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Frederick McCarthy Forsyth

フレデリック・マッカーシー・フォーサイス

Furederikku Makāshī Fōsaisu

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1938-08-25 （Ashford, Kent）
死没
2025-06-09 （Jordans, Buckinghamshire） 86歳
国籍
United Kingdom, England
言語
English
居住地歴
Ashford, Kent → Hertfordshire → Buckinghamshire

経歴

職業
Novelist, Journalist, Spy, Military officer
活動期間
1969年〜2025年
所属
Reuters, BBC, Daily Express

学歴

Tonbridge School
国: United Kingdom
Private boarding and day school

受賞歴

Edgar Award for Best Novel
1972
対象作品: The Day of the Jackal
主催: Mystery Writers of America
結果: 受賞
Cartier Diamond Dagger
2012
主催: Crime Writers' Association
結果: 受賞
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1997
主催: British Monarch
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Day of the Jackal

1971年 Thriller

An assassin is hired by the OAS to kill French President Charles de Gaulle.

AssassinationPolitical intrigue
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] The Day of the Jackal / Fred Zinnemann (1973)
  • [TV series] The Day of the Jackal (2024)

The Odessa File

1972年 Thriller

A reporter tracks a former Nazi SS officer protected by ODESSA.

NazisHolocaust
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] The Odessa File / Ronald Neame (1974)

The Dogs of War

1974年 Thriller

Mercenaries overthrow an African government for platinum mining rights.

MercenariesAfrican politics
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] The Dogs of War / John Irvin (1980)

The Fourth Protocol

1984年 Thriller

Soviet agents plant an atomic bomb in the UK to influence elections.

EspionageNuclear threat
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] The Fourth Protocol / John Mackenzie (1987)

The Fist of God

1994年 Thriller

Iraq's Project Babylon during the Gulf War.

Gulf WarIntelligence

全著作

  • The Biafra Story
  • The Day of the Jackal
  • The Odessa File
  • The Dogs of War
  • The Shepherd
  • The Devil's Alternative
  • Emeka
  • No Comebacks
  • The Fourth Protocol
  • The Negotiator
  • The Deceiver
  • The Fist of God
  • Icon
  • The Phantom of Manhattan
  • The Veteran
  • Avenger
  • The Afghan
  • The Cobra
  • The Kill List
  • The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue
  • The Fox
  • Revenge of Odessa

翻案

  • The Day of the Jackal (1973 film)
  • The Odessa File (1974 film)
  • The Dogs of War (1980 film)
  • The Fourth Protocol (1987 film)
  • The Jackal (1997 film)
  • The Shepherd (2023 film)

作品の翻訳

  • Translated into more than 30 languages, over 70 million copies sold

作風・主題

文体
Journalistic detailRealismTaut plotting
頻出モチーフ
EspionageGeopoliticsTerrorismMilitary

健康

  • Brief illness
    2025年
    Cause of death

評価・遺産

Master of the thriller genre. 'The Day of the Jackal' became an international bestseller with numerous adaptations. Sold over 70 million books.

大衆文化への影響

  • Bullet grazed his head in Biafra War
  • MI6 informant for 20 years

豆知識

  • Showed the bullet that grazed his head in the Biafra War in a famous 1972 photo.
  • Revealed in autobiography he was an MI6 informant for 20 years.
  • Known for conservative political views.