Nevil Shute
British writer and engineer (1899-1960) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 60
Nevil Shute Norway was an English novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in Australia.
Nevil Shute is read about 297 times a day, in 35 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.
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Nora Swinburne Also in Lonely Road and Landfall
Stanley Kramer Directed On the Beach (1959)
Henry Koster Directed No Highway in the Sky (1951)
Nunnally Johnson Produced The Pied Piper (1942)
Clive Brook Nevil wrote The Lonely Road (1936)
Malcolm Keen Nevil wrote The Lonely Road (1936)
Ronald Squire Directed No Highway in the Sky (1951)
James Flood Directed Lonely Road (1936)
Louis D. Lighton Produced No Highway in the Sky (1951)
Earl St. John Produced A Town Like Alice (1956)- Jack Lee Directed A Town Like Alice (1956)
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About this person
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.
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1960 · aged 60
