Richard Condon

Richard Condon (born March 18, 1915 in New York City , † April 9, 1996 in Dallas , Texas ) was an American writer .

life and work

Richard Condon attended DeWitt Clinton High School and went to sea with the US Merchant Navy. He then began his career as a theater director and screenwriter for United Artists before turning to fiction in 1957 . Responsible for this was his boss, Max E. Youngstein, who, without Condon's knowledge, got rid of part of his salary - and fired him after a year. He handed him the key to a house with a sea view in Mexico and the Mexican bank account with the accrued money: He should now write the novels he was talking about. Condon promptly delivered bestsellers. His best known novels include The Honor of the Prizzis and The Manchurian Candidate .

Novels

• 1958: The Oldest Confession
• 1959: The Manchurian Candidate
• 1960: Some Angry Angel: A Mid-Century Fairy Tale
• 1974: The Star-Spangled Crunch
• 1975: Money Is Love
• 1976: The Whisper of the Ax
• 1982: Prizzi's Honor
• 1986: Prizzi's Family
• 1988: Prizzi's Glory
• 1990: The Emperor of America
• 1991: The Final Addiction

Filmography

Literary template

• 1932: Graf Zaroff - Genie des Böse ( The most dangerous game ) - Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack , Irving Pichel
• 1962: Rendezvous in Madrid ( The Happy Thieves ) - Director: George Marshall
• 1962: Ambassador of Fear
• 1979 Philadelphia Clan ( Winter Kills ) - Director: William Richert
• 2004: The Manchurian candidate

script

• 1985: The honor of the Prizzis - based on his novel

Web links

• Audio interviews with Richard Condon (English)
• Literature by and about Richard Condon in the catalog of the German National Library