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- James Crumley (* 12. Oktober 1939 in , Texas; † 17. September 2008 in Missoula, Montana) war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller hauptsächlich von Kriminalromanen. (de)
- James Arthur Crumley (October 12, 1939 – September 17, 2008) was an American author. He was the author of violent hardboiled crime novels and several volumes of short stories and essays, as well as published and unpublished screenplays. He has been described as "one of modern crime writing's best practitioners", who was "a patron saint of the post-Vietnam private eye novel" and a cross between Raymond Chandler and Hunter S. Thompson. His book The Last Good Kiss has been described as "the most influential crime novel of the last 50 years." Crumley's first published novel, 1969's One to Count Cadence, which was set in the Philippines and Vietnam, began as the thesis for his master's degree in creative writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1966. His novels The Last Good Kiss, The Mexican Tree Duck and The Right Madness feature the character C.W. Sughrue, an alcoholic ex-army officer turned private investigator. The Wrong Case, Dancing Bear and The Final Country feature another P.I., Milo Milodragovitch. In the novel Bordersnakes, Crumley brought both characters together. Crumley said of his two private detectives: "Milo's first impulse is to help you; Sughrue's is to shoot you in the foot." Crumley had a cult following, and his work is said to have inspired a generation of crime writers in both the U.S. and the U.K, including Michael Connelly, George Pelecanos, Dennis Lehane and Craig McDonald, as well as writers from other genres such as Neal Stephenson, but he never achieved mainstream success. "Don't know why that is," Crumley said in an interview in 2001, "Other writers like me a lot. But up until about 10 to 12 years ago, I made more money in France and Japan than in America. I guess I just don't fit in anyplace in the genre book marketplace." (en)
- James Crumley est un écrivain américain, né le 12 octobre 1939 à Three Rivers, au Texas, et mort le 17 septembre 2008 à Missoula, dans le Montana. (fr)
- James Arthur Crumley (Three Rivers, 12 ottobre 1939 – Missoula, 17 settembre 2008) è stato uno scrittore statunitense, considerato il più importante autore di romanzi hard boiled degli anni settanta e ottanta. (it)
- James Arthur Crumley, född 12 oktober 1939 i i Live Oak County i Texas, död 17 september 2008 i Missoula i Montana, var en amerikansk författare. Crumley studerade vid , innan han 1958 började sin tjänstgöring inom USA:s armé. Han tjänstgjorde i Filippinerna fram till 1961. Därefter studerade han vid Texas A&M University Kingsville på ett footballstipendium, där han studerade fram till 1964. 1966 studerade han vid University of Iowa. Hans mastergradsarbete blev senare utgiven som hans debutroman, vietnamkrigsromanen One to Count Cadence, 1969. Crumley var anställd vid University of Montana, och var också gästprofessor vid en rad olika universitet, bland annat University of Arkansas, Colorado State University och University of Texas at El Paso. Utöver sitt författarskap skrev han också filmmanus. Som författare blev Crumley känd för sina hårdkokta kriminalromaner. (sv)
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- James Crumley (* 12. Oktober 1939 in , Texas; † 17. September 2008 in Missoula, Montana) war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller hauptsächlich von Kriminalromanen. (de)
- James Crumley est un écrivain américain, né le 12 octobre 1939 à Three Rivers, au Texas, et mort le 17 septembre 2008 à Missoula, dans le Montana. (fr)
- James Arthur Crumley (Three Rivers, 12 ottobre 1939 – Missoula, 17 settembre 2008) è stato uno scrittore statunitense, considerato il più importante autore di romanzi hard boiled degli anni settanta e ottanta. (it)
- James Arthur Crumley (October 12, 1939 – September 17, 2008) was an American author. He was the author of violent hardboiled crime novels and several volumes of short stories and essays, as well as published and unpublished screenplays. He has been described as "one of modern crime writing's best practitioners", who was "a patron saint of the post-Vietnam private eye novel" and a cross between Raymond Chandler and Hunter S. Thompson. His book The Last Good Kiss has been described as "the most influential crime novel of the last 50 years." (en)
- James Arthur Crumley, född 12 oktober 1939 i i Live Oak County i Texas, död 17 september 2008 i Missoula i Montana, var en amerikansk författare. Crumley studerade vid , innan han 1958 började sin tjänstgöring inom USA:s armé. Han tjänstgjorde i Filippinerna fram till 1961. Därefter studerade han vid Texas A&M University Kingsville på ett footballstipendium, där han studerade fram till 1964. 1966 studerade han vid University of Iowa. Hans mastergradsarbete blev senare utgiven som hans debutroman, vietnamkrigsromanen One to Count Cadence, 1969. (sv)
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