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Patricia Highsmith

19 Jan 1921 - 4 Feb 1995

Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) 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, and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene.

Her first novel, Strangers on a Train, has been adapted for stage and screen, the best known being the Alfred Hitchcock film released in 1951. Her 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley has been adapted for film. Writing under the pseudonym Claire Morgan, Highsmith published the first lesbian novel with a happy ending, The Price of Salt, in 1952, republished 38 years later as Carol under her own name and later adapted into a 2015 film.

Source: Patricia Highsmith on Wikipedia

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  • Cover of: Une Créature de rêve

    First published in 1986 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition unecreaturederev0000high_y0w6
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  • Cover of: La máscara de Ripley

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  • Cover of: Patricia Highsmith: Zeichnungen

    First published in 1995 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The bestiary: five short stories = Le bestiaire : cinq nouvelles

    First published in 1987 2 editions in 2 languages
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  • Cover of: Patricia Highsmith: selected novels and short stories

    First published in 2011 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Patricia Highsmith : Her Diaries and Notebooks: 1941-1995

    First published in 2021 2 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1960 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Ripley's Game

    First published in 1998 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Suspension of Mercy

    First published in 1971 2 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1964 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Patricia Highsmith's Diaries and Notebooks: The New York Years, 1941-1950

    First published in 2023 2 editions in 1 language
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Subjects
Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, general, Fiction, psychological, American literature, Fiction, short stories (single author), Ripley, tom (fictitious character), fiction, American Detective and mystery stories, Criminals, Criminals, fiction, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Psychopaths, Tom Ripley (Fictitious character), Fiction - General, Serial murderers, Serial murders, fiction, France, fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, suspense, General, Murder, Fiction - Mystery/ Detective, Mystery & Detective - General, American Psychological fiction, Children's fiction
Places
France, Italy, New Jersey, Baker Street, Berlin (Germany), Chicago, Dublin, Great Britain, Jamaica, Jefferson, John F. Kennedy International Airport, London, Mexico City (Mexico), Mississippi, New York, New York City, Paris, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvanie, Suffolk (England), Tunisia, Tunisie, United States, Villeperce, Yoknapatawpha County
People
Archie, Aunt Glosspan, Berenice, C. Auguste Dupin, Carlos, Cindy Morrison, Colonel Sartoris, Duncan Ross, Egaeus, Emily Grierson, Ernest Valdemar, Homer Barron, Jabez Wilson, Jimmy McCann, John Clay, John H. Watson, Kathleen Kearney, Lexington, Minister D—, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Grierson, Mr. Holohan, Mr. Merryweather, Mr. Zuckermann, Mrs. Kearney
Time
20th century, 1890, 1940's, 1945-, 1945-1990, 1950's, 1950s, 1970-, 20e siècle, Antebellum era, Irish Revival, Siglo XX

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Alternative names

  • Claire Morgan
  • Kevin Hinkle
  • PATRICIA HIGHSMITH
  • HIGHSMITH PATRICIA

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