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Winston Graham

ウィンストン・グラハム

Uinsuton Gurahamu

Aliases: Winston Mawdsley Graham / Winston Grime

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1908-06-30 （Victoria Park, Manchester, England）
Died
2003-07-10 （Buxted, East Sussex, England） age 95
Nationality
England
Languages
English
Residence History
Manchester (1908-1925) → Perranporth, Cornwall (1925-1960) → South of France (summer 1960, briefly) → East Sussex (1960-2003)

Career

Occupations
novelist, playwright, non-fiction writer
Active Years
1934-2003
Affiliations
Society of Authors, Royal Society of Literature
Memberships
Society of Authors (joined 1945, Management Committee Chairman 1967-1969), Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

Education

Longsight Grammar School
Period: 1920年代初頭
Country: England
Attended local day school due to father's stroke and own pneumonia

Awards

Gold Dagger
1955
Work: The Little Walls
Organization: Crime Writers' Association
Result: Winner
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1983
Organization: British Government
Result: 授与

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Ross Poldark

1945 historical novel

Ross Poldark returns from the American Revolutionary War to face challenges in Cornwall in the first Poldark novel.

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Adaptations
  • [TV series] Poldark / Paul Annett 他 (1975)
  • [TV series] Poldark / Edward Bazalgette 他 (2015)

Demelza

1946 historical novel

Second book in the Poldark series.

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Marnie

1961 suspense thriller

Psychological thriller about kleptomaniac Marnie.

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Adaptations
  • [film] Marnie / Alfred Hitchcock (1964)
  • [opera] Marnie / Nico Muhly (2017)

The Walking Stick

1967 suspense

Romance between a disabled woman and a thief.

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Adaptations
  • [film] The Walking Stick / Eric Till (1970)

The Little Walls

1955 crime novel

Award-winning crime novel.

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Bibliography

  • The House with the Stained Glass Windows (1934)
  • Into the Fog (1935)
  • The Riddle of John Rowe (1935)
  • Without Motive (1936)
  • The Dangerous Pawn (1937)
  • The Giant's Chair (1938)
  • Ross Poldark (1945)
  • Demelza (1946)
  • Jeremy Poldark (1950)
  • Warleggan (1953)
  • The Little Walls (1955)
  • The Black Moon (1973)
  • The Four Swans (1976)
  • The Angry Tide (1977)
  • The Stranger from the Sea (1981)
  • The Miller's Dance (1982)
  • The Loving Cup (1984)
  • The Twisted Sword (1990)
  • Bella Poldark (2002)

Adaptations

  • Poldark (BBC TV 1975-1977)
  • Poldark (BBC TV 2015-2019)
  • Marnie (film 1964)
  • The Walking Stick (film 1970)
  • Take My Life (film 1947)
  • Night Without Stars (film 1951)

Translations of Works

  • Books translated into 31 languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
detailed historical backgroundssuspenseful narrativesrealistic characterizations
Recurring Motifs
Cornish landscapesclass conflictsforbidden lovesmining industry

Health

  • lobar pneumonia
    1921年
    Prevented attendance at Manchester Grammar School; attended local Longsight Grammar School

Legacy

Renowned for the Poldark historical novels set in Cornwall, popularized by BBC adaptations. Winston Graham Historical Prize established; archives preserved.

Museums

  • Royal Cornwall Museum Truro, Cornwall

Archives

  • Royal Institution of Cornwall
  • Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University

In Popular Culture

  • Poldark BBC series revival in popular culture
  • Alfred Hitchcock's film adaptation of Marnie

Trivia

  • Born Winston Grime; legally changed name to Graham by deed poll on 7 May 1947.
  • Met future wife Jean Williamson at age 13 in 1926; married 1939; inspired Demelza character.
  • Disliked early Poldark TV adaptation and tried to cancel it.