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Patricia Highsmith | |
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 Publicity photo from 1962 | |
| Born | Mary Patricia Plangman January 19, 1921 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | February 4, 1995 (aged 74) Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland |
| Pen name | Claire Morgan (1952) |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
| Language | English |
| Education | Julia Richman High School |
| Alma mater | Barnard College (BA) |
| Period | 1942–1995 |
| Genre | Suspense, psychological thriller, crime fiction, romance |
| Literary movement | Modernist literature |
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Patricia Highsmith (born Mary Patricia Plangman; January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995)[1] was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories throughout her career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing derived influence from existentialist literature,[2] and questioned notions of identity and popular morality.[3] She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene.[4]
Her first novel, Strangers on a Train (1950), has been adapted for stage and screen, the best known being the 1951 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Her 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley has been adapted for film multiple times. Writing under the pseudonym Claire Morgan, Highsmith published The Price of Salt in 1952, the first lesbian novel with a "happy ending";[5] it was republished 38 years later as Carol under her own name and later adapted into a 2015 film.
- ^ "Mary P Highsmith". FamilySearch. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (From the United States Social Security Administration Death Master File).
- ^ Shore, Robert (January 7, 2000). "The talented Ms Highsmith". The Guardian. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
- ^ Wilson, Andrew (May 24, 2003). "Ripley's enduring allure". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Highsmith, Patricia (1970). "Foreword". Eleven (1st ed.). William Heinemann Ltd. p. xi. ISBN 0-434-33510-X.
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