Raymond Chandler
American novelist and screenwriter (1888–1959)
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Raymond Chandler was an American novelist and screenwriter who lived from 1888 to 1959. He is a significant figure in literary and film history, though the specific reasons for his importance would require additional context to explain accurately.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1888
- Died
- 1959
- Works
- 356
Top works
- Killer in the rain
- The high window
- The Mosher books
- The long good-bye
- Shalom ṿe-lo le-hitraʾot
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Writing · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. Chandler had an immense stylistic influence on American popular literature. He is a founder of the hardboiled school of detective fiction, along with Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain and other Black Mask writers. The protagonist of his novels, Philip Marlowe, like Hammett's Sam Spade, is…
Known for
- Double Indemnity — Man Reading Book (uncredited)1944
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- Type
- Person
- Country
- US
- Active from
- 1888-07-23
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Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression. His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in 1933 in Black Mask, a pulp magazine. His first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. In addition to his short stories, Chandler published seven novels during his lifetime (an eighth, in progress at the time of his death, was completed by Robert B. Parker). All but Playback have been made into motion pictures, some more than once.
Chandler had an immense stylistic influence on American popular literature. He is a founder of the hardboiled school of detective fiction, along with Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain and other Black Mask writers. The protagonist of his novels, Philip Marlowe, like Hammett's Sam Spade, is considered by some to be synonymous with "private detective". Both were played in films by Humphrey Bogart, whom many consider to be the quintessential Marlowe.
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1888 births1959 deaths20th-century American male writers20th-century American novelists20th-century American screenwriters20th-century British screenwriters20th-century English male writers20th-century English novelists20th-century short story writersAmerican crime fiction writersAmerican detective fiction writersAmerican emigrants to England