Jack Ketchum

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Jack Ketchum, Salon du Livre , 2009

Jack Ketchum (real name: Dallas Mayr; born November 10, 1946 in Livingston , New Jersey ; † January 24, 2018 in New York City , New York ) was an American writer . He has received the Bram Stoker Award several times and in 2011 the World Horror Convention Grand Master Award . In 2010, Die Schwestern was awarded the Vincent Prize for “Best International Literature” .

Life

Ketchum attended Emerson College and, as a young man, worked as a cook, actor and teacher, among other things. As a literary agent, Ketchum accompanied Henry Miller's last few years . A mentor to the young Jack Ketchum was Robert Bloch , the author of the novel Psycho .

Surname

Some of his early works still appeared under the pseudonym "Jerzy Livingston", based on his hometown.

The stage name Jack Ketchum is an allusion to the historic executioner Jack Ketch (died 1686). Since the characters in Ketchum's novels often come to a tragic end, the author's name as an executioner fits. In addition, the name can also be read as a play on words: "Jack, Catch 'em", ie "Jack, catch them".

Film career

His works The Lost , Evil , Red , Beutegier and The Woman were each filmed. Apart from The Woman , he took on a supporting role in the films under his real name Dallas Mayr.

Works

bibliography

  • Off Season (1979) (German " Beutezeit ", Heyne Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-453-67507-0 )
  • Hide And Seek (1984) (Ger. "Hidden", Heyne 2013, ISBN 978-3-453-67616-9 )
  • Cover (1987) (German "Jagdtrip", Heyne 2016, ISBN 978-3-453-67706-7 )
  • The Girl Next Door (1989) (Ger. " Evil ", Heyne 2006, ISBN 978-3-453-67502-5 )
  • She Wakes (1989) (Eng. "Sie Erwacht", Festa 2019, one-time private edition - limited to 999 copies - without ISBN)
  • Offspring (1991) (Ger. "Greed for booty", Heyne 2009, ISBN 978-3-453-67562-9 )
  • Joyride (1994) (German "Amokjagd", Heyne 2008, ISBN 978-3-453-67545-2 )
  • Stranglehold (1995) (German "Wahnsinn", Heyne 2009, ISBN 978-3-453-67552-0 )
  • Red (1995) (German "Blutrot", Heyne 2008, ISBN 978-3-453-67556-8 )
  • Ladies Night (1997) (German "Ladies' Night", Festa 2020 - without ISBN)
  • The Exit At Toledo Blade Boulevard (1998)
  • Right To Life and 2 Stories (1998) (Eng. "Lebendig", Heyne 2014, ISBN 978-3-453-67658-9 )
  • The Dust of the Heavens (1999)
  • Broken on the Wheel of Sex (1999)
  • Masks (1999) with Edward Lee
  • Father and Son (1999)
  • Off Season: The Unexpurgated Edition (1999), (German " Beutezeit ", Heyne 2007, ISBN 978-3-453-67507-0 )
  • Right To Life: And 2 New Stories (1999)
  • The Lost (2001) (Eng. "The Lost", Heyne 2011, ISBN 978-3-453-67627-5 )
  • Eyes Left (2001) with Edward Lee
  • Triage (2001) with Richard Laymon and Edward Lee
  • Station Two (2001)
  • Peaceable Kingdom (2002)
  • Sleep Disorder (2003) with Edward Lee
  • Honor System (2003)
  • At Home with the VCR (2003)
  • The Fountain (2004) with The Piece of Paper by Edward Lee
  • The Crossings (2004) (Eng. "The Sisters" ( Atlantis Verlag , August 2010))
  • The Transformed Mouse: A Fable (2004)
  • Seascape (2005)
  • Absinthe (2006) with Tim Lebbon
  • Weed Species (2006)
  • Closing Time and Other Stories (2007)
  • Richard Laymon : Tributes (2007)
  • Book of Souls (2008)
  • Old Flames (2008) (German "Psychotic", Festa 2020 - without ISBN)
  • with Lucky McKee : The Woman (2011) (German "Beuterausch", Heyne 2011, ISBN 978-3-453-67615-2 )
  • with Lucky McKee: I'm Not Sam (2012) (Eng. "I am not Sam", Festa 2019, ISBN 978-3-86552-798-1 )

Film adaptations

  • The Lost (2006) (Eng. "Jack Ketchum's The Lost - Teenage Serial Killer", April 9, 2009)
  • The Girl next Door (2007) (German " Jack Ketchum's Evil ", May 16, 2008)
  • Red (2008) (Eng. "Red" or "Blood Red", April 24, 2009)
  • Offspring (2009) (German "Jack Ketchum's Greed for Prey", 2009)
  • The Woman (2011)

Web links

Commons : Jack Ketchum  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Endres: Jack Ketchum (1946-2018). The master of horror is dead. In: The future. Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH , January 25, 2018, accessed on January 26, 2018 .
  2. ^ Markus Naegele: Jack Ketchum . Obituary on buchmarkt.de , January 25, 2018, accessed on January 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ Horror author Jack Ketchum is dead . Deutschlandfunk Kultur “Kulturnachrichten”, January 25, 2018, accessed on January 25, 2018
  4. ↑ Jack Ketchum . Fantastic Fiction, January 23, 2018, accessed January 25, 2018.
  5. ↑ Thomas Fröhlich: The scariest guy in the country - Jack Ketchum / Interview, Pt. 1 . Evolver , June 30, 2008, accessed January 25, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Ketchum, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mayr, Dallas (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Livingston , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 2018
Place of death New York City , New York