Helen MacInnes (1907–1985)
Autor(a) de Assignment in Brittany
About the Author
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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por Helen MacInnes
Helen MacInnes: The Salzburg Connection / Assignment in Brittany / The Double Image / Agent in Place (1980) 24 exemplares
Modern Classics of Suspense: Rebecca, Death and the Sky Above, The Thin Man, The Circular Staircase, Above Suspicion, A… (1968) 16 exemplares
Best-in-Books: Pray for a Brave Heart / The Bright Sword / The Tumult and the Shouting / The Dog / The Woman who Would… (1955) 2 exemplares
Aconteceu no Oeste 1 exemplar
A Confusion of Celts 1 exemplar
Neither Five Nor Three (abridged) 1 exemplar
Double agent 1 exemplar
Prelude to Terror Vol. 2 1 exemplar
Libres de sospecha 1 exemplar
Assignment in Bittany 1 exemplar
The Unconqerable 1 exemplar
Acima de suspeita 1 exemplar
Assignment in Brittany 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: Those Who Love | The Double Image | The Way of the Eagle | Churchill (1967) 28 exemplares
Great Mystery Books, 10 Volumes (Journey into Fear, The 39 Steps, And Then There Were None, Maltese Falcon, The Nine… (1967) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
The Salzburg Connection [1972 film] — Original book — 2 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Highet, Helen
- Data de nascimento
- 1907-10-07
- Data de falecimento
- 1985-09-30
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- UK (birth)
USA (naturalized 1952) - Local de nascimento
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Local de falecimento
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa da morte
- complications of a stroke
- Locais de residência
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
New York, New York, USA
East Hampton, New York, USA - Educação
- University of Glasgow (MA|1928 | French and German)
University College, London (Dipl. 1931) - Ocupações
- librarian
spy novelist
translator - Relações
- Highet, Gilbert (husband)
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Columbia Prize for Literature (1966)
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- 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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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 41
- Also by
- 10
- Membros
- 7,235
- Popularidade
- #3,386
- Avaliação
- 3.5
- Críticas
- 118
- ISBN
- 435
- Línguas
- 10
- Marcado como favorito
- 11
