Delos Wheeler Lovelace
Delos Wheeler Lovelace (born December 2, 1894 in Brainerd , Minnesota ; died January 17, 1967 in Claremont , California ) was an American writer and journalist. He is known as the author of the novelization of the film King Kong and the white woman , one of the first "book-to-film" novels.
Life
Lovelace was the son of Mortimer Lovelace and Josephine Lovelace, nee Wheeler. He started as a reporter for Fargo Courier News in 1913 , moved to the Minneapolis Daily News in 1914, and was a reporter and night editor at the Minneapolis Tribune from 1915 to 1917 and then again from 1919 to 1920 . From 1916 to 1917 he studied at the University of Minnesota , 1919 at Harvard University and 1921 at Columbia University . From 1920 to 1931 he was a reporter for the New York Daily News and 1928-1950 deputy head of the city desk at the New York Sun . From 1950 to 1952 he was a journalist at the New York World-Telegram and Sun .
In 1917 he married the writer Maud Palmer Hart, known as the author of the Betsy Tacy children's book series , and with whom he wrote a number of books and short stories.
The novel for the King Kong film was published shortly before its theatrical release in 1932, was then reprinted in two episodes in Mystery magazine in February and March 1933 , although only Edgar Wallace was named as the author .
bibliography
- Novels
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King Kong (1932, novel version of King Kong ). Translations:
- King Kong. Translated by Wulf H. Bergner . Moewig Romane # 42, 1968.
- The original King Kong. Translated by Helmut Kossodo . Krüger, 1976, ISBN 3-8105-1103-X . Also as Goldmann TB # 8835, 1987, ISBN 3-442-08835-6 .
- King Kong: novel. Based on a script by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper . Ill. By Chrigel Farner. Translated by Simone Salitter and Gunter Blank. Walde + Graf at Metrolit, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-8493-0010-4 .
- One Stayed at Welcome (1934, with Maud Hart Lovelace)
- Gentlemen from England (1937, with Maud Hart Lovelace)
- Journey to Bethlehem (1953)
- That Dodger Horse (1956, also as The Dodger Horse )
- Non-fiction
- Rear Admiral Byrd and the Polar Expedition (1930, as Coram Foster)
- Rockne of Notre Dame (1931, biography of football player Knute Rockne )
- The golden wedge: Indian legends of South America (1942, with Maud Hart Lovelace)
- General “Ike” Eisenhower (1944, biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower )
- Epilepsy, the last of the hush-hush diseases (1952)
- Short stories
- Borghild's Clothes (with Maud Hart Lovelace, 1922)
- Auction (with Maud Hart Lovelace, 1924)
- Barley Straw (1924)
- Carmelita (1924)
- East Wind (with Maud Hart Lovelace, 1924)
- Inheritance (1924)
- Country (with Maud Hart Lovelace, 1924)
- Laughing Tyrant (with Maud Hart Lovelace, 1924)
- Maid and the Hope Chest (1924)
- Neighbors (with Maud Hart Lovelace, 1924)
- Wheat (1924)
- Boat (1925)
- Country Queer (1925)
- Cutting Edge (1925)
- Danny (1925)
- Fiddlefoot (1925)
- Good Ideal (1925)
- Little of Both (1925)
- Lucky Year (1925)
- Old Chris Pedersen (1925)
- One Day to Live (with Maud Hart Lovelace, 1925)
- Pull-Away (1925)
- Pay (1925)
- Swap (1925)
- Whip Hand (1925)
- Big Bite (1926)
- Bonanza (1926)
- Country Fair (1926)
- Toe of the Stocking (1926)
- Venture (1926)
- Dishpan (1927)
- Gimme Gal (1927)
- Kitchen View (1927)
- Detour No. 1 (1928)
- Foot Budget (1928)
- Proud Old Rooster (1928)
- Sleeping Cold (1928)
- Stubborn Stebbins (1928)
- Yes (1928)
- Good Provider (1929)
literature
- Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Reclam's science fiction guide. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6 , p. 272.
- Hans Joachim Alpers, Werner Fuchs, Ronald M. Hahn, Wolfgang Jeschke : Lexicon of Science Fiction Literature. Heyne, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-453-02453-2 , p. 678 f.
- John Clute , David Langford : Lovelace, Delos W. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition), version dated March 19, 2017.
- Robert Reginald : Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature. A Checklist, 1700–1974 with Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II. Gale, Detroit 1979, ISBN 0-8103-1051-1 , pp. 981 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Delos Wheeler Lovelace in the catalog of the German National Library
- Delos Wheeler Lovelace in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Delos Wheeler Lovelace at Open Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lovelace, Delos Wheeler |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lovelace, Delos W. (alternative spelling); Foster, Coram (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 2, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brainerd , Minnesota |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th January 1967 |
| Place of death | Claremont , California |