Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933)
Autore di Charlie Chan e la casa senza chiavi
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Earl Derr Biggers was born in 1884 in Warren, Ohio. He graduated from Harvard University in 1907 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. After college, Biggers went to work at The Boston Traveler, where he wrote a humorous column, and then reviews, until 1911. By that time he had finished his first novel, mostra altro "Seven Keys To Baldpate," migrated to New York with his first novel and also his first comedy, "If You're Only Human" and began writing plays. Biggers wrote magazine articles, stories, novels and plays, including a war play, "Inside The Lines," which ran 500 nights in London in 1915 and 1916. He published two more novels during the 1910s, Love Insurance in 1914 and The Agony Column in 1916, but his main activity was focused on humor writing, particularly in magazines and short stories. In 1919, Biggers decided to quit playwriting and go to California to write for motion pictures. His reputation spread among the public with his most famous creation, Charlie Chan. He developed the character of Charlie Chan for his novel "The House Without A Key" in 1925. He wrote six Charlie Chan novels, all moderately popular. All were adapted to the cinema, except for "Keeper Of The Keys". The Charlie Chan movies were one of the most successful screen series in history, with over 40 movies based on the character. There were also numerous Chan radio adaptations and comic strips, as well as attempts to bring the character to television. Earl Biggers died in Pasadena, California, in April of 1933 at the age of 48, from a heart attack. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Earl Derr Biggers
Charlie Chan: Five Complete Novels: The House Without a Key; The Chinese Parrot; Behind That Curtain; The Black Camel;… (1925) 136 copie
Charlie Chan's Caravan 10 copie
The Charlie Chan MEGAPACK ®: The Complete 6-Book Series Plus 16 more by Earl Derr Biggers (2013) 6 copie
MYSTERY CLASSICS Boxed Set - Earl Derr Biggers Edition (Illustrated): Seven Keys to Baldpate, Inside the Lines, The… (2017) 3 copie
NOVELAS ESCOGIDAS 3 copie
Earl Derr Biggers: The Complete Works: (Illustrated) (Bauer Classics) (All Time Best Writers Book 9) (2020) 2 copie
The Dollar Chasers 2 copie
Charlie Chan Carries On 1939 1 copia
O LADRÃO DE DIAMANTES 1 copia
Strážce klíčů : detektivní román 1 copia
Mannen med nøklene 1 copia
Novelas policíacas completas 1 copia
The Cruel Town 1 copia
Tickling the Palate of Pegasus 1 copia
The Bird in the Cage 1 copia
Chinese Parrot 1 copia
Charlie Chan Vol. II 1 copia
Charlie Chan 1 copia
Opere correlate
Charlie Chan Collection: Volume One — Original characters — 22 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1884-08-24
- Data di morte
- 1933-04-05
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Cremated
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Warren, Ohio, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Pasadena, California, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- San Marino, California, USA
- Istruzione
- Harvard University (1907)
- Attività lavorative
- playwright
novelist - Breve biografia
- Biggers is probably best known for his creation of Charlie Chan who was based on a real Chinese-American police detective he met in Honolulu.
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An entertaining collection of the Charlie Chan stories and other stories by the same author.
Detektivní román, v němž detektiv Charlie Chan, znalec lidských povah a vášní vyřeší případ vraždy slavné zpěvačky. Čtyři bývalí manželé slavné zpěvačky se sejdou na sídle jednoho z nich, ke schůzce je pozván i známý detektiv. Hostitel, Dudley Ward, první z exmanželů má pro všechny otázku, nevědí-li něco o osudu jeho dítěte, které se narodilo po rozvodu. Na schůzku se dostaví i jejich bývalá manželka se svým nynějším milencem. Vzápětí je však zavražděna. Každý z těchto mužů měl pádný důvod k jejímu zavraždění. Na honolulském detektivovi čínského původu je, aby případ vyřešil.… (altro)
Když je ve svém domě nedaleko mořského pobřeží zavražděn jeden z nejbohatších mužů ostrova, vedou stopy k řadě podezřelých, ...
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- Opere
- 52
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- 9
- Utenti
- 2,054
- Popolarità
- #12,515
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 111
- ISBN
- 316
- Lingue
- 14
- Preferito da
- 8
La casa sense clau és el primer llibre de les aventures de Charlie Chan, el detectiu protagonista de diverses adaptacions cinematogràfiques i televisives durant la primera meitat del segle XX. En una època en què la literatura estatunidenca era plena de personatges asiàtics associats a estereotips negatius, Earl Derr Biggers va arriscar i guanyar amb la creació de Chan, un home noble, valent i heroic que no renega dels seus orígens. LÆambientació del misteri a un indret ex.tic per al lector com Hawaii va ser un precedent per a sèries dÆèxit com Hawaii 5.0 o Magnum P.I.&nbs… (altro)