Paul Gallico

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Paul Gallico, 1937

Paul William Gallico (born July 26, 1897 in New York , NY , USA , † July 15, 1976 in Antibes , France ) was an American writer .

Life

Paul Gallico was born in New York to the Austrian violinist Hortense Erlich and the Italian composer, music teacher and pianist Paolo Gallico, who emigrated to the New World in 1895 . As a teenager, he made several trips to Europe with his parents .

In 1916, Gallico began studying at Columbia University , graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1921 , after having served in World War I for a year and a half as a soldier . He then worked as a journalist for the National Board of Motion Picture Review , six months later as a film critic for the New York Daily News , later in the sports department and from 1923 he had his own column there . He became one of the best-known and most highly paid US sports reporters who, in order to gain the necessary expertise, practiced numerous sports himself.

He turned increasingly away from sports in the 1930s, writing short stories , many of which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post . Many of his stories and novels were later adapted for cinema and TV. From 1943 to 1946 he worked as a war correspondent , and then spent the rest of his life as a freelance writer, living alternately in Great Britain , Mexico , Liechtenstein and Monaco . Inspired by his children's story The Snow Goose , the English rock band Camel recorded an album of the same name in 1975.

Paul Gallico was married four times and had several children. He died on July 15, 1976 in Antibes at the age of 78.

Gallico was the founder of the traditional American amateur boxing tournament Golden Gloves , which produced such well-known winners as Joe Louis , Muhammad Ali and Óscar de la Hoya . In 2009 the writer was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame .

Awards and honors

Works

Novels and short stories

  • Farewell to Sport , 1938
  • Adventures of Hiram Holliday , 1939
  • The Secret Front , 1940
  • The Snow Goose , 1941 (dt. The Snow Goose )
  • Golf is a Friendly Game , 1942
  • Lou Gehrig: Pride of the Yankees , 1942
  • Selected Stories of Paul Gallico , 1944
  • The Lonely , 1947 (German vacation with Patricia )
  • Confessions of a Story Writer , 1948
  • Jennie , 1950 (German: my friend Jennie )
  • The small miracle , 1951 (Eng. Pepino or the small miracle ; also the small miracle )
  • Trial by terror , 1952 (German no call from Vienna )
  • Snowflake , 1952 (German snowflake )
  • The Foolish Immortals , 1953 (German fair of immortality )
  • Love of seven dolls , 1954 (German: Kleine Mouche )
  • Ludmilla. A legend of Liechtenstein , 1955
  • Thomasina , 1957 (German The Red Lori )
  • Flowers for Mrs. Harris , 1958 (German: a dress by Dior )
  • The Steadfast Man , 1958 ( Bell over Ireland. The life of St. Patrick )
  • Too Many Ghosts , 1959 (Eng. Always these ghosts! )
  • The Hurricane Story , 1959
  • Mrs. Harris goes to New York , 1960 (Eng. The Smuggled Henry )
  • Confessions of a Story Teller , 1961
  • Scruffy , 1962 (Eng. The monkeys of Gibraltar )
  • Coronation , 1962
  • Love, Let me not Hunger , 1963 (German: The Spanish Tour )
  • Three Stories , 1964
  • The Hand of Mary Constable , 1964 (dt. The hand from the other side )
  • The Silent Miaow , 1964 (German tyrant on gentle paws )
  • Mrs. Harris, MP , 1965 (German friend with Rolls-Royce )
  • The Golden People , 1965
  • The Man who was Magic , 1966 (German Adam the Magician )
  • The Story of Silent Night , 1967
  • The Revealing Eye , 1967
  • Gallico Magic , 1967
  • The Poseidon Adventure , 1969 (German shipwreck ; later: The sinking of the Poseidon )
  • Matilda , 1970 (German KO Matilda )
  • The Zoo Gang , 1971
  • Honorable Cat , 1972
  • The Boy who invented the Bubble Gun , 1974 (German Julian and the soap bubbles )
  • Mrs. Harris goes to Moscow , 1974 (German Mrs. Harris flies to Moscow )
  • Miracle in the Wilderness , 1975

Children's and young people's literature

  • The Day the Guinea-Pig talked , 1963 (Eng. The day on which the guinea pig could talk . Illustrations by Horst Lemke . Translated by Adolf Himmel . S. Mohn Verlag, 1965)
  • The Day Jean-Pierre was Pignapped , 1964 ( Eng . The day on which the guinea pig was kidnapped . Illustrations by Horst Lemke. Translated by Adolf Himmel. S. Mohn Verlag, 1966)
  • The Day Jean-Pierre Went Round the World , 1965 (Eng. The day on which the guinea pig flew around the world . Illustrations by Horst Lemke. Translated by Adolf Himmel. S. Mohn Verlag, 1967)
  • Manxmouse , 1968 (German. Vom courageous Manxmaus-Mäuseich . Illustrations by Horst Lemke. Translated by Adolf Himmel. Bertelsmann Jugendbuchverlag, 1970)
  • The Day Jean-Pierre Joined the Circus , 1969 (Ger. The day on which the guinea pig went to the circus . Illustrations by Horst Lemke. Translated by Adolf Himmel. Bertelsmann Jugendbuchverlag, 1972. ISBN 3-570-07439-0 )

Film adaptations (selection)

Remarks

  1. ↑ Data and information on the film series around Ada Harris, played by Inge Meysel

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Gallico, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gallico, Paul William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH New York , NY , USA
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1976
Place of death Monaco