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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.
- Raymond Chandler Bibliography
Raymond Chandler bibliography. Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)...
- Farewell, My Lovely
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- Raymond Chandler Bibliography
Mar 22, 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Farewell, My Lovely is a novel by Raymond Chandler, published in 1940, the second novel he wrote featuring the Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe. It was adapted for the screen three times and was also adapted for the stage and radio.
- 1940
- Lynn Root and Frank Fenton
- Irving Reis
- Raymond Chandler
British (1907–56) Period. 1933–59. Genre. crime fiction, suspense, hardboiled. Raymond Chandler (1943) Raymond Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American novelist and a screenwriter. He was born in Chicago. He became a detective fiction writer after he lost a position as an oil executive.
- July 23, 1888, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Novelist
- American (1888–1907, 1956–59), British (1907–56)
- March 26, 1959 (aged 70), La Jolla, California, United States
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