Brian Moore

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Brian Moore (born August 25, 1921 in Belfast , † January 11, 1999 in Malibu , California ) was an Irish - Canadian writer and screenwriter.

Career

Moore was the son of an Irish surgeon and nationalist and was raised a Catholic. In World War II he served as a medic. After the war Moore worked for the UN relief agency in Poland . Here he began to write reports. In 1948 Moore left Ireland and became a Canadian citizen. From 1948 to 1952 he worked for the newspaper The Gazette in Montreal and at the same time published under the pseudonym Michael Bryan Thriller. His first novel, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne , published under his own name in 1956, earned him a Guggenheim grant in New York. When Alfred Hitchcock commissioned him to write the screenplay for Torn Curtain (1966), he settled in California. From 1976 to 1989 Moore taught at the University of California in Los Angeles .

Moore has received numerous literary prizes such as the Prix ​​littéraire du Québec (1958) or the Hughes Irish Fiction Award (1988). Moore was a member of Aosdána . His work is published in German by Diogenes Verlag in Zurich .

Works

  • 1956 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (Eng. The lonely Passion of Judith Hearne )
  • 1958 The Feast of Lupercal (German Saturnian Dance )
  • 1961 The Luck of Ginger Coffey (German Ginger Coffey seeks his luck )
  • 1962 An Answer from Limbo ( The answer from hell )
  • 1963 Canada (non-fiction book)
  • 1965 The Emperor of Ice-Cream (German: The Ice Cream King )
  • 1968 I am Mary Dunne (Eng. I am Mary Dunne )
  • 1970 Fergus (German beach birthday )
  • 1971 The Revolution Script (non-fiction book)
  • 1972 Catholics (German Catholics )
  • 1975 The Great Victorian Collection (dt. The Great Victorian Collection )
  • 1977 The Doctor's Wife (Eng. The doctor's wife )
  • 1979 The Mangan Inheritage (German Mangans Legacy )
  • 1981 The Temptation of Eileen Hughes (Eng. The Temptation of Eileen Hughes )
  • 1983 Cold Heaven (dt. Cold Heaven )
  • 1985 Black Robe (German black skirt )
  • 1987 The Color of Blood (dt. The color of blood )
  • 1990 Lies of Silence ( Dillon )
  • 1993 No Other Life (Eng. There is no other life )
  • 1995 The Statement (German hunt )
  • 1997 The Magician's Wife (dt. The wife of the magician )

Filmography (selection)

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notes

  1. ↑ Recommended for English lessons: Montreal is the setting ... the ironic-tragicomic story of an Irish immigrant whose dreams and hopes collide with the realities of his new home. Ginger's problems are not only those of the immigrant, who has to find their way in a new life situation and a strange sociocultural environment. They also stem from his personal weaknesses, his tendency to deceive himself and to deceive others, which he must learn to overcome. Barbara Korte, Suggestions for the Treatment of Anglo-Canadian Novels in English Lessons in Upper Schools. Accessible online via search engines: Reprints from the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
personal data
SURNAME Moore, Brian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish-Canadian writer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Belfast
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1999
Place of death Malibu , California