Lionel White

Lionel White (born July 9, 1905 in New York City , † December 26, 1985 in Asheville , North Carolina ) was an American writer and journalist who mainly wrote detective novels .

Life

Lionel White worked as a crime reporter and wrote thirty-eight detective novels between 1952 and 1978, which were initially only published as paperbacks by Gold Medal, and later also appeared as hardcover editions by EP Dutton. Many of White's novels have been translated into German; however, the editions are out of print. Some of his novels have been made into movies, such as Clean Break by Stanley Kubrick under the title The Killing and The Snatchers as The Night of the Following Day with Marlon Brando. Obsession is considered the novel for Jean-Luc Godard's film Pierrot le fou .

When his novel The Ransomed Madonna (1964) appeared, the New York Times described White as the “master of the great coup”. Quentin Tarantino named him in the credits of Reservoir Dogs as one of the sources of inspiration for the film.

Novels

• Seven Hungry Men! (1952)
• The Snatchers (1953)
  • The death scream at dawn, German by Benno Schnitzler; Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1972
• To Find a Killer (1954 - also as Before I Die )
  • Poker with Satan, German by Fritz Moeglich ; Heyne, Munich 1962
• The Big Caper (1955)
• Clean Break (1955)
  • Death certificate in hand luggage, German from Elisabeth Simon; Pabel, Rastatt 1975
• Flight into Terror (1955)
  • Escape into Danger, German by Esther Schiesser; Müller-Verlag, Zurich, Stuttgart, Vienna 1955
• Love Trap (1955)
• Operation - Murder (1956)
  • Aktion Murder, German from?; Constantin-Verlag, Karlsruhe 1960
• The House Next Door (1956)
  • The house next door, German by Fritz Moeglich; Heyne, Munich 1962
• A Right for Murder (1957)
  • Requiem in Manhattan, German by Günter Hehemann; Heyne, Munich 1963
• Death Takes the Bus (1957)
• Hostage for a Hood (1957)
• Coffin for a Hood (1958)
  • Which of us is tomorrow ?, German by Richard Augustin; Pabel, Rastatt 1974
• Invitation to Violence (1958)
  • Hot jewelry, German by Fritz Moeglich; Heyne, Munich 1962
• Too Young to Die (1958)
• Rafferty (1959)
• Run, killer, run! (1959)
• The Merriweather File (1959)
  • Murderers among themselves, German by Günter Hehemann; Heyne, Munich 1961
• Steal Big (1960)
  • The big job, German by Fritz Moeglich; Heyne, Munich 1961
• Lament for a Virgin (1960)
• Marilyn K. (1960)
• The Time of Terror (1960)
  • Terror, German by Peter Witt; Heyne, Munich 1962
• A Death at Sea (1961)
• A Grave Undertaking (1961)
  • The funeral parlor, German by Werner Gronwald; Heyne, Munich 1963
• Obsession (1962)
  • No way back, German by Werner Gronwald; Heyne, Munich 1964
• The Money Trap (1963)
  • Some like murder, by Heinz Bruck; Heyne, Munich 1966
• The Ransomed Madonna (1964)
  • Ransom for a Madonna, German by Jutta von Sonnenberg; Heyne, Munich 1964
• The House on K Street (1965)
  • Dangerous neighbors, German by Gisela Stege; Heyne, Munich 1966
• A Party to Murder (1966)
  • The Christmas party, German by Jutta von Sonnenberg; Heyne, Munich 1967
• The Mind Poisoners (1966)
• The Crimshaw Memorandum (1967)
  • The 100 dollar vote, German by Werner Gronwald; Heyne, Munich 1968
• The Night of the Rape (1967)
  • The night of violence, German by Helmut Anders; Scherz, Munich, Bern 1972
• Hijack (1969)
  • Full throttle into Ververben, German by Klaus Prost; Scherz, Munich, Bern 1972
• Death of a City (1970)
  • The black and the white rats, German by Eleonore Gabrich; Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1972. ISBN 978-3-404-00530-7
• A Rich and Dangerous Game (1974)
  • The journey of death, German by Hans Maeter ; Heyne, Munich 1976. ISBN 978-3-453-10290-3
• The Mexico Run (1974)
  • Poisonous dreams; by Wulf Bergner ; Scherz, Munich, Bern 1976. ISBN 978-3-502-55577-3
• Jailbreak (1976)
• The Walled Yard (1978)

Film adaptations

• The Killing (USA 1956 / dt. The bill didn't work out ; Director: Stanley Kubrick - film adaptation of Clean Break )
• The Big Caper (USA 1957 / directed by Robert Stevens)
• The Merriweather File (1961 USA / episode of the television series Thriller ; directed by John Brahm)
• The Money Trap (USA 1965 / German Goldfalle ; Director: Burt Kennedy )
• The Night of the Following Day (USA 1968 / Ger. On the evening of the following day ; Director: Hubert Cornfield - film adaptation of The Snatchers )
• Karvat (Finland 1974 / director: Seppo Huunonen - film adaptation of Clean Break )
• Rafferty (Russia 1980 / directed by Semyon Aranovich)

Web links

• Cover of the original editions

Individual evidence

1. ^ Criminals At Large (The New York Times)