British spy novelist. Along with Somerset Maugham and Graham Greene, he is known as a pioneer of modern spy novels. After graduating from the University of London, he worked in advertising. In 1936, he published his first novel, Dark Border, which attracted attention as a highly literary spy novel. He solidified his reputation with his subsequent novels, Epitaph of a Spy (1938) and The Coffin of Demetrios (1939). His novels, The Way of Arms (1959) and The Levantine (1972), won the Golden Dagger Award from the Mystery Writers of America, and his novel, High Noon (1962), won the Mystery Writers of America Best Novel Award and was made into a film, Topkapi. Ambler himself has written several screenplays. Other works he produced include The Intercom Conspiracy (1969), No More Roses (1977), and The Story So Far (1993). In collaboration with Charles Rodda, he published several suspense novels under the name Eliot Reed, including Mutiny (1953). [Sanpei Kamata] Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
イギリスのスパイ小説家。サマセット・モームやグレアム・グリーンなどと並んで現代的なスパイ小説の先駆者として知られている。ロンドン大学を卒業後、広告業界で働く。1936年に処女作『暗い国境』を発表、文学性豊かなスパイ小説として注目を浴びる。続く『あるスパイの墓碑銘』(1938)、『ディミトリオスの棺(ひつぎ)』(1939)で名声を確固たるものにした。『武器の道』(1959)、『レバント人』(1972)はイギリス推理作家協会賞(ゴールデン・ダガー賞)を受賞、『真昼の翳(かげ)』(1962)はアメリカ探偵作家クラブ最優秀長編賞を受賞し、『トプカピ』として映画化された。アンブラー自身も映画の脚本を何本か手がけている。ほかにも『インターコムの陰謀』(1969)、『薔薇(ばら)はもう贈るな』(1977)、『The Story So Far』(1993)など作品は多い。チャールズ・ロダCharles Roddaと合作したエリオット・リードEliot Reed名義では『反乱』(1953)などのサスペンス小説を何点も発表している。 [鎌田三平] 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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