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Frederick Forsyth, the British author of The day of the jackal And other successful thrillers died after a brief illness, his literary agent said on Monday. He was 86 years old.
Jonathan Lloyd, his agent, said that Forsyth died at home early Monday surrounded by his family.
“We mourn the death of one of the greatest writers of Thriller in the world,” said Lloyd.
Forsyth was a pilot of the Royal Air Force before becoming a foreign and novelist correspondent. In 2015, he told the BBC that he was an informant of the British Intelligence Agency Mi6 for many years, from the moment he covered a civil war in Nigeria in the 1960s.
Posted in 1971 The day of the jackal propelled him into world renown. The political thriller on a professional assassin was transformed into a film in 1973 with Edward Fox, and more recently was adapted in a television series with Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch.
Listen to the Forsyth to CBC News on the origins of the shepherd:
In this case6:06How Frederick Forsyth wrote Le Berger
British author and journalist Frederick Forsyth spoke to the old as he performed for the host Carol Off in 2006 about his new supernatural Christmas news, which has been a pillar of CBC radio for decades.
A favorite of Christmastime
He wrote more than 25 pounds, including Afghan,, The killing list,, War dogs And God’s fist This has sold more than 75 million copies, said Lloyd. Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, John Travolta and Christopher Walken are among the actors who have played in cinematographic or television adaptations of the works of Forsyth.
“Always read by millions around the world, Freddie’s thrillers define the genre and are always the reference to which contemporary writers aspire,” said Bill Scott-Kerr, his publisher.
For Radio CBC listeners, Forsthy The shepherd is a favorite of the perennial vacation, as read by the end In this case Host Alan Maitland.
Forsyth told CBC Radio in 2004 that the news that combined aspects of supernatural and war stories broke out on a trip to Ireland with his wife at the time.
“She challenges me to write a ghost story to her,” said Forsyth.
“He was born by looking at a night sky in the middle of winter and imagining a pilot up there and lost, and in a little screaming for help,” he added.
Scott-Kerr, said that Odessa revengeA series of the 1974 book The Odessa file That Forsyth worked with his colleague author of Thriller Tony Kent, will be published in August.
Listen to L The Shepherd, as told by Alan Maitland:
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A tradition of Christmas Eve since 1979. Regarding the shepherd of Frederick Forsyth, read by our late host “Fireside” Al Mantland.
