Helen MacInnes (1907–1985)
Autor/a de Assignment in Brittany
Sobre l'autor
Helen MacInnes was born in Glasgow, Scotland on October 7, 1907. In 1928, she received a degree in French and German from the University of Glasgow in Scotland. She later studied at University College in London and worked as a librarian. She got married in 1932, moved to New York in 1937, and mostra'n més became an American citizen in 1952. In 1939, she began writing suspense novels and won the Columbia Prize for Literature in 1966. Many of her novels were adapted into movies including Above Suspicion, Assignment in Brittany, The Venetian Affair, and The Salzburg Connection. She died from the effects of a stroke on September 30, 1985 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de Helen MacInnes
Helen MacInnes: The Salzburg Connection / Assignment in Brittany / The Double Image / Agent in Place (1980) 24 exemplars
Modern Classics of Suspense: Rebecca, Death and the Sky Above, The Thin Man, The Circular Staircase, Above Suspicion, A… (1968) 16 exemplars
Best-in-Books: Pray for a Brave Heart / The Bright Sword / The Tumult and the Shouting / The Dog / The Woman who Would… (1955) 2 exemplars
Aconteceu no Oeste 1 exemplars
A Confusion of Celts 1 exemplars
Neither Five Nor Three (abridged) 1 exemplars
Double agent 1 exemplars
Prelude to Terror Vol. 2 1 exemplars
Libres de sospecha 1 exemplars
Assignment in Bittany 1 exemplars
The Unconqerable 1 exemplars
Acima de suspeita 1 exemplars
Assignment in Brittany 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: Those Who Love | The Double Image | The Way of the Eagle | Churchill (1967) 28 exemplars
Great Mystery Books, 10 Volumes (Journey into Fear, The 39 Steps, And Then There Were None, Maltese Falcon, The Nine… (1967) — Col·laborador — 5 exemplars
The Salzburg Connection [1972 film] — Original book — 2 exemplars
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- Altres noms
- Highet, Helen
- Data de naixement
- 1907-10-07
- Data de defunció
- 1985-09-30
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- UK (birth)
USA (naturalized 1952) - Lloc de naixement
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Lloc de defunció
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa de la mort
- complications of a stroke
- Llocs de residència
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
New York, New York, USA
East Hampton, New York, USA - Educació
- University of Glasgow (MA|1928 | French and German)
University College, London (Dipl. 1931) - Professions
- librarian
spy novelist
translator - Relacions
- Highet, Gilbert (husband)
- Premis i honors
- Columbia Prize for Literature (1966)
- Biografia breu
- Helen MacInnes was a Scottish-born author of espionage novels. She graduated from the University of Glasgow with a degree in French and German. Working as a librarian in 1932, she met and married classics professor Gilbert Highet, and they moved to New York in 1937. She became a naturalized USA citizen in 1951. Although best known for her Cold War settings, MacInnes actually started writing spy novels during World War II. Her novels often feature some type of romance and a central character who is an innocent bystander – such as a reporter, writer, artist or architect – until they get drawn into dangerous spy games and must use their wits to survive. Several of her books were adapted as films.
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Message from Malaga de Helen MacInnes
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Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 41
- També de
- 10
- Membres
- 7,235
- Popularitat
- #3,386
- Valoració
- 3.5
- Ressenyes
- 118
- ISBN
- 435
- Llengües
- 10
- Preferit
- 11
