John le Carré

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British person human novelist spy fiction writer

John le Carré was a renowned British novelist best known for his sophisticated espionage thrillers that explored the moral ambiguities of Cold War intelligence work.

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David John Moore Cornwell 1

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instanceOf British person ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
spy fiction writer ⓘ
awardReceived Goethe Medal ⓘ
Olof Palme Prize ⓘ
Somerset Maugham Award ⓘ
birthName John le Carré self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: David John Moore Cornwell
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
createdCharacter George Smiley ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1931-10-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2020-12-12 ⓘ
educatedAt Lincoln College, Oxford ⓘ
Sherborne School ⓘ
University of Bern ⓘ
employer Security Service (MI5) ⓘ
surface form: MI5

Secret Intelligence Service ⓘ
surface form: MI6
father Ronnie Cornwell ⓘ
genre espionage fiction ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ
spy fiction ⓘ
hasSignatureWork The Spy Who Came in from the Cold ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement postmodern literature ⓘ
notableFor depicting moral ambiguities of Cold War espionage ⓘ
notableWork A Most Wanted Man ⓘ
A Perfect Spy ⓘ
Our Kind of Traitor ⓘ
Smiley’s People (novel) ⓘ
surface form: Smiley's People

The Constant Gardener ⓘ
The Honourable Schoolboy ⓘ
The Little Drummer Girl ⓘ
The Night Manager ⓘ
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold ⓘ
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel) ⓘ
surface form: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
occupation intelligence officer ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dorset ⓘ
England ⓘ
Poole ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cornwall ⓘ
England ⓘ
Truro, Cornwall ⓘ
surface form: Truro
pseudonym John le Carré ⓘ
residence Cornwall ⓘ
spouse Alison Ann Veronica Sharp ⓘ
Valerie Jane Eustace ⓘ

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Peter Straughan → adaptedFromWorkOf → John le Carré ⓘ
Smiley’s People (novel) → author → John le Carré ⓘ
subject surface form: Smiley’s People
subject surface form: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
subject surface form: Thereza
John le Carré → birthName → John le Carré self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: David John Moore Cornwell
George Smiley → creator → John le Carré ⓘ
The Viking Press → hasAuthorPublished → John le Carré ⓘ
Sherborne School → hasNotableAlumni → John le Carré ⓘ
Hodder & Stoughton → hasNotableAuthor → John le Carré ⓘ
John le Carré → pseudonym → John le Carré ⓘ
The Little Drummer Girl → sourceAuthor → John le Carré ⓘ
subject surface form: The Little Drummer Girl (TV series)