Ellery Queen

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Frederick Dannay (left) with the American writer James Yaffe (* 1927) in 1943

Ellery Queen was the pseudonym of the two cousins Frederick Dannay (born October 20, 1905 in Brooklyn , New York City , † September 3, 1982 ) and Manfred Bennington Lee (born January 11, 1905 in Brooklyn , New York City , † April 3 1971 ) who wrote crime novels as a team of authors .

Life

The career of Ellery Queen began with a writing contest, one in which definitely pseudonym had to be used. With a flair for marketing, the cousins ​​turned their hero into an author who is his own chronicler .

The fictional Ellery Queen is the son of Inspector Richard Queen, through whose intermediary he often comes to his cases. Furthermore, he has studied and is financially independent through an inheritance . So all in all he is a version of Lord Peter Wimsey trimmed to American standards .

In addition to the Ellery Queen novels, Dannay and Lee wrote the short story Terror at Northfield in 1956 , which was made into a film in 1963 in the series The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and published in German under the title Stadt in Angst .

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine , later launched , gave authors a platform for first-time publications, which helped some to achieve successful careers. Ellery Queen was also used as a " house name " by others (e.g. Jack Vance , Avram Davidson ).

Under the pseudonym Barnaby Ross, Dannay and Lee published four novels about the detective Drury Lane between 1932 and 1934.

Awards

Works (selection)

  • 1929: The Roman Hat Mystery (German: beautiful is a top hat )
  • 1931: The Dutch Shoe Mystery (German: The secret of the white shoes )
  • 1932: The Greek Coffin Mystery (Eng. The coffin of the Greek )
  • 1932: The Egyptian Cross Mystery (German: The Egyptian Cross )
  • 1933: The Siamese Twin Mystery (Eng. The riddle of the Siamese twins )
  • 1934: The Chinese Orange Mystery (Eng. The riddle of the Chinese mandarin )
  • 1935: The Spanish Cape Mystery (Eng. The naked death )
  • 1936: Halfway House (Eng. The Scream on the River )
  • 1939: The Dragon's Teeth (dt. Dragon's teeth )
  • 1945: The Murderer is a Fox (Eng. The murderer is a fox )
  • 1949: Cat of Many Tails (German: The Indian silk cord )
  • 1950: Double, Double (Eng. ... and you're out! )
  • 1951: The Origin of Evil (dt. From the origin of evil )
  • 1958: The Finishing Stroke ( The twelfth gift )
  • 1964: ... and on the Eighth Day (Eng. Murder in Paradise )
  • 1966: A Study in Terror (with Paul W. Fairman , German Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper: a study of horror )

As Barnaby Ross

  • 1932: The Tragedy of X (Eng. Die Zange , 1935 under Barnaby Ross, 1953 under Ellery Queen)
  • 1933: The Tragedy of Y (German: The Poison Cup , 1959, and The Tragedy of York , 1973; both under Ellery Queen)
  • 1933: Drury Lane's Last Case (German Drury Lane's last case , 1948 under Ellery Queen)
  • 1934: The Tragedy of Z (German race against fate , 1960 under Ellery Queen)

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