December 14, 2020
published at 12:47 AMReuters
British author John Le Carre (C) poses for photographers with British actor Gary Oldman (L) and Swedish director Tomas Alfredson at the UK premiere of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy in London, Sept 13, 2011.
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy author John le Carre, who cast flawed spies on to the bleak chessboard of Cold War rivalry, has died aged 89.
His agent said in a statement here that David Cornwell, known to the world as John le Carre, died after a short illness in Cornwall, southwestern England, on Saturday (Dec 12) evening.
“His like will never be seen again, and his loss will be felt by every book lover, everyone interested in the human condition,” said Jonny Geller, CEO of The Curtis Brown Group.
14 December 2020
John le Carré, who has died at the age of 89, was one of Britain s greatest writers. In 2016, as his memoir The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life was published, BRIAN MORTON examined le Carré s life, work and philosophy alongside highlights from BBC interviews.
John le Carré in 1964 (Getty Images)
From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War, to a career as a writer that took him from war-torn Cambodia to Beirut, and Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the fiction of David Cornwell - better known as John le Carré - has always got to the heart of modern times.
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John le Carré was the pseudonym of the author David Cornwell, judged by many to be the master of the spy novel.
Meticulously researched, and elegantly written, many of his books reached a wider audience through TV and film adaptations.
Le Carré stripped away the glamour and romance that were a feature of the James Bond novels and instead examined the real dark and seedy life of the professional spy.
In the twilight world of le Carré s characters the distinction between good and bad, right and wrong was never that clear cut.
David John Moore Cornwell was born on 19 Oct 1931 in Poole, Dorset.
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John le Carré
The former intelligence agent is known for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold and The Russia House.
John le Carré, the British intelligence agent turned enigmatic author of such iconic espionage novels as
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, has died. He was 89.
Le Carré died Saturday evening in Cornwall, England, after a short illness that was not COVID-19 related, his literary agent, Jonny Geller of The Curtis Brown Group, reported. I represented [le Carré] for almost 15 years, Geller said. I have lost a mentor, an inspiration and most importantly, a friend. We will not see his like again.