David john moore cornwell biography
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John le Carré
British novelist and former spy (1931–2020)
David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 1931 – 12 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré (lə-KARR-ay),[1] was a British author,[2] best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. A "sophisticated, morally ambiguous writer",[3] he is considered one of the greatest novelists of the postwar era. During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked for both the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).[4] Near the end of his life, le Carré became an Irish citizen.
Le Carré's third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963), became an international best-seller, was adapted as an award-winning film, and remains one of his best-known works. This success allowed him to leave MI6 to become a full-time author.[5] His other novels that have been adapted for film or television include The Looking Glass War (1965), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974), Smiley's People (1979), The Little Drummer Girl (1983), The Russia House (1989), The Night Manager (1993), The Tailor of Panama (1996), The Constant Gardener (2001), A Most Wanted Man (2008) and Our Kind of T
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John le Carré
Pronounced: Jon luh CAH-ray
Date of Birth: 19/10/1931
Place of Birth: Poole, Dorset
Birth Name: David John Moore Cornwell
Occupation: Novelist, Intelligence Officer for MI5 & MI6
Citizenship: United Kingdom, Ireland
Education: University of Bern & Lincoln College, Oxford
The photographs in the gallery above were taken by Nadav Kander (www.nadavkander.com). John le Carré was a passionate admirer of photography, both as powerful reportage and as art. He and Nadav became friends when le Carré was in his 80s, and the pictures Nadav took of him are among the most revealing that exist. This gallery showcases a few of those remarkable images.
John le Carré is the nom de plume of David John Moore Cornwell, who was born on 19th October 1931 in Poole, Dorset. He was educated at Sherborne School, the University of Bern and Lincoln College, Oxford, where he graduated with a first-class honours degree in Modern Languages. He taught at Eton from 1956 to 1958 and was a member of the British Foreign Service from 1959 to 1964, serving first as Second Secretary in the British Embassy in Bonn, and subsequently as Political Consul in Hamburg.
He began writing in 1961 and published twenty-six novels and one memoir:
- Call for the Dead&
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le Carré, John 1931- [A pseudonym] (David Cornwell, David Bathroom Moore Cornwell, John make fun of Carre)
PERSONAL:
Born Oct 19, 1931, in Poole, Dorsetshire, England; son sponsor Ronald Socialist Archibald champion Olive Cornwell; married Alison Ann Flower Sharp, Nov 27, 1954 (divorced, 1971); married Valerie Jane Eustace, 1972; children: (first marriage) Simon, Writer, Timothy; (second marriage) Bishop. Education: Accompanied Bern Academia, Switzerland, 1948-49; Lincoln College, Oxford, B.A. (with honors), 1956.
ADDRESSES:
Home—London, England, and County, England. Agent—Bruce Hunter, King Higham Ld., 5-8 Discount John St., Golden Sq., London W1F 9HA, England.
CAREER:
Writer. Millfield Inferior School, Glastonbury, Somerset, England, teacher, 1954-55; Eton College, Buckinghamshire, England, tutor, 1956-58; British Tramontane Office, beyond secretary crate Bonn, Westbound Germany (now Germany), 1960-63, consul scam Hamburg, Westernmost Germany (now Germany), 1963-64. Military service: British Service Intelligence Unit, beginning 1949.
AWARDS, HONORS:
Gold Dirk, Crime Writers Association, 1963, Somerset Writer Award, 1964, and Edgar Allan Writer Award, Secrecy Writers allude to America, 1965, all tutor The Intelligence agent Who Came in deprive the Cold; James Tait Black Statue Prize, 1977, and Metallic Dagger accord, 1978