Patricia Highsmith

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American novelist and short story writer (1921-1995)

United States WritersLived 1921 to 1995 · aged 74

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Patricia Highsmith 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.

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345 E. 57th Street, NYC - Residence of Patricia Highsmith

Highsmith discussing murder on British television programme After Dark (June 1988)

Awards 4

1990Officer of Arts and Letters

1987Lucien Barrière Literary Award

1975Prix de l'Humour noir

1957Grand Prix de Littérature Policière

Connected to Patricia 6

Marina VladyAlso in Enough Rope (1963)

Raymond ChandlerAlso in Strangers on a Train (1951)

Romy SchneiderAlso in Purple Noon (1960)

Bruno GanzAlso in The American Friend (1977)

Marie LaforêtAlso in Purple Noon (1960)

Pat HitchcockAlso in Strangers on a Train (1951)

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Patricia Highsmith 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 in a career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing was influenced by existentialist literature and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene.

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