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Nevil Shute
AuthorBooks · Second hand1899-1960
Nevil Shute Norway was an English novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in Australia. He used his full name in his engineering career and Nevil Shute as his pen name to protect his engineering career from inferences by his employers (Vickers) or from fellow engineers that he was "not a serious person" or from potentially adverse publicity in connection with his novels, which included On the Beach and A Town Like Alice.
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Birth
1899
Death
1960
First book
1926
Years writing
34
Nevil Shute successfully combined his career as an aeronautical engineer with his prolific path as a novelist.
Born in Ealing, his deep passion for aviation significantly influenced the themes of his works.
His most famous work, On the Beach, is an essential reference in post-war science fiction.
In addition to being a writer and screenwriter, Shute was an enthusiastic aviation and motor racing pilot.
Throughout his life, he published over two hundred works exploring general fiction and the context of the Second World War.