Eric Ambler (1909–1998)
Autor de La máscara de Dimitrios
Sobre El Autor
Eric Ambler was born in London on June 28, 1909. Ambler toured in the late 1920s as a music-hall comedian and wrote plays, following in the footsteps of his parents, who were entertainers. After studying engineering at London University from 1924 to 1927, he took an apprenticeship in engineering at mostrar más the Edison Swan Electric Company. When the company became part of Associated Electrical Industries, he worked in its advertising department and wrote avant-garde plays in his spare time. By 1937 he was the director of a London ad agency. He later resigned and moved to Paris where he dedicated himself to writing. In 1936, his first novel, The Dark Frontier, appeared and followed by another five by 1940, as well as working as script consultant for Alexander Korda. During World War II he joined first the artillery and was then later posted to a combat photographic unit. He served in Italy as assistant director of army cinematography and during this period, wrote and produced nearly one hundred training and propaganda films. After the war Ambler was screenwriter for the Rank organization and starting from 1951 he published a number of novels with Charles Rodda under the pseudonym Eliot Reed. Several of his novels were made into films, including A Coffin for Dimitrios in 1944, Journey into Fear in 1942, and Topkapi in 1964. Ambler also wrote screenplays, including those for The Cruel Sea in 1953 and The Guns of Navarone in 1961. In the 1960s he moved to Hollywood and was responsible for the TV shows Checkmate and The Most Deadly Game. Ambler received the Gold Dagger in 1959 for Passage of Arms, in 1967 for Dirty Story and in 1972 for The Levanter. He also received the Diamond Dagger in 1986 plus an Edgar in 1964 for The Light of Day and was nominated Grand Master in 1975. Ambler was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1981, and received other literary awards in France and Sweden. He died in London in October 1998. Ambler published 23 novels total, 19 under his own name and four in collaboration Eric Amber died in London on October 22, 1998, at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras de Eric Ambler
Intrigue: The Great Spy Novels of Eric Ambler: Journey Into Fear; A Coffin for Dimitrios; Cause for Alarm; Background… (1940) 56 copias
Great Cases of Scotland Yard, Volume One (1): THOMAS NEILL, CREAM, POISONER; FLANNEL FOOT; STRANGE CASE OF STANLEY… (1978) — Introducción — 32 copias
A Coffin for Dimitrios/Judgement on Deltchev/Passage of Arms: Three Complete Novels in One Volume (1992) 31 copias
Modern Classics of Suspense: Rebecca, Death and the Sky Above, The Thin Man, The Circular Staircase, Above Suspicion, A… (1968) 16 copias
Great Mystery Books, 10 Volumes (Journey into Fear, The 39 Steps, And Then There Were None, Maltese Falcon, The Nine… (1967) — Contribuidor — 5 copias
Yangtse Incident [1957 film] — Screenwriter — 2 copias
Schach dem Verbrechen. Authentische Fälle aus den Archiven von Scotland Yard: 2 Bde. (1999) 2 copias
Máscara de Dimítrios, A 1 copia
Insolito peligro 1 copia
המסכה של דימיטריוס 1 copia
El gran negocio de Girija 1 copia
The October Man [1947 film] 1 copia
Highly Dangerous [1950 film] — Screenwriter — 1 copia
Belgrade, 1926 [Short story] 1 copia
70 hodin pro špiona 1 copia
Masque de dimitrios (le) 1 copia
The Classic Eric Ambler Box Set (The Care of Time, The Schirmer Inheritance, Send No More Roses) (2015) 1 copia
Tocaia grande 1 copia
Ambler Eric 1 copia
Cloak And Dagger 1 copia
El paso del tiempo 1 copia
تابوتی برای دیمتریوس 1 copia
Η μάσκα του Δημητρίου 1 copia
ΒΡΟΜΙΚΗ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ 1 copia
Viagem para o Medo - eBook 1 copia
Epitáfio para um Espião - eBook 1 copia
Viagem para o Medo 1 copia
Correndo Contra o Tempo 1 copia
O LEVANTINO 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
To the Queen's Taste: The First Supplement to 101 Years' Entertainment; Consisting of the Best Stories Published in the… (1946) — Contribuidor — 24 copias
The New Lot [1943 film] 2 copias
Spionhistorier fra hele verden — Contribuidor — 2 copias
Journey Into Fear [1975 film] — Original novel — 1 copia
The Penguin Film Review 9 — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Ambler, Eric Clifford
- Otros nombres
- Reed, Eliot
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1909-06-28
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1998-10-22
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Reino Unido
- País (para mapa)
- England, UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- London, England, UK
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- London, England, UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Paris, France
Switzerland - Educación
- University of London
- Ocupaciones
- scriptwriter
novelist - Organizaciones
- British Army (Filmmaking unit)
- Premios y honores
- Cartier Diamond Dagger (1986)
- Biografía breve
- Eric Ambler tuvo una infancia feliz, según su propia autobiografía (Here Lies: An Autobiography, 1985) en donde narra con humor y modestia la primera parte de la vida del que llegará a ser maestro de la nueva novela de espionaje. En 1928 obtiene su título de ingeniero, pero prefiere dedicarse a la publicidad, profesión que ejercerá hasta finales de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y que alternará con la novela. Entre 1936 y 1940, escribe seis novelas de espionaje que se convertirán en clásicos.
Una vez enrolado, permanecerá en el ejército británico durante seis años, sirviendo en los batallones de propaganda cinematográfica, escribiendo guiones y realizando filmaciones en los lugares de batalla, en donde conoce a John Huston). Tras la guerra prueba sin éxito la aventura americana en Hollywood. Escribe algunos guiones, pero al cabo de poco tiempo regresa a la novela.
Decide volver a Europa en 1958. Siguió escribiendo numerosas novelas hasta 1981.
La contribución de Eric Ambler será fundamental para elevar el thriller a la categoría de literatura noble. La novela negra será el género preferido por Ambler, ya que le permitía expresar sus opiniones políticas, aunque nunca caerá en las ilusiones de las utopías. Sus personajes son personas normales, en muchas ocasiones llegadas a espías sin pretenderlo, anti-héroes vapuleados por fuerzas que les superan con mucho. A menudo Ambler utiliza su experiencia en los negocios y su formación como ingeniero para dar verosimilitud a sus relatos, sirviéndose de un muy británico sentido del humor y de un estilo de escritura inimitable.
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