Shelagh Delaney
Shelagh Delaney | |
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| Born | Sheila Mary Delaney 25 November 1938 |
| Died | 20 November 2011 (aged 72) Suffolk, England |
| Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter, author |
| Period | 1958–2011 |
| Literary movement | Kitchen sink realism |
| Notable works | A Taste of Honey, The White Bus, Charlie Bubbles, Dance with a Stranger |
| Notable awards | BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay
Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature |
| Children | 1 |
Shelagh Delaney FRSL (/ˈʃiːlə dəˈleɪniː/; 25 November 1938 – 20 November 2011) was an English playwright, screenwriter and author. Her debut work, A Taste of Honey (1958), has been described as "probably the most performed play by a post-war British woman playwright". Its 1961 film adaptation won the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay. She also wrote the BBC series The House That Jack Built (1977), radio plays and a collection of short stories. Delaney was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1985.