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Eric Ambler
English writer (1909-1998) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 89
Eric Clifford Ambler OBE was an English author of thrillers, in particular spy novels. Also working as a screenwriter, Ambler used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books written with Charles Rodda.
Eric Ambler is read about 189 times a day, in 25 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 9 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 111 days, one point a day.
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1998Died22 October 19981986Cartier Diamond DaggerAward1981Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward1976Grand Prix de Littérature PolicièreAward1975The Grand MasterAward1972Gold DaggerAward1964Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best NovelAward1959Gold DaggerAward1909Born28 June 1909
People around Eric
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- Roy Ward Baker Directed The October Man and Highly Dangerous
Earl St. John Produced Highly Dangerous and The Purple Plain
Ronald Neame Directed The Card (1952)
Carol Reed Directed The New Lot and The Way Ahead
Trevor Howard Eric wrote Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
William Hartnell Also in The Way Ahead and The Magic Box
Michael Anderson Directed Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957)
Jack L. Warner Produced Background to Danger (1943)- Robert Parrish Directed Rough Shoot and The Purple Plain
- Kay Walsh Also in The October Man and Encore
Edward Chapman Eric produced The October Man (1947)
Charles Frend Directed The Cruel Sea and Lease of Life- Richard Leech Also in Lease of Life (1954)
Peter Ustinov Eric wrote The Way Ahead and The New Lot
Glynis Johns Eric wrote The Card and Encore
Robert Donat Also in The New Lot and The Magic Box
Stanley Holloway Also in The Way Ahead and The Magic Box
Joan Hickson Eric wrote The Card and Rough Shoot
Wilfrid Hyde-White Eric wrote The Passionate Friends (1949)
John Laurie Eric wrote The Way Ahead and The New Lot
Roland Culver Also in Encore and The Magic Box
Marius Goring Also in Highly Dangerous and The Magic Box
Orson Welles Produced Journey into Fear (1943)
Richard Harris Eric wrote Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Awards
About this person
Ambler is notable for his novel The Light of Day (1962), which won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel in 1964 and which was adapted into film as Topkapi (1964).
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1909 to 1998 · aged 89
