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Fletcher Knebel (born October 1, 1911 in Dayton , Ohio , † February 26, 1993 in Honolulu , Hawaii ) was an American writer and journalist .

Life

After high school in Yonkers ( New York ) Knebel spent a year in Paris and studied at the Sorbonne . Back in Ohio, he attended Miami University in Oxford , where he graduated in 1934. After graduating, he worked as a journalist for various newspapers. In 1960 he wrote a chapter in the book Candidates 1960 on John F. Kennedy and began a career as a writer. His best known novel is Seven Days in May from 1962, which was filmed by John Frankenheimer . Knebel was married four times between 1935 and 1985 and committed suicide in his home in Hawaii in 1993 .

Works

  • Seven Days in May (Seven Days in May, 1962), Scheffler Publishing, 1963
  • The President (Night of Camp David, 1965) Vienna a. a. (Zsolnay) 1966.
  • The road to Zinzin (The Zinzin Road, 1966), Scherz Verlag, 1978
  • Devoured by the Night (Vanished, 1968), Molden Verlag, 1974
  • Dollar-Fiesta (The bottom line, 1975), Swiss publishing house, 1976
  • The double wall (Crossing in Berlin, 1981), Ullstein Verlag , 1986
  • Baptism of Fire (Sabotage, 1986), Scherz Verlag, 1988

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personal data
SURNAME Gag, Fletcher
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Dayton , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1993
Place of death Honolulu , Hawaii