James Jones (Author)

James Jones (born November 6, 1921 in Robinson , Illinois , † May 9, 1977 in Southampton , Long Island , New York ) was an American writer .

biography

During the Second World War , he saw the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Guadalcanal as a soldier. The attack on Pearl Harbor forms the framework of the novel Doomed in All Eternity , the battle for Guadalcanal is portrayed in Island of the Damned . This book was filmed under the title The Narrow Ridge . The aftermath of the war is finally treated in the 1979 posthumously published novel The Homecoming of the Damned . Jones could not complete this last part of the trilogy, at his death almost 31 of the 34 chapters were available. Following the author's written notes and tapes, the manuscript was completed by Willie Morris , as James Jones intended. All three novels are linked by depicting similar characters, so that an overall picture of the Pacific War emerges.

James Jones was married to the actress Gloria Mosolino (1928-2006). Kaylie Jones (* 1960), the daughter, published an autobiographical novel in 1990 about the life of the family in Paris. A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998), dt. The time of youth (1999), was filmed by James Ivory , Kris Kristofferson played the Father.

Works

• Pacific War Trilogy:
  • From Here to Eternity . Scribner, New York 1951, ISBN 0-385-33364-1 . (From the American by Otto Schrag: Damned in all Eternity . S. Fischer, Frankfurt a. M. 1951, ISBN 3-596-16015-4 .)
  • The Thin Red Line . Scribner, New York 1962, ISBN 0-385-32408-1 . (From the American by Günther Danehl: Der tanzende Elefant . S. Fischer, Frankfurt a. M. 1963, later title: Insel der Verdammten , ISBN 3-596-14188-5 .)
  • Whistle . Delacorte Press, New York 1978, ISBN 0-385-33424-9 . (From the American by Emil Bastuk: The Homecoming of the Damned . S. Fischer, Frankfurt a. M. 1979, ISBN 3-596-25155-9 .)
• Some came running . Scribner, New York 1957, ISBN 0-440-18261-1 . (From the American by Werner von Grünau: Die Enturzelte . S. Fischer, Frankfurt a. M. 1959, ISBN 3-404-00539-2 . Filmed in 1958 as "Some Came Running" / "They are all damned .)
• The 1959 pistol
• The Ice-cream Headache and Other Stories. Delacorte, New York 1968, ISBN 1-888-45135-1 . (From the American by Hermann Stiehl: The knife and other stories. GB Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1971, ISBN 3-596-28100-8 .)
• Trials of strength 1967
• The Merry Month of May 1970 ( May in Paris . S. Fischer, Frankfurt / Main 1971)
• A touch of danger . Doubleday, Garden City NY 1973, ISBN 0-006-14777-1 . (From the American by Emil Bastuk: Das Sonnenparadies . S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1974, ISBN 3-100-36606-9 .)

Film adaptations

• 1953 - From Here to Eternity ( From Here to Eternity ) - Director: Fred Zinnemann
• 1958 - They're All Damned ( Some Came Running ) - Director: Vincente Minnelli - Template: "The Uprooted"
• 1963 - Seven Days Without Mercy ( The Thin Red Line ) - Director: Andrew Marton - Based on: "Isle of the Damned"
• 1979 From Here to Eternity (TV miniseries ) directed by Buzz Kulik
• 1998 - The Thin Red Line ( The Thin Red Line ) - Director: Terrence Malick - Template: "Island of the Damned"

Web links

• Literature by and about James Jones in the catalog of the German National Library
• James Jones in the Internet Movie Database (English)