Eric Malpass
Eric Lawson Malpass (born November 14, 1910 in Derby , † October 16, 1996 ) was an English writer .
Life
Eric Malpass worked as a bank clerk in Central England for a long time before joining the BBC in 1947. He worked for several major newspapers , including the Observer , whose short story competition he won in 1954. In 1960, his novel Beefy is to blame for everything (English original title: Beefy Jones ) was awarded the Palme d'Or for the best humorous book of the year in Italy . Eric Malpass lived as a freelance writer in Long Eaton , East Midlands near Nottingham.
Malpass was a great Shakespeare lover, which is evident in almost all of his novels. In addition to the popular Gaylord novels, In the morning at seven, the world is still in order (Original title: Morning's at seven ) and When sweetly the moonlight sleeps on the hills (Original title: At the Height of the Moon ), he wrote five more other novels in this series, which did not achieve the same level of fame as the first two books, which is probably related to their film adaptation. Another story , which was also processed as film material in Germany, was When mother went on strike (English original title: Oh My Darling Daughter ). The three-part Shakespeare biography Do I love a bright star in the sky (English original title: Sweet Will ), Unhappy we are not alone (English original title: The Cleopatra Boy ) and I hear the chime of the hours (English original title: A House of Women ) testifies to Malpass' passion for the great playwright. Almost all of his books are humorous family stories in which "Malpass defines happiness not as a condition or convention", "but as a moment of confidence amidst all the uncertainties, doubts and failures that normal life usually consists of" ( Sybil Countess Schönfeldt ) . Except for seven in the morning the world is still in order , most of his work, which has been translated into German in bookshops, is out of print.
Works
- Shakespeare Biography (Shakespeare Trilogy)
- I love a bright star in the sky (Original title: Sweet Will , 1973)
- Unhappy we are not alone (Original title: The Cleopatra Boy , 1974)
- I hear the chime of the hours (English original title: A House of Women , 1975)
- Gaylord novels (novels about the Pentecost family)
- At seven in the morning the world is still in order (English original title: Morning's at seven , 1965) ( No. 1 on the Spiegel bestseller list from April 17 to November 19, 1967 and November 27, 1967 to March 24, 1968 )
- When the moonlight sleeps sweetly on the hills (Original title: At the Height of the Moon , 1967) ( No. 1 on the Spiegel bestseller list in 1968 and 1969 )
- Fortinbras has escaped (English original title: Fortinbras has escaped , 1968)
- Dear Spring Come Soon (Original title: The Long Long Dances , 1977)
- Beautiful time of young love (English original title: Summer Awakening , 1978)
- And yet the blackbird sings (English original title: Evensong , 1982)
- When the tiger goes to sleep (English original title: Pig-in-the-Middle , 1989)
- More humorous novels
- Beefy is to blame for everything (original title: Beefy Jones , 1957)
- As a mother went on strike (English original title: Oh My Darling Daughter , 1970)
- Limmerick family (1971)
- Zeitromane (novels relating to a specific historical epoch)
- And the wind brings the rain (English original title: The Wind Brings Up The Rain , 1978)
- Love blooms at all times (English original title: The Raising of Lazarus Pike , 1980)
- Lamp shine and starlight (English original title: The Lamplight and The Stars , 1985)
- Thomas Cranmer or the power of weakness (Original title: Of Human Frailty , 1986)
Film adaptations
- At seven in the morning the world is still fine , 1968
- When the moonlight sleeps sweetly on the hills , 1969
- When mother went on strike , 1974
- Mon ami Gaylord (French mini-series, based on The world is still okay at seven in the morning ), 1979
literature
- Eric L. Malpass , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 04/1997 from January 13, 1997, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Web links
- Literature by and about Eric Malpass in the catalog of the German National Library
- Eric Malpass in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Malpass, Eric |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Malpass, Eric Lawson (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Derby (Derbyshire) |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1996 |