Alan Burgess
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For the New Zealand cricketer, see Alan Burgess (cricketer).
Alan Burgess (1 February 1915 – 10 April 1998) was an English Royal Air Force pilot and author who wrote several biographical and non-fiction books between the 1950s and the 1970s. He wrote biographies of Gladys Aylward,[1] and Flora Sandes,[2] and co-wrote Ingrid Bergman's autobiography.[3] Bergman played Gladys Aylward in the film The Inn of the Sixth Happiness based on Burgess's biography.
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Born | (1915-02-01)1 February 1915 Birmingham, England |
Died | 10 April 1998(1998-04-10) (aged 83) England |
Occupation | Author |
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Having served in the Royal Air Force during World War II,[4] Burgess went on to write The Longest Tunnel: The True Story of World War II's Great Escape,[5] the story of "The Great Escape".