Tag: novelist

Robert Louis Stevenson

(1850–1894) Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson Works: • Aarresaari (Finnish) • A Child’s Garden of Verses (English) • A Christmas Sermon (English) • A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa (English) • A Lowden Sabbath Morn (English) •…

William Makepeace Thackeray

(1811–1863)   The artist’s works: Self-Portrait c.1844 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Thackeray the Humourist and the Man of Letters 1864 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Lady Writing s.d. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Works: • A Little Dinner at Timmins’s (English) • Ballads (English) •…

Anthony Burgess

(1917–1993) John Anthony Burgess Wilson, FRSL Filmography as Writer: A Clockwork Orange 1971 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee     Jesus of Nazareth 1977 Director: Franco Zeffirelli Starring: Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey   Born February 25 1917 Manchester (England) Died…

Tom Conti

(1941) Filmography as Actor: Shirley Valentine 1989 Director: Lewis Gilbert Starring: Pauline Collins, Tom Conti   Born November 22 1941 Paisley (Scotland) Occupation Actor Novelist Occupation Theatre Director Writer Awards Laurence Olivier Award Tony

Jean-Claude Carrière

(1931–2021) Filmography as Writer: Belle de Jour 1967 Director: Luis Buñuel Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel     La piscine 1969 Director: Jacques Deray Starring: Romy Schneider, Alain Delon     Borsalino 1970 Director: Jacques Deray Starring: Alain Delon, Jean-Paul Belmondo     Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie…

Stephen Fry

(1957) Stephen John Fry Filmography as Actor: Wilde 1997 Director: Brian Gilbert Starring: Stephen Fry, Jude Law   Born August 24 1957 Hampstead, London (England) Occupation Actor Film director Occupation Novelist Playwright Writer Award Screen Actors Guild Award

Elia Kazan

(1909–2003) Elias Kazantzoglou Ηλίας Καζαντζόγλου Filmography as Director: A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 Director: Elia Kazan Starring: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando   Born September 7 1909 Istanbul (Turkey) Died September 28 2003 Manhattan, New York, NY (USA) Occupation Actor Film director Occupation Novelist Producer…

Marcel Pagnol

(1895–1974) Marcel Paul Pagnol Filmography as Director and Writer: La fille du puisatier 1940 Director: Marcel Pagnol Starring: Raimu, Fernandel     Filmography as Writer: La fille du puisatier 2011 Director: Daniel Auteuil Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey   Born February 28 1895 Aubagne (France) Died…

André Cayatte

(1909–1989) Marcel Truc Filmography as Director and Writer: Le Miroir à deux faces 1958 Director: André Cayatte Starring: Michèle Morgan, Bourvil     Filmography as Writer: The Mirror Has Two Faces 1996 Director: Barbra Streisand Starring: Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges   Born February 3 1909 Carcassonne…

Beatrice Hastings

(1879–1943) Emily Alice Haigh Beatrice Hastings in Art: Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Beatrice Hastings 1915 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto     Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Beatrice Hastings before a door 1915 Private collection     Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Madam Pompadour 1915 Art Institute…