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Paul Winterton

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Pōru Wintāton

ペンネーム: Andrew Garve（Primary pseudonym for crime novels）, Roger Bax（Used for early novels）, Paul Somers（Used for some novels）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1908-02-12 （Leicester）
死没
2001-01-08 92歳
国籍
British, English
言語
English
居住地歴
Leicester

経歴

職業
journalist, crime novelist
活動期間
1938年〜1978年
所属
News Chronicle, BBC Overseas Service
所属団体
Detection Club, Crime Writers' Association

学歴

Hulme Grammar School
国: United Kingdom
Manchester
Purley County School
国: United Kingdom
Surrey
London School of Economics
Economics
学位: Degree in Economics
国: United Kingdom

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Came the Dawn

1949年 Crime novel

A spy novel set in the Soviet Union.

espionageCold War
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Never Let Me Go (1953)

The Megstone Plot

1956年 Crime novel

Story of fraud and espionage.

fraudespionage
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] A Touch of Larceny (1959)

Murder in Moscow

1951年 Crime novel

Murder mystery in Moscow.

murderRussia

全著作

  • Death Beneath Jerusalem (1938, as Roger Bax)
  • Red Escapade (1940, as Roger Bax)
  • Disposing of Henry (1947, as Roger Bax)
  • Blueprint for Murder (1948, as Roger Bax)
  • Came the Dawn (1949, as Roger Bax)
  • No Mask for Murder (1950)
  • No Tears for Hilda (1950)
  • A Press of Suspects (1951)
  • Murder in Moscow (1951)
  • A Grave Case of Murder (1951, as Roger Bax)

翻案

  • Never Let Me Go (1953, from Came the Dawn)
  • Two Letter Alibi (1962, from Death and the Sky Above)
  • A Touch of Larceny (1959, from The Megstone Plot)
  • The Desperate Man (1959, from Beginner's Luck)

作風・主題

文体
concise styletense plots
頻出モチーフ
espionagepolitical intrigue

評価・遺産

English crime novelist known for realistic spy thrillers drawing from his journalism background, writing under multiple pseudonyms.

豆知識

  • Son of Labour MP Ernest Winterton.
  • Married with two sons and two daughters.
  • Elected to Detection Club in 1952 and founder of Crime Writers' Association in 1953.