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Aubrey Menen | |
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| Born | 22 April 1912 London, England |
| Died | 13 March 1989 (aged 76) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Author |
Salvator Aubrey Clarence Menen (22 April 1912 – 13 March 1989) was a British writer, novelist, satirist and theatre critic. Born in London, his essays and novels explore the nature of nationalism and the cultural contrast between his own Irish-Indian ancestry and his traditional British upbringing. The first sentence of Dead Man in the Silver Market offers an example of his good-humoured approach to this contentious topic: "Men of all races have always sought for a convincing explanation of their own astonishing excellence and they have frequently found what they were looking for."