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Brian Moore
Novelist and screenwriter from Northern Ireland (1921-1999) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 77
Brian Moore, was a novelist and screenwriter from Northern Ireland who emigrated to Canada and later lived in the United States.
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Denis Héroux Produced The Blood of Others (1984)
Alfred Hitchcock Directed Torn Curtain (1966)
Irvin Kershner Directed The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964)
Nicolas Roeg Directed Cold Heaven (1992)
Raf Vallone Brian wrote Catholics (1973)
Bruce Beresford Directed Black Robe (1991)
Jack Clayton Directed The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
Kate Reid Brian wrote The Blood of Others and Control- Jack Gold Directed The Catholics (1973)
Andrew Keir Brian wrote Catholics (1973)- Jack Schwartzman Produced Cold Heaven (1992)
Jonathan D. Krane Produced Cold Heaven (1992)
Tristram Powell Directed The Temptation of Eileen Hughes (1988)
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He was acclaimed for the descriptions in his novels of life in Northern Ireland during and after the Second World War, in particular his explorations of the inter-communal divisions of The Troubles, and has been described as "one of the few genuine masters of the contemporary novel". He was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1975 and the inaugural Sunday Express Book of the Year award in 1987, and he was shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times. Moore also wrote screenplays and several of his books were made into films.
