Clavell, James
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Name (Hebrew)
קלאוול, ג'יימס
Name (Latin)
Clavell, James
Name (Cyrilic)
Клавелл, Джеймс
Other forms of name
Clavell, James, 1921-1994
קלול, ג'מס
Date of birth
1924-10-10
Date of death
1994-09-07
Place of birth
Australia
Place of death
Vevey (Switzerland)
Occupation
Authors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Language
English
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- His King Rat, 1962:
- The Author's בית האצילים, תשמ"ט 1989.
- Джеймс Клавелл. Король крыс, 2018:
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Wikipedia description:
James Clavell (born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell; 10 October 1921 – 7 September 1994) was an Australian-born, British-raised and educated, naturalized-American writer, screenwriter, director, and World War II veteran and prisoner of war. Clavell is best known for his Asian Saga novels, a number of which have had television adaptations. Clavell also wrote such screenplays as those for The Fly (1958), based on the short story by George Langelaan, and The Great Escape (1963), based on the personal account of Paul Brickhill. He directed the popular 1967 film To Sir, with Love, for which he also wrote the script.
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