Irving Wallace (1916–1990)
Forfatter af The People's Almanac Presents the Book of Lists
Om forfatteren
Irving Wallace was born March 19, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois. He began writing for various magazines at age 15 and worked as a screenwriter for a number of Hollywood studios---Columbia, Fox, Warner Brothers, Universal, and MGM from 1950 to 1959, then he turned solely to writing books. His first vis mere major bestseller was The Chapman Report in 1960, a fictional account of a sexual research team's investigations of a wealthy Los Angeles suburb. Among other fictional works by Wallace are The Prize and The Word. His meticulously researched fiction often has the flavor of spicy journalism. A great deal of research goes into his novels, which cover a wide variety of subjects, from the presentation of the Nobel Prize to political scenarios. With their recurring dramatic confrontations, his novels lend themselves well to screenplay adaptation, and most of them have been filmed, including The Chapman Report and The Prize. Wallace has also compiled several nonfiction works with his family, including The People's Almanac and The Book of Lists, both of which have spawned sequels. Irving Wallace died June 29, 1990 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 74 from pancreatic cancer. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Serier
Værker af Irving Wallace
The Nympho and Other Maniacs: The Lives, the Loves and the Sexual Adventures of Some Scandalous and Liberated Ladies (1971) 188 eksemplarer
Fabulous Originals: Lives of Extraordinary People Who Inspired Memorable Characters in Fiction (1955) 21 eksemplarer
Gun Fury [1953 film] — Writer — 5 eksemplarer
O PRÉMIO 2 eksemplarer
Nympho and Other Maniacs, The : The Lives, the Loves and the Sexual Adventures of Some Scandalous and Liberated Ladies (1971) 2 eksemplarer
O LEITO CELESTIAL 2 eksemplarer
A Vigésima Sétima Mulher 2 eksemplarer
As três sereias 2 eksemplarer
Almanaque de lo insólito, 6. Supervivencia y comportamiento humano. El tránsito al más allá. La religión y la fe.… (1978) 2 eksemplarer
O Cavalheiro de Domingo 2 eksemplarer
A sala V.I.P 1 eksemplar
Le Signe Du Poisson, Irving Wallace, 1979 1 eksemplar
Le requin 1 eksemplar
Reader's Digest 4 in 1 -The Man etc. 1 eksemplar
Kirjavaliot - Lentokapteeni, Kulkuri ja olkihattuinen tyttö, R - salainen asiakirja, Luojanluomat ystäväni (1977) 1 eksemplar
El Séptimo Secreto 1 eksemplar
O milagre 1 eksemplar
The Silver Queen 1 eksemplar
Yancy Derringer: Loot from Richmond — Scriptwriter — 1 eksemplar
DELICESINE 1 eksemplar
La creación de una novela 1 eksemplar
The prophets of doom 1 eksemplar
Fan Club. Vol II 1 eksemplar
GIZLI CENNET 1 eksemplar
Sedem minut 1 eksemplar
Irving Wallace 1 eksemplar
The Life and Times of P.T Barnum 1 eksemplar
O Maior Espectáculo do Mundo 1 eksemplar
Tempestade em Washington (Seleções - The Man) 1 eksemplar
A Senha 1 eksemplar
O COMPLÔ (PVL42) 1 eksemplar
â„—La â„—fontana della giovinezza 1 eksemplar
TitreÅŸim 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Scoundrels & Scalawags: 51 Stories of the Most Fascinating Characters of Hoax and Fraud (1968) — Bidragyder — 53 eksemplarer
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Seventh Secret • Arnie • A House Full of Company (1986) 25 eksemplarer
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Thunder at Dawn • Tisha • The Long Long Dances • The R Document (1913) 7 eksemplarer
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: King of the Golden Valley • The Hunt for Red October • This Giving Heart • The… (1986) 4 eksemplarer
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Man • Scott's Last Expedition • Hall of Mirrors • The Ashes of Loda (1966) — Forfatter — 3 eksemplarer
Een madonna voor Marta; De President; De wereldreis van de Gipsy Moth; Spion met twee gezichten — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Il settimo segreto - Richiamo selvaggio - Una voce al telefono - La signora Pollifax e il Budda di Hong Kog — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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Almen Viden
- Andre navne
- Wallechinsky, David
- Fødselsdato
- 1916-03-19
- Dødsdag
- 1990-06-29
- Begravelsessted
- Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary, Culver City, California, USA
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- VS
- Fødested
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Dødssted
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Dødsårsag
- Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs
- Bopæl
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA - Uddannelse
- Kenosha Central High School, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Williams Institute, Berkeley, California, USA
Los Angeles City College - Erhverv
- Schrijver
Journalist
Scenarioschrijver - Relationer
- Wallace, Alexander (Vader)
Liss, Bessie (Moeder)
Wallace, Sylvia (Echtgenote)
Wallechinsky, David Zoon)
Wallace, Amy (Dochter) - Organisationer
- US Army Air Force (WWII)
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Supreme Award of Merit, George Washington Carver Memorial Institute (1964)
Silver medal, Commonwealth Club (1965)
Award of Excellence, Popular Culture Association (1974)
Venice Rosa d'Oro award (1975) - Agent
- Paul Gitlin
Medlemmer
Discussions
Fictious Russian soon-to-be-President of Russia secretly goes to Lourdes, France healing springs. i Name that Book (august 2011)
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- Værker
- 79
- Also by
- 15
- Medlemmer
- 8,231
- Popularitet
- #2,936
- Vurdering
- 3.5
- Anmeldelser
- 130
- ISBN
- 566
- Sprog
- 17
- Udvalgt
- 6
Having said this, I only gave this book 3 1/2 stars because it took so long to get to the interesting points. By slowly and solidly building the backgrounds of the characters and the story, it took a lot of patience to get to the part where conflicts and matters of race were injected into the daily running of the country and caused so much difficulty for President Dilman. Nevertheless, by the time I finished the book, I found that I liked it very much. The question that needs to be asked on a regular basis is: how do our black brethren in this country feel about our white countrymen? And vice versa? Can we become a colorblind society? What will it take to reach that goal? The outcome in the book is not perfect and it does not suggest that much progress will be made by having the first black president (at least in the 1960s) but it gives us hope and suggests the value of all victories — large and small — towards that goal.… (mere)