Bill Naughton

William John Francis Naughton, or Bill Naughton (Ballyhaunis, June 12, 1910 - Ballasalla, January 9, 1992) was a British playwright and author, best known for his play Alfie.

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Born in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, his family moved to Bolton in Lancashire in 1914, where he attended St Peter and Paul School. Naughton worked as a weaver, coal-bagger and lorry-driver before he started writing. Naughton's preferred environment was working class society. Although Alfie is the play with which he will always be associated, he was a prolific writer, with both plays, novels, short stories and children?s books to his name. His work include:

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• The Goalkeeper's Revenge: And Other Stories (short stories, 1974)
• One Small Boy (novel, 1957)
• The Family Way (play, 1966)

During his lifetime, he received the following awards:

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• Screenwriters Guide Award (1967 and 1968)
• Italia Prize for Radio Play (1974)
• Children's Rights Workshop Other Award (1978)
• Portico Literary Prize (1987)
• The Hon. Fellowship, Bolton Institute of Higher Education (1988).

Naughton died in 1992, in Ballasalla on the Isle of Man. There is today a "Bill Naughton Short Story Competition" in honour of the author.

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Ballyhaunis: Ballyhaunis (B?al ?tha hAmhnais in Irish) is a town in County Mayo, Ireland. The town grew up around St Mary's Augustinian Friary, founded in 1348. The population today is around 1,500....

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