1. Michael Lieber was born on 6 May 1988 and is a British novelist, essayist and short story writer.
10 Facts About Michael Lieber
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Michael Lieber has appeared in films, his first being the 2013 biopic Ramanujan, a period drama set in 1914 about the life of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.
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Michael Lieber played mathematician John Edensor Littlewood, starring alongside Kevin McGowan, Cloudia Swann, and Richard Walsh.
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When preparing to play the part, Michael Lieber spoke to professor Bela Bollobas who had worked with Littlewood.
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In 2010, Michael Lieber starred as the over-the-hill footballer Ray Keane in the play Transfer Deadline Day at the Courtyard Theatre in London.
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Michael Lieber has stated that, although icon therapy is widely acknowledged now, it was originally only used on foreigners looking to learn English.
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In 2018, Michael Lieber dedicated his debut novel The War Hero to Maple Hayes Hall as well as the two Doctors, with the added inscription "thank you for the icons".
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When Michael Lieber was aged 13 in 2001, he appeared in a musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist at the Garrick Theatre, he played one of Fagin's boys.
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Michael Lieber has identified that the novel is an allegorical story with hidden levels of meaning for readers who want to dig deeper into the narrative.
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Two important allegories Michael Lieber drew inspiration from while writing The War Hero were William Golding's Lord of the Flies and George Orwell's Animal Farm.