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.

Aliases (1)

David John Moore Cornwell ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British person → human → novelist → spy fiction writer →
awardReceived	Goethe Medal → Olof Palme Prize → Somerset Maugham Award →
birthName	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	MI5 → 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 → 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 →
occupation	intelligence officer → novelist → teacher →
placeOfBirth	Dorset → England → Poole →
placeOfDeath	Cornwall → England → Truro →
pseudonym	John le Carré →
residence	Cornwall →
spouse	Alison Ann Veronica Sharp → Valerie Jane Eustace →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Smiley’s People → The Spy Who Came in from the Cold → Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy →	author
Peter Straughan →	adaptedFromWorkOf
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) →	authorOfOriginalWork
Thereza →	basedOnAuthor
John le Carré ("David John Moore Cornwell") →	birthName
George Smiley →	creator
The Viking Press →	hasAuthorPublished
Sherborne School →	hasNotableAlumni
Hodder & Stoughton →	hasNotableAuthor
John le Carré →	pseudonym
The Little Drummer Girl (TV series) →	sourceAuthor