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Brian Moore Biography (1921-1999)
Born August 25, 1921, in Belfast, Northern Ireland; died of pulmonary fibrosis, January 11, 1999, in Malibu, CA; immigrated to Canada, 1948; son of JamesBrian (a surgeon) and Eileen (McFadden) Moore; married Jacqueline Scully, 1951, (divorced); married Jean Denney, October, 1967; children: (first marriage)Michael. Religion: Reared in a strict Catholic environment, Moore became agnostic, although his writings frequently involve Catholicism and moraldilemmas. Career: Writer. Military service: Served with BritishMinistry of War Transport in North Africa, Italy, and France during World War II. Member: Royal Society of Literature, fellow. Awards, Honors: Author's Club First Novel Award, 1956; Quebec Literary Prize, 1958; Guggenheim Fellowship, 1959; Governor General's Award for Fiction, 1960, for The Luck of Ginger Coffey; U.S. National Institute of Arts and Letters fiction grant, 1961; Canada Council Fellowship for Travel in Europe, 1962and 1976; W.H. Smith Prize, 1972, for Catholics; Governor General's Award for Fiction and James Tait Black Memorial Award, both 1975, for The Great Victorian Collection; Booker shortlist for The Doctor's Wife, 1976; Neill Gunn International Fellowship, Scottish Arts Council, 1983; "ten best books of 1983" citation, Newsweek magazine, 1983, for Cold Heaven; Heinemann Award, Royal Society of Literature, 1986, and Australian Film Institute Award nomination, best screenplay, original or adapted, 1992, both for Black Robe; Booker Prize shortlist citation, 1987, and Sunday Express Book of the Year Prize, 1988, both for The Color of Blood; Honorary Literature Degree, Queens University, Belfast, Ireland, 1989;Booker shortlist for Lies of Silence, 1990; Honorary Literature Degree, National University of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, 1991; Lifetime AchievementAward, Los Angeles Times, 1994.
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Writer
- Birth Details
- August 25, 1921
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Death Details
- January 11, 1999
- Malibu, California, United States
Famous Works
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
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The Luck of Ginger Coffey (based on his novel of the same title),Continental, 1964
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Torn Curtain, Universal, 1966
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The Slave (based on his novel An Answer from Limbo), 1967
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The Blood of Others, 1984
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Brainwash, 1985
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Black Robe (based on his novel of the same title), Alliance Communications, 1987
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Gabrielle Chanel, 1988
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Novels
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Judith Hearne, A. Deutsch, 1955published as The Lonely Passionof Judith Hearne, Little, Brown, 1956
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The Feast of Lupercal, Little, Brown, 1957
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The Luck of Ginger Coffy, Little, Brown, 1960
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An Answer from Limbo, Little, Brown, 1962
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The Emperor of Ice-Cream, Viking, 1965
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I Am Mary Dunne, Viking, 1968
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Fergus, Holt, 1970
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The Revolution Script, Holt, 1971
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Catholics, J. Cape, 1972Harcourt, 1973
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The Great Victorian Collection, Farrar, Straus, 1975
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The Doctor's Wife, Farrar, Straus, 1976
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The Mangan Inheritance, Farrar, Straus, 1979
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Two Stories, Santa Susana Press, 1979
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The Temptation of Eileen Hughes, Farrar, Straus, 1981
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Cold Heaven, Holt, 1983
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Black Robe, Dutton, 1985
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The Color of Blood, Dutton, 1987
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Lies of Silence, Doubleday, 1990
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No Other Life, Doubleday, 1993
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The Statement, Dutton, 1996
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The Magician's Wife, Dutton, 1998
- Also contributed articles and short stories to Spectator,
Holiday,
Atlantic, and other periodicals.
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RECORDINGS
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Taped Readings
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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne,
Lies of Silence, and The Color of Blood have been recorded on audiocassette.
Further Reference
Adaptations:
- Moore's novel, Cold Heaven, was broadcast as a television movie, 1981; Temptation of Eileen Hughes was broadcast as a television movie, BBC, 1988; and the novel, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne wasshown as a feature film, Island Pictures, 1998.*
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