Hammett Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (2001) Winner
Alan Furst
アラン・ファースト
Aran Fāsuto
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1941-02-20 （New York City）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- New York City → Upper West Side, Manhattan → Sag Harbor, Long Island → Paris → Sommières, France
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Novelist
- Active Years
- 1976-2019
- Influenced By
- Eric Ambler, Graham Greene, Joseph Roth, Arthur Koestler
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oberlin College | — | — | Bachelor of Arts (BA) | — | United States |
| Pennsylvania State University | — | — | Master of Arts (MA) | — | United States |
Oberlin College
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Year of Graduation:
1962
Country:
United States
Pennsylvania State University
Degree:
Master of Arts (MA)
Year of Graduation:
1967
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Helmerich Award | body of work | — | Tulsa Library Trust | 受賞 |
Helmerich Award
2011
Work:
body of work
Organization:
Tulsa Library Trust
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award
1 appearances
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Edition 27 (2011) Winner
Works
Major Works
Night Soldiers
1988 Historical spy novelStory of a Bulgarian recruit into Soviet espionage, set in Eastern Europe before WWII.
espionageEastern Europepre-WWII
Dark Star
1991 Historical spy novelA Soviet journalist becomes a spy on the eve of WWII.
espionageSoviet Unioneve of war
The Polish Officer
1995 Historical spy novelA Polish officer in resistance during Nazi occupation.
resistancePolandoccupation
Bibliography
- Shadow Trade
- Your Day in the Barrel
- The Paris Drop
- The Caribbean Account
- Night Soldiers
- Dark Star
- The Polish Officer
- The World at Night
- Red Gold
- Kingdom of Shadows
- Blood of Victory
- Dark Voyage
- The Foreign Correspondent
- The Spies of Warsaw
- Spies of the Balkans
- Mission to Paris
- Midnight in Europe
- A Hero of France
- Under Occupation
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- European sensibilitydetailed historical evocationsatmospheric narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- Eastern Europe 1933-1944espionage and intriguemoral ambiguity
Legacy
Heir to Eric Ambler and Graham Greene, acclaimed for historical spy novels set in Eastern Europe just before and during WWII, noted for evoking peoples and places 1933-1944.
Archives
- Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Trivia
- Ancestors from Poland, Latvia, and Russia.
- 1984 Esquire assignment to Eastern Europe sparked his spy novels.