(John) David Caute | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 December 1936 Alexandria, Egypt |
| Pen name | John Salisbury |
| Occupation | Novelist, playwright, historian, journalist |
| Spouse |
Catherine Shuckburgh
(m. 1961; div. 1970)Martha Bates (m. 1973) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parents | Edward Caute, Rebecca Perlzweig |
John David Caute is a British novelist, playwright, journalist, and historian. His fiction and non-fiction have usually focused on leftist politics, often occurring outside England. He wrote a comprehensive history, The Great Fear, about the Second Red Scare in the United States. Several of his novels have been set in Africa, his place of birth and where he served in the military.[1][2]
- ^ Woods, Tim (2001). Who's Who of Twentieth Century Novelists. Routledge. p. 68. ISBN 0-203-18802-0.
- ^ Rodden, John (1999). Lionel Trilling and the Critics: Opposing Selves. ISBN 0-8032-3922-X.