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Currently, Maurice Leitch is 91 years, 5 months and 17 days old. Maurice Leitch will celebrate 92rd birthday on a Saturday 5th of July 2025. Below we countdown to Maurice Leitch upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Maurice Leitch |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Age | 91 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
| Born | July 5, 1933 (Northern Ireland) |
| Birthday | July 5 |
| Town/City | Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | Northern Ireland |
Maurice Leitch’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.
Maurice Leitch was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
Notable for his Guardian Fiction Prize-winning novel Poor Lazarus and for his Whitbred Prize-winning work Silver City, he is also known for his writing work for BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Radio 4.
After studying at Methodist College Belfast and Stranmillis University College, he began a primary school teaching career and simultaneously started publishing short pieces in the Belfast Telegraph and writing children's stories for a Northern Irish radio program. He published his debut novel, The Liberty Lad, in 1965.
In late 1998, he received the prestigious MBE honor for his contributions to British literature.
The son of Jean Coid Leitch and Andrew Leitch, he spent his youth in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
His 1989 BBC television play, Chinese Whispers, starred Annette Badland.
