Michael Clive "Micky" Burn, MC (11 December 1912 – 3 September 2010) was an English journalist, commando, writer and poet. Burn wrote nine books of non-fiction, four novels and six books of poetry. He enjoyed reading his poetry aloud at regional poetry events.
He also wrote a play, The Night of the Ball, which opened in London's West End in 1954 starring Gladys Cooper.
His autobiography, Turned Towards the Sun, was published in 2003.[7]
A documentary about the life of Micky Burn, titled Turned Towards the Sun, was filmed in 2008 & 2009 and produced by James Dorrian, Nick Golding, Laura Morris, Greg Olliver, associate produced by Robert Ozn and premièred at the British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival in 2012. The film's director, Greg Olliver, who earned a BFI Grierson Award nomination, also co-directed Lemmy, the documentary about Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead.
Mickey Burn's experiences as a commando and as a prisoner of war form the centrepiece of Peter Stanley's book, Commando to Colditz: Mickey Burn's Journey To the Far Side of Tears, published by Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009