Noel Barber

Noel Barber (9 September 1909  10 July 1988[1]) was a British novelist and journalist. Many of his novels, considered exotic, are about his experiences as leading foreign correspondent for the Daily Mail. He had two brothers: Kenneth, a banker, and Anthony Barber, Baron Barber.[2]

Most notably he reported from Morocco, where he was stabbed five times. In October 1956, Barber survived a gunshot wound to the head by a Soviet sentry in Hungary during the Hungarian revolution.[2] A car crash ended his career as journalist. He then began writing novels: he became a best selling novelist in his seventies with his first novel, Tanamera.

Novels

Non fiction

Adaptations

"Tanamera" was filmed as a television serial in 1989 as Tanamera – Lion of Singapore.

"The Other Side of Paradise" was filmed for TV in 1992.

References

  1. Corfield, Justin (2010). Historical Dictionary of Singapore. Scarecrow Press. pp. 13–. ISBN 9780810873872.
  2. 1 2 "Noel Barber Dies at 78". Glasgow Herald. 11 July 1988. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  3. http://www.croft-cooke.co.uk/bibliography.html
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