Ronan Bennett

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ronan Bennett
Occupation	Screenwriter
Date Of Birth	Jan 14, 1956(1956-01-14)
Age	68
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Capricorn

Ronan Bennett Biography

Ronan Bennett is one of the most popular and richest Screenwriter who was born on January 14, 1956 in England, United Kingdom. Ronan Bennett, a Northern Irish screenwriter and novelist was born 14 January 1956.

Bennett co-authored Stolen Years. Before and After Guildford in 1990. This was the memoir of Paul Hill. Hill was one of the Guildford Four wrongfully convicted for the Guildford and Woolwich bar bombings. Hill was also imprisoned for 14 year. Bennett is also the author of several highly acclaimed screenplays, including The Hamburg Cell and The Rebel Heart. He regularly contributes to the British or Irish press.

Bennett lives in London with his family. His partner since his time at King’s College and wife since 2003 was Georgina Henry, former deputy editor of The Guardian and editor of guardian.co.uk, the newspaper’s website; Henry died in February 2014 from sinus cancer. Bennett discussed the loss of his wife in a BBC Radio 3 programme, Private Passions.

In 2006, Bennett’s novel Zugzwang, was published week-by-week in the British Sunday newspaper The Observer. The novel was written in weekly instalments with new chapters being submitted to the newspaper close to publication date. Each chapter was accompanied by illustrations by British artist Marc Quinn.

King’s College London gave him a first-class honours in History. In 1987, he completed a doctorate in crime and law enforcement 17th-century England. This material was used by him in Havoc in its Third Year. In the same year, he was appointed as a researcher for Jeremy Corbyn MP (later Leader of Labour Party), in a move that caused controversy and security concerns.

Ronan Bennett Net Worth

Ronan Bennett is one of the richest Screenwriter from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ronan Bennett 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Bennett was 19 years old when he was convicted of the murder of Inspector William Elliott by a Diplock court. The incident occurred in 1974 at The Diamond shopping center in Rathcoole. This was close to his Merville Garden Village home. In 1975, his conviction was declared unjust and he was freed from Long Kesh prison.

Bennett was writing to Iris Mills, a New Zealand national, in Huddersfield. He moved there after his release from Long Kesh. There he became involved in the anarchist paper Black Flag. Bennett was taken into custody there along with Mills, a New Zealander. After an illegal attempt was made to deport them, Bennett and Mills moved to Paris, London, and then to Paris. He was again arrested in 1978 for conspiring to cause explosions with persons unknown. He spent 16 months on remand. Bennett defended himself and was acquitted with his co-defendants in 1979. Bennett wrote a fictionalized account of the 1992 ‘Persons Unknown Official Secrets Act trial, The Second Trial. The Poison Girls, anarcho-punk group, recorded the song “Persons Unknown” and released it jointly with Crass as a single to raise funds for Bennett’s Wapping Autonomy Center. Bennett and Mills found funding and rebuilt the Centre. However, it was vandalized by punk fans.

Bennett has published five novels and two non-fiction works. It was his third novel, The Catastrophist, that brought him into the public eye. This novel was set in the Belgian Congo just before independence, with the rise and fall of Patrice Lumumba. Critics hailed the novel, which drew comparisons to Graham Greene, Joseph Conrad and John le Carré’s African novel, The Constant Gardener. It was nominated for the Whitbread Award in 1998. Bennett’s fourth novel, Havoc, in its Third Year, was published in 2004. It is a dark tale of Puritan fanaticism, set in a town in northern England in the 1630s, in the decade before the English Civil War.

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Who is Ronan Bennett Dating?

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Ronan Ranked on the list of most popular Screenwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Ronan Bennett celebrates birthday on January 14 of every year.

Is Ronan Bennett in Top Boy?

Top Boy
Genre| Crime drama
Created by| Ronan Bennett

What did Drake do Top Boy?

Drake is an executive producer on Top Boy and bought the rights for the gritty crime drama after it was unexpectedly axed by Channel 4 in 2011. Season three sees the dramatic return of Dushane and Sully, played respectively by Walters and Kane Robinson.

Who wrote Top Boy script?

Top Boy’s Belfast-born writer Ronan Bennett (66) is well aware of the online commentary surrounding the crime drama.

Who created the show Top Boy?

Top Boy was created and written by Ronan Bennett. Myriam Raja is set to direct Season 3. The program is executive produced by a slew of talent, including Drake and LeBron James.

Is Jason in top boy Summerhouse?

Jason was first introduced in the second season of Top Boy Summerhouse as the cheeky and thieving thorn in Sully’s side.