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David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 1931 – 12 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré (/ l ə ˈ k ær eɪ / lə-KARR-ay), was a British Irish author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television.
- 12 December 2020 (aged 89), Truro, England, UK
5 days ago · John le Carré (born October 19, 1931, Poole, Dorset, England—died December 12, 2020, Truro, Cornwall, England) was an English writer of suspenseful, realistic spy novels based on a wide knowledge of international espionage. Educated abroad and at the University of Oxford, le Carré taught French and Latin at Eton College from 1956 to 1958.
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Nov 4, 2022 · Nov. 4, 2022. John le Carré, who died over the weekend at age 89, left behind a remarkable literary legacy. He wrote 25 novels over nearly six decades, zeroing in on the machinations of the ...
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Dec 14, 2020 · Last modified on Wed 13 Jan 2021 11.00 EST. John le Carré, who has died aged 89 of pneumonia, raised the spy novel to a new level of seriousness and respect. He was in his late 20s when he began...
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Learn about the life and works of John le Carré, the master chronicler of our age and the spy genre. Explore his twenty-six novels, from The Spy Who Came in from the Cold to A Legacy of Spies, and his insights on the human condition and contemporary geopolitics.
Dec 13, 2020 · LONDON — John le Carré, whose exquisitely nuanced, intricately plotted Cold War thrillers elevated the spy novel to high art by presenting both Western and Soviet spies as morally compromised ...
Dec 14, 2020 · 14 December 2020. PA Media. British espionage writer John le Carré has died aged 89, following a short illness, his literary agent has said. The author of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold and ...