Hammond Innes

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Hammond Innes (actually: Ralph Hammond Innes ; born July 15, 1913 in Horsham , † June 10, 1998 in Kersey ) was a British novelist. He was inspired by world trips to adventure stories that often take place in inhospitable nature.

life and work

At the age of 17 he wrote his first novel The Doppelganger (published 1937). From 1934 to 1940 he wrote for the Financial News newspaper . He was an artilleryman until 1946. In 1978 he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire . He wrote until shortly before his death. His last novel was Delta Connection (1996). Some of his novels were made into films, such as The Shipwreck of the Mary Deare in 1959 .

For a book, he usually spent six months traveling and researching, followed by six months producing the manuscript. Many of his works deal with events at sea. The geology is often a central element (mineral resources, volcanism). Unusually for the thriller genre, Innes' protagonists are often not "heroes" in the traditional sense, but ordinary people who suddenly find themselves in extreme situations. The protagonist is usually forced to rely on his own mind and make the best possible use of the limited resources.

Works

Novels published in German
  • Death shadow over Cornwall. ( Wreckers Must Breathe , 1940)
  • The death mine. ( The Killer Mine , 1947)
  • The ship in the rock. ( Maddon's Rock , 1948)
  • The blue ice. ( The Blue Ice , 1948)
  • The white south. ( The White South , 1949), German translation by Arno Schmidt , Rowohlt Hamburg, 1952
  • The flaming mountain. ( The Angry Mountain , 1950)
  • The airlift. ( Air Bridge , 1951)
  • Campbell's Kingdom. (also: Oil in the Rocky Mountains ; Campbell's Kingdom , 1952)
  • It started in Tangier. ( The Strange Land , 1954)
  • The shipwreck of the Mary Deare. ( The Wreck of the "Mary Deare" , 1956)
  • Labrador. The land of Cain. ( The Land God Gave to Cain , 1958)
  • The lost oasis. ( The Doomed Oasis , 1960)
  • Raging Atlantic. ( Atlantic Fury , 1962)
  • The white water. (also: The Disappeared Island ; The Strode Venturer , 1965)
  • The conquistadors. ( The Conquistadors , 1969)
  • Death on Leukas. ( Levkas Man , 1971)
  • The gold of the desert. ( Golden Soak , 1973)
  • North star. ( North Star , 1974)
  • The track of the elephants. ( The Big Footprints , 1977)
  • Captain Cook's last voyage. ( The Last Voyage , 1978)
  • Two pennies for a great life. ( Solomon's Seal , 1980)
  • The black tide. ( The Black Tide , 1982)
  • The Yukon affair. ( High Stand , 1985)
  • Medusa. (1988)
  • Isvik. In search of the ship of secrets. ( Isvik , 1991)
Travel reports
  • Harvest of many journeys. ( Harvest of Journeys , with Reimar von Bonin, 1960)
  • Scandinavia. ( Scandinavia , 1963)

Film adaptations (selection)

  • 1953: Hell below zero - based on the novel "The White South"
  • 1957: Dangerous Legacy ( Campbell's kingdom )
  • 1959: The do not fear death ( The wreck of the Mary Deare )
  • 1977: The Gold of the Desert ( Golden Soak , Australian-British-German TV series in 6 episodes)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Innes, Hammond . In: Britannica Book of the Year 1999 .
  2. ↑ Authors' Calendar: (Ralph) Hammond Innes (1913-1998) ( Memento from September 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Innes, Hammond
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hammond Innes, Ralph; Hammond, Ralph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British author
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Horsham
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1998
Place of death Kersey