John Le Carre
John Le Carre (David John Moore Cornwell) was born on October 19th, 1931. John passed away December 12th, 2020 at 89 years old. John Le Carre was born in Poole, England. Le Carre attended University of Bern, Switzerland where he studied Foreign Languages.
John Le Carre is probably best known for his Standalone Novels. There are currently 17 novels available. The first standalone was released in 1968 with the novel A Small Town in Germany. The most recently released novel was Silverview which was released in 2021.
John Le Carre also wrote the George Smiley series which has 10 books including Call for the Dead and A Murder of Quality.
John le Carré has been on the
Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! international list in Japan on a couple of occasions. In 1997, his novel
Our Game was ranked #9 in the annual guide book.
The Tailor of Panama made the list at #8 in 2000.
Le Carré's third novel,
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold became an international best-seller and was adapted as an award-winning film of the same name. This success allowed him to leave MI6 to become a full-time author.
In 2017
A Legacy of Spies was listed as one of the
Best Spy Thrillers of the year. In 2019 it was
Agent Running in the Field that took that same honor.
John Le Carre: Awards & Accolades
John Le Carre has won multiple awards including: The Edgar Award, Grand Master, in 1984, Crime Writer's Association Award, Diamond Dagger Award, in 1988 and the Helmerich Award, Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award, in 1990. John Le Carre was also nominated for the International Booker Prize, Outstanding Achievement in Fiction, in 2011.
Le Carre's books have also won multiple awards, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold won the Crime Writer's Association Award, Gold Dagger Award, in 1963 as well as the Edgar Award - Best Mystery Novel in 1965. The Honourable Schoolboy won the Crime Writer's Association Award, Gold Dagger Award, in 1977. A Perfect Spy won the Swedish Crime Writer’s Academy Awards, The Martin Beck Award, in 1986. Our Kind of Traitor won the CrimeFest, Sounds of Crime Award, in 2011.
The following novels by John Le Carre were also nominated for these awards:
- Call for the Dead: Crime Writer's Association Award, Gold Dagger Award (1961).
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Crime Writer's Association Award, Gold Dagger Award (1974).
- Smiley's People: Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Best Fiction (1980).
- The Little Drummer Girl / A Death in the Family: Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Best Fiction (1983). Edgar Award, Best Mystery Novel (1984).
- A Perfect Spy: Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Best Fiction (1986). Macavity Award, Best Mystery Novel (1987).
- A Delicate Truth: CrimeFest, Sounds of Crime Award (2014).
- The Night Manager: The Dead Good Reader Award, The Page to Screen Award for Best Adapted Book (2017).
- A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré: CrimeFest, H.R.F. Keating Award (2023).
John Le Carre: Lists & Other Mentions
- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1964 and a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1964.
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1974 and a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1974.
- Smiley's People was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1980 and a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1979.
- The Little Drummer Girl / A Death in the Family was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1983 and a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1983.
- A Perfect Spy was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1986 and a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1986.
- The Russia House was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1989 and a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1989.
- The Secret Pilgrim was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1991.
- The Looking Glass War was a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1965.
- A Small Town in Germany was a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1968.
- The Honourable Schoolboy was a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1977.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold was the #1 entry on the Publishers Weekly bestselling novels list in 1964.
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John Le Carre: F.A.Q
When was John Le Carre Born?
John Le Carre was born on October 19th, 1931.
When did John Le Carre die?
John Le Carre died on December 12th, 2020 at 89 years old.
Where was John Le Carre Born?
John Le Carre was born in Poole, England.
What awards has John Le Carre won?
John Le Carre has won the following awards: Grand Master at the Edgar Award (1984), Diamond Dagger Award at the Crime Writer's Association Award (1988) and the Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award at the Helmerich Award (1990).
What book awards has John Le Carre won?
What was the first book John Le Carre wrote?
The first book written by John Le Carre was Call for the Dead, published in 1961.
What was the most recent book John Le Carre wrote?
His most recently released work was A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré on December 6th, 2022.
How many books has John Le Carre written?
John Le Carre has written 30 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 9 books in the George Smiley Series, 3 books in The Karla Trilogy Series, 17 Standalone Novels, 1 Short Story/Novella, 1 book in the John le Carr Short Story Collections, 2 books in the Non-Fiction Books.