Sid Chaplin
Sid Chaplin | |
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| Born | 20 September 1916 23 Bolckow Street, Shildon, County Durham |
| Died | 11 January 1986 (aged 69) Grasmere (village), Cumbria |
| Occupation | novelist, essayist, screenwriter |
| Language | English |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Notable works | The Day of the Sardine, The Watchers and the Watched |
Sid Chaplin OBE (20 September 1916 – 11 January 1986) was an English writer whose works (novels, television screenplays, poetry and short stories) are mostly set in the north-east of England, in the 1940s and 1950s.