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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Label	Occurrences
John le Carré canonical	83
John le Carré bibliography	2
David Cornwell (John le Carré)	1
David John Moore Cornwell	1
John le Carré Smiley universe	1
John le Carré universe	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (89)

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) → authorOfOriginalWork → John le Carré ⓘ

Hodder & Stoughton → hasNotableAuthor → John le Carré ⓘ

John le Carré → birthName → John le Carré self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: David John Moore Cornwell

John le Carré → pseudonym → John le Carré ⓘ

Peter Straughan → adaptedFromWorkOf → John le Carré ⓘ

George Smiley → creator → John le Carré ⓘ

Smiley’s People (novel) → author → John le Carré ⓘ

subject surface form: Smiley’s People

The Little Drummer Girl → sourceAuthor → John le Carré ⓘ

subject surface form: The Little Drummer Girl (TV series)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel) → author → John le Carré ⓘ

subject surface form: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Sherborne School → hasNotableAlumni → John le Carré ⓘ

The Viking Press → hasAuthorPublished → John le Carré ⓘ

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold → author → John le Carré ⓘ

Thereza in "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" → basedOnAuthor → John le Carré ⓘ

subject surface form: Thereza

Lincoln College, Oxford → hasAlumni → John le Carré ⓘ

The Deadly Affair → basedOnAuthor → John le Carré ⓘ

The Deadly Affair → novelPublicationAuthor → John le Carré ⓘ

The Constant Gardener → authorOfSourceMaterial → John le Carré ⓘ

Carr → hasNotableBearer → John le Carré ⓘ

Grand Master Award → notableRecipient → John le Carré ⓘ

Simon Cornwell → father → John le Carré ⓘ

Simon Cornwell → authorOfSourceWork → John le Carré ⓘ

subject surface form: The Night Manager

Hossein Amini → basedOnAdaptationsOf → John le Carré ⓘ

Karla → creator → John le Carré ⓘ

Karla Trilogy → author → John le Carré ⓘ

The Honourable Schoolboy → author → John le Carré ⓘ

The Night Manager → author → John le Carré ⓘ

Our Kind of Traitor → author → John le Carré ⓘ

Our Kind of Traitor → partOf → John le Carré ⓘ

this entity surface form: John le Carré bibliography

A Most Wanted Man → author → John le Carré ⓘ

Ronnie Cornwell → child → John le Carré ⓘ

Ronnie Cornwell → hasChild → John le Carré ⓘ

Ronnie Cornwell → fatherOf → John le Carré ⓘ

Ronnie Cornwell → notableRelative → John le Carré ⓘ

Alison Ann Veronica Sharp → spouse → John le Carré ⓘ

Alison Ann Veronica Sharp → spouseOf → John le Carré ⓘ

Valerie Jane Eustace → spouse → John le Carré ⓘ

Valerie Jane Eustace → relative → John le Carré ⓘ

Valerie Jane Eustace → marriedToFamousPerson → John le Carré ⓘ

Goethe Medal → notableRecipient → John le Carré ⓘ

this entity surface form: David Cornwell (John le Carré)

album "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" → basedOnAuthor → John le Carré ⓘ

subject surface form: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

concert work "Suite from 'The Constant Gardener'" → associatedWithAuthorOfSourceNovel → John le Carré ⓘ

subject surface form: Suite from 'The Constant Gardener'

concert work "Suite from 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'" → basedOnWorkAuthor → John le Carré ⓘ

subject surface form: Suite from 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'

concert work "Suite from 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'" → sourceNovelAuthor → John le Carré ⓘ

subject surface form: Suite from 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'

Circus → creator → John le Carré ⓘ

Call for the Dead → author → John le Carré ⓘ

A Murder of Quality → author → John le Carré ⓘ

The Looking Glass War → author → John le Carré ⓘ

The Secret Pilgrim → author → John le Carré ⓘ

Ann Smiley → creator → John le Carré ⓘ

Peter Guillam → creator → John le Carré ⓘ