Alfred Edward Woodley Mason
Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (born May 7, 1865 in Dulwich , London , † November 22, 1948 ) was a British novelist who published his books as AEW Mason .
Life
Mason studied at Oxford , where he graduated in 1888. His level of fame is behind his contemporaries like Rudyard Kipling , but his work The Four Feathers , published in 1902, is one of the most filmed books (including Four Feathers from 1939 and The Four Feathers from 2002). His first novel, A Romance of Wastdale , was published in 1895. He wrote a total of more than 30 books.
In addition, from 1918 Mason was a member of the jury in the committee for the award of the Hawthornden Prize , the oldest literary prize in Great Britain.
Works (selection)
Detective novels with Inspector Hanaud
- At the Villa Rose , 1910 (German. The dead in the Villa Rose. Detective novel . Heyne, Munich 1971)
- The House of the Arrow , 1924 (German: The secret of the sedan chair . Heyne, Munich 1971)
- The Prisoner in the Opal , 1928
- They Wouldn't Be Chessmen , 1934
- The House in Lordship Lane , 1946
Other novels
- The Courtship of Maurice Buckler , 1896
- Lawrence Clavering , 1897
- The Philanderers , 1897
- with Andrew Lang : Parson Kelly , 1899
- Clementina , 1901
- The Four Feathers , 1902 (Ger. Die vier Federn. Roman . Diogenes, Zurich 1984; last published by Aufbau-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-7466-1924-6 )
- The Truants , 1904
- Running Water , 1906
- The Broken Road , 1907
- A Romance of Wastdale , 1910
- Miranda of the Balcony , 1911
- The Turnstile , 1912
- The Witness for the Defense , 1913
- The Summons , 1920
- The Watchers , 1924
- The Winding Stair , 1924
- No Other Tiger , 1927 (German. The tiger and the dancer. Roman . Knorr & Hirth, Munich 1929)
- The Dean's Elbow , 1930
- The Three Gentlemen , 1932
- The Sapphire , 1933
- Fire Over England , 1936
- The Drum , 1937
- Konigsmark , 1938
- Musk and Amber , 1942
Film adaptations
- 1936: Fire Over England (Fire Over England)
- 1938: Danger at the Doro Pass (The Drum)
- 1939: Four Feathers (The Four Feathers)
- 1955: Storm Over the Nile (Storm over the Nile)
- 2002: The Four Feathers (The Four Feathers)
Web links
Commons : AEW Mason - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Alfred Edward Woodley Mason in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography at the New York Times (English)
- Mason at Gutenberg (English)
- A. E. W. Mason in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Edward Woodley Mason - WW1 Memorial and Life Story. Accessed June 19, 2018 .
- ↑ Henry Seidel Canby (Ed.): Saturday Review. Volume 6. Saturday Review Associates, 1929, p. 1161.
- ^ JC Squire, Rolfe Arnold Scott-James: The London Mercury. Volume 33. Field Press Limited, 1936, p. 102.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mason, AEW |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British novelist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1948 |