James Hilton (1) (1900–1954)
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Sull'Autore
James Hilton was born in Leigh, Lancashire, England on September 9, 1900. While attending the Leys School in Cambridge, he published several stories in the school magazine. In 1918, he won a scholarship to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he joined the University Officer Training Squadron. Before mostra altro he saw any action, the war ended. He published his first novel, Catherine Herself, in 1920, while still an undergraduate. After Cambridge, he became a freelance journalist, writing chiefly for The Manchester Guardian and later The Irish Independent and reviewing fiction for The Daily Telegraph. During this time, he had several more of his novels published, though without conspicuous success. In 1931, he enjoyed his first popular success with And Now Goodbye and was able to take up writing fiction full time. His other works include Lost Horizon, which won the Hawthornden Prize, Goodbye Mr. Chips, and Random Harvest, all of which were made into highly successful motion pictures. In 1935, he was invited to Hollywood to work as a screenwriter. He wrote screenplays for Camille, Foreign Correspondent, Forever and a Day, The Story of Dr. Wassell, The Tuttles of Tahiti, and We Are Not Alone. He won the Best Screenplay Oscar for Mrs. Miniver in 1942. During his Hollywood years, he continued to write novels including Nothing So Strange, Morning Journey, and Time and Time Again. He also served as the narrator for Madame Curie and the adaptation of his novel So Well Remembered, in addition to hosting CBS Radio's Hallmark Playhouse from 1948 until 1953. He died of liver cancer on December 20, 1954. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di James Hilton
The meadows of the moon 6 copie
James Hilton, Collected Novels : So Well Remembered, Random Harvest, and We Are Not Alone (2013) 6 copie
Terry 3 copie
Chronograms collected : more than 4000 in number, since the publication of the two prededing volumes in 1882 and 1885 (2017) 2 copie
Twilight of the wise 2 copie
The Perfect Plan 2 copie
Lost Horizon, Knight Without Armour, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Random Harvest, the Story of Dr Wassell, & So Well Remembered (1600) 2 copie
Obras de James Hilton (I) 1 copia
James Hilton 1900-1954 bio/works 1 copia
It's a Crazy World 1 copia
The Failure 1 copia
The Bat King 1 copia
The Girl Who Got There 1 copia
From Information Received 1 copia
You Can't Touch Dotty 1 copia
Lives of Men 1 copia
Opere correlate
To the Queen's Taste: The First Supplement to 101 Years' Entertainment; Consisting of the Best Stories Published in the… (1946) — Collaboratore — 24 copie
More O. Henry: One Hundred more of the Master's Stories (1933) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 15 copie
Best-in-Books: Treasure of Pleasant Valley / Best of H.T. Webster / Bridge of San Luis Rey / Think Fast Mr. Moto /… (1956) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Mistress of Mellyn • Surface at the Pole • Good-bye, Mr. Chips • The F.B.I.… (1962) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Die schönsten Bücher für junge Leser — Scarlet Pimpernel | Der letzte Mohikaner | Knulp | Irgendwo in Tibet (1973) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Best Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1900-09-09
- Data di morte
- 1954-12-20
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Knollkreg Cemetery, Abingdon, Virginia, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Leigh, Lancashire, England
- Luogo di morte
- Long Beach, California, USA
- Causa della morte
- liver cancer
- Luogo di residenza
- Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK
Hollywood, California, USA
Woodford Green, England, UK - Istruzione
- Leys School, Cambridge, England, UK
University of Cambridge (BA|1921 - Christ's College) - Attività lavorative
- novelist
radio host
journalist
screenwriter - Organizzazioni
- CBS
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Academy Award for Best Screenplay (1942)
Hawthornden Prize (1934)
Utenti
Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 47
- Opere correlate
- 28
- Utenti
- 8,248
- Popolarità
- #2,930
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 194
- ISBN
- 285
- Lingue
- 20