Charles Webb (writer, 1939)
Charles Richard Webb (born June 9, 1939 in San Francisco , California - † June 16, 2020 in Eastbourne , England ) was an American writer . His most famous work is his debut novel The Graduate , which appeared in 1963 and four years later as The Graduate was filmed.
Life
Webb grew up in Pasadena , California. He attended Midland School in Los Olivos , California and graduated from Williams College in 1961 . Webb lived in Hastings-on-Hudson for several years . From 1963 he wrote several novels.
Webb received $ 20,000 for The Graduation Examination , the film adaptation of his debut novel. The film's script was based closely on its literary model. The book sold more than a million copies. Webb donated the book proceeds. 2007 released the sequel Home School when he was in financial straits; originally he wanted to publish the book, which was completed in 2005, posthumously. The final exam was not the only film adaptation of a work by Webb; The novel New Cardiff , published in 2001, was filmed in 2003 as Hope Springs - The Love of Your Life with Colin Firth .
Webb was married to Eve Rudd from the 1960s. They divorced in the early 1970s to protest the ban on marriage for homosexual couples, but continued to live together. They had two children together. The family lived for many years without a permanent residence because Webb had an alternative and property-rejecting lifestyle. In 2000 they moved to England where they lived in East Sussex . Webb died there in June 2020 at the age of 81.
Works (selection)
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The Graduate , New American Library, New York 1963; filmed as the final exam
- Main volume for school lessons: Verlag Moritz Diesterweg, Frankfurt am Main 1987. ISBN 3-42504834-1 .
- dt. Tell me what love is . Ex. Annelie Christian. Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1972. ISBN 3-404-00034-X .
- dt. The final examination . Ex. Frank Böhmert . Heyne, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-4532-1246-0 .
- Love, Roger , Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1969; dt. Everyone wants me , (Ex. Peter Zentner), Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1971, ISBN 3-5700-5461-6 .
- The Marriage of a Young Stock Broker . Lippincott, Philadelphia 1970
- Orphans and Other Children , Putnam, New York 1974, ISBN 0-3991-1355-X .
- The abolitionist of Clark Gable Place , McGraw-Hill, New York 1975, ISBN 0-0706-8785-4 .
- Elsinor , McGraw-Hill, New York 1976, ISBN 0-0706-8803-6 .
- Booze , Stonehill, New York 1978, ISBN 0-8837-3087-1 .
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New Cardiff , Little, Brown & Company, London 2001; filmed as Hope Springs - The Love of Your Life
- German detention . Ub. Ulrike Becker. Diana, Munich, Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-8284-0067-1 .
- Home School , Hutchinson, London 2007, ISBN 0-0917-9565-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Charles Webb in the catalog of the German National Library
- Charles Webb in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Graduate novelist faces eviction. In: BBC News . April 18, 2006(English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Charles Webb, novelist who found fame, if not fortune, with his novel The Graduate - obituary. In: telegraph.co.uk . June 22, 2020, accessed on June 27, 2020 .
- ^ Charles Webb, Author of "The Graduate" Novel, Dies at 81. In: hollywoodreporter.com . June 27, 2020, accessed on June 28, 2020 .
- ^ The Graduate - Charles Webb. In: Marlene Wagman-Geller: Once Again to Zelda. The Stories Behind Literature's Most Intriguing Dedications. Penguin, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-399-53462-1 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Webb, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Webb, Charles Richard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 2020 |
| Place of death | Eastbourne |