William E. Barrett

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William E. Barrett (born November 16, 1900 in New York City , New York , † September 14, 1986 in Denver , Colorado ) was an American writer.

Life

William Edmund Barrett grew up in New York City and spent several years in Denver. He sold his first poem at the age of 14. He completed an engineering training at Manhattan College. He later worked as a freelance writer for industry publications. It was during these years that he began writing short stories that were published in crime magazines.

His first book, the biography The Lady on Horseback , was published in 1938. A year later he returned to Denver, where he took on various positions as a specialist in aircraft technology and aviation at the beginning of the Second World War , including with the American Air Force. In 1951 his best-known novel The Left Hand of God appeared , which was later filmed with Humphrey Bogart in the leading role. His Lilies of the Field , published in 1962, was also successfully filmed.

Barrett preferred to deal with religious and philosophical subjects. In 1964 he wrote a biography about Pope Paul VI. His last work, the 1975 novel The Lady of the Lotus , deals with Far Eastern religion.

Works

  • Woman on Horseback (1938)
  • Flight from Youth (1939)
  • The Last Man (1946)
  • The Evil Heart (1946)
  • The Number of My Days (1946)
  • Son-of-a-Gun Stew (1946)
  • Denver Murders (1946)
  • Man from Rome (1949)
  • The Left Hand of God (1951)
  • Shadows of the Images (1953)
  • Sudden Strangers (1956)
  • The Empty Shrine (1958)
  • Girl from Nowhere (1959)
  • The Edge of Things (1960)
  • The First War Planes (1960)
  • Lilies of the Field (1962)
    • English: lilies on the field. Translated by Jutta Knust and Theodor Knust. Herder, Freiburg 1963.
  • The Fools of Time (1963)
  • Shepherd of Mankind (1964)
  • The Red Lacquered Gate (1967)
  • The Glory Tent (1967)
  • The Wine and the Music (1968)
  • A Woman in the House (1971)
  • The Shape of Illusion (1972)
    • German: The image of all people. Das Bester, Stuttgart 1973, ISBN 3-87070-048-3 (abbreviated).
  • The Lady of the Lotus (1975)
Collections
  • The Edge of Things (1960)
Short stories

1926:

  • The Music of Madness (in: Weird Tales, March 1926 )

1933:

  • The Mobster Man ( Dean Culver -Story, in: Strange Detective Stories, December 1933 )

1936:

  • It Is Dark in My Grave (in: Terror Tales, March 1936 )

1960:

  • The Blue Sleep (1960, in: William E. Barrett: The Edge of Things )
  • The Destroyer (1960, in: William E. Barrett: The Edge of Things )
  • Flight From Youth (1960, in: William E. Barrett: The Edge of Things )
  • Velma (1960, in: William E. Barrett: The Edge of Things )

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personal data
SURNAME Barrett, William E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barrett, William Edmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1986
Place of death Denver , Colorado