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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.
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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 (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.
Title [14]Date Of PublicationPeriodicalNotes"The Unknown Love"December 19, 1908Poem"The Poet's Knowledge"March 3, 1909Poem"The Soul's Defiance"March 5, 1909Poem"The Wheel"March 25, 1909PoemRaymond Chandler. Writer. Actor. IMDbPro Starmeter See 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.
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Jul 23, 2021 · By Dan Sheehan. July 23, 2021, 11:45am. “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 ...
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March 26, 1959. Genre. Hard Boiled, Mystery, Thriller. edit data. Raymond Thornton Chandler was an American novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at age forty-four, Raymond Chandler decided to become a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Depression.
