Helen MacInnes (1907–1985)
Forfatter af Assignment in Brittany
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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 vis mere 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) vis mindre
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Værker af Helen MacInnes
Helen MacInnes: The Salzburg Connection / Assignment in Brittany / The Double Image / Agent in Place (1980) 24 eksemplarer
Modern Classics of Suspense: Rebecca, Death and the Sky Above, The Thin Man, The Circular Staircase, Above Suspicion, A… (1968) 16 eksemplarer
Preludio para el terror 2 eksemplarer
Best-in-Books: Pray for a Brave Heart / The Bright Sword / The Tumult and the Shouting / The Dog / The Woman who Would… (1955) 2 eksemplarer
Neither Five Nor Three (abridged) 1 eksemplar
Double agent 1 eksemplar
Prelude to Terror Vol. 2 1 eksemplar
Libres de sospecha 1 eksemplar
Assignment in Bittany 1 eksemplar
The Unconqerable 1 eksemplar
A Confusion of Celts 1 eksemplar
Aconteceu no Oeste 1 eksemplar
Hidden Target 1 eksemplar
Acima de suspeita 1 eksemplar
Assignment in Brittany 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: Those Who Love | The Double Image | The Way of the Eagle | Churchill (1967) 28 eksemplarer
Great Mystery Books, 10 Volumes (Journey into Fear, The 39 Steps, And Then There Were None, Maltese Falcon, The Nine… (1967) — Bidragyder — 5 eksemplarer
The Salzburg Connection [1972 film] — Original book — 2 eksemplarer
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 52 (Afrika Kitabu / The Double Image / Marie Antoinette / I Start Counting) (1968) 2 eksemplarer
Een madonna voor Marta; De President; De wereldreis van de Gipsy Moth; Spion met twee gezichten — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
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- Andre navne
- Highet, Helen
- Fødselsdato
- 1907-10-07
- Dødsdag
- 1985-09-30
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- UK (birth)
USA (naturalized 1952) - Fødested
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Dødssted
- New York, New York, USA
- Dødsårsag
- complications of a stroke
- Bopæl
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
New York, New York, USA
East Hampton, New York, USA - Uddannelse
- University of Glasgow (MA|1928 | French and German)
University College, London (Dipl. 1931) - Erhverv
- librarian
spy novelist
translator - Relationer
- Highet, Gilbert (husband)
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Columbia Prize for Literature (1966)
- Kort biografi
- 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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