin is a British novelist. He was born in Keighley in Yorkshire, and after attending Bradford Grammar School he studied English at King's College London, which was followed by a period as a trainee wine bar manager and a postgraduate degree in creative writing at Goldsmiths, University of London.
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Jagdish Rai Singh Jagdish Rai Singh (born 29 June 1953), affectionately known as Roy, is a Guyanese novelist, essayist and short story writer. He is best known for the use of clear and concise language on a wide range of topics, ranging from religious, social, political and economic issues. His book "Earthly Tribulations" was described as a “thought-provoking, no-nonsense, and intelligent book that can either start an argument or settle one.”
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P. K. Basu P. K. Basu is a fictional detective character created by Bengali writer Narayan Sanyal. Those detective fictions are popularly known as the "Kanta" (Thorn) series. Some of the stories were inspired from the novels of Stanley Gardner and Agatha Christie.
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Coming Up for Air Coming Up for Air is a novel by George Orwell, first published in June 1939, shortly before the outbreak of World War II. It combines premonitions of the impending war with images of an idyllic Thames-side Edwardian era childhood. The novel is pessimistic, with its view that speculative builders, commercialism and capitalism are killing the best of rural England, "everything cemented over", and there are great new external threats.
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Philip Hunter (RAF officer) Philip Hunter, DSO (11 April 1913 – 24 August 1940) was a Royal Air Force pilot, squadron commander and a Second World War flying ace, awarded the Distinguished Service Order for leading the destruction of thirty-eight enemy aircraft in only two missions over the Dunkirk evacuation beaches in May 1940. He was killed in action leading his squadron during the Battle of Britain.
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Bernard Benson Bernard S. Benson (28 January 1922 – 15 May 1996) was an inventor and British author and writer of "The Peace Book". He was a fighter pilot during World War II, and later worked on the design of early British missiles. He emigrated to the United States where at Douglas Aircraft Co., in Santa Monica, CA, he worked on the Douglas F4D Delta wing fighter and various Douglas missiles.
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Maud Diver Maud Diver (born Katherine Helen Maud Marshall; 9 September 1867 – 14 October 1945) was an English author in British India who wrote novels, short stories, biographies and journalistic pieces primarily on Indian topics and Englishmen in India.
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Frank Reginald Carey Frank Reginald "Chota" Carey, (7 May 1912 – 6 December 2004) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace who served during World War II.
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Warlord of the Air The Warlord of the Air is a 1971 British alternate history science fiction novel written by Michael Moorcock. It concerns the adventures of Oswald Bastable, an Edwardian era soldier stationed in India, and his adventures in an alternate universe, in his own future, wherein the First World War never happened. It is the first part of Moorcock's 'A Nomad of the Time Streams' trilogy and, in its use of speculative technology (such as airships) juxtaposed against an Edwardian setting, it is widely considered to be one of the first steampunk novels. The novel was first published by Ace Books as part of their Ace Science Fiction Specials series.
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Chitralekha (novel) Chitralekha is a 1934 Hindi novel, written by Bhagwati Charan Verma. The novel is about the philosophy of life and love, sin and virtue. The novel was written, while the author was still practicing law at Hamirpur and brought him immediate fame and starting his literary career. The novel is inspired by the famous novel "Thaïs" by Anatole France.