Best known for his autobiographical narratives, Lee began his
literary career at an early age, writing verse while still in his teens.
Lee traveled a great deal in his youth, finally settling in Spain, where
he fought in the Spanish Civil War in the Republican army against
Franco. He was also a journalist and scriptwriter, penning multiple
documentaries for the General Post Office film unit. After this stint as
filmmaker, he went on to work as an editor for the Ministry of
Information. It was at this time that he began to publish professionally
his literary works, printing The Sun My Monument
in 1944. This was followed by A rose for Winter
(1955), which ushered in the sequence of autobiographies he is most
known for: Cider with Rosie (1959), The Geographical . As I
Walked out One Midsummer Morning (1969), about his experiences
during the Civil War, Two Women (1983), and
his final book, A Moment of War , published
in 1991.
