Place on course for putting English author (6)
I believe the answer is:
greene
'author' is the definition.
(Graham Greene, 1904-1991)
'place on course for putting english' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'place' could be 'green' (green is a kind of place) and 'green' is found in the answer.
'course' could be 'e' and 'e' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for greene that I've seen before include "Graham -, twentieth century English author" , "Graham -, English novelist" , "Graham -, English author (Brighton Rock)" , "See 13" , "The Quiet American author" .)