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Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression. His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in 1933 in ...
Chandler is considered one of the founders of the hard-boiled detective. Raymond Chandler was born in late July of 1888 in Chicago, Illinois. For almost fifty years of Chandler’s life (from 1907-1956), he lived in and was a citizen of Britain. The rest of his life, he spent in America, including the last three years of his life.
Apr 30, 2024 · Raymond Chandler (born July 23, 1888, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died March 26, 1959, La Jolla, California) was an American author of detective fiction, the creator of the private detective Philip Marlowe, whom he characterized as a poor but honest upholder of ideals in an opportunistic and sometimes brutal society in Los Angeles.
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Raymond Chandler bibliography. Raymond Chandler c. 1943. Raymond Chandler (1888–1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and lived in the US until he was seven, when his parents separated and his Anglo-Irish mother brought him to live near London; he was educated at Dulwich College from 1900.
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- March 26, 1959
- July 23, 1888
- The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
- The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
- Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
- The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
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Raymond Chandler(1888-1959) Writer. Actor. IMDbProStarmeterSee rank. An American novelist, writer of crime fiction featuring the private detective Philip Marlowe, Raymond (Thornton) Chandler was born in Chicago of an American father and an Anglo-Irish mother. He moved to England when his parents divorced.
Jul 23, 2021 · “I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars.” Today marks the 133rd anniversary of the birth of Raymond Chandler, patron saint of Los Angeles noir and perhaps the most famous crime fiction writer of all time. Each of his nine novels, from The Big Sleep (1939) to the posthumously published Playback (1953), center around […]