The 2000 film Finding Forrester in which Sean Connery plays a reclusive author was loosely based on the life of which person who passed away in 2010?
"compared the character portrayed by Connery with real life writer J. D. Salinger. Connery later acknowledged that the inspiration for his role was indeed Salinger. Sixteen-year-old Jamal Wallace plays basketball with his friends in New York. A recluse, William Forrester, lives on the top floor of the building across from the court. The kids regularly notice him watching them. One of the boys dares Jamal to sneak into the apartment and retrieve an item. Jamal takes a letter opener only to be surprised by Forrester and inadvertently leaves his backpack behind. Forrester later drops Jamal's backpack onto the street. Jamal"
"Margaret Forster Margaret Forster (25 May 1938 – 8 February 2016) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, historian and literary critic. She is best known for her 1965 novel ""Georgy Girl"", which was made into a successful film of the same name and inspired a hit song by The Seekers, as well as her 2003 novel ""Diary of an Ordinary Woman""; her biographies of Daphne du Maurier and Elizabeth Barrett Browning; and her memoirs ""Hidden Lives"" and ""Precious Lives"". Forster was born in the Raffles council estate in Carlisle, England. She came from a working-class background. Her father, Arthur Forster,"
"on 27 March 2017 in London at the age of 83. The cause was Parkinson's disease and dementia. Survivors include his two sons, Jake and Sean; two daughters, Helen and Kate; a brother, Anthony; and six grandchildren. David Storey David Malcolm Storey (13 July 1933 – 27 March 2017) was an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a professional rugby league footballer. He won the Booker Prize in 1976 for his novel ""Saville"". He also won the MacMillan Fiction Award for ""This Sporting Life"" in 1960. Storey was born on 13 July 1933 in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, the"
"was last seen in Vancouver, British Columbia, on February 14, 2010 and missed a scheduled flight on February 16, which was the last day he used his cell phone or conducted any banking. On February 25, a group of friends and family found him hanging from a tree in Vancouver's Stanley Park; he had apparently hanged himself. His ashes were interred in a niche in the Garden of Memory section of Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California. Andrew Koenig Joshua Andrew Koenig (; (August 17, 1968 – c. February 16, 2010), was an American character actor, film director, editor, writer,"
"in many of his later poems and in his novel ""A Very Private Gentleman"" (1990). These interests form a thread through his later novels, travel books and biographies. Booth's novel ""Industry of Souls"" was shortlisted for the 1998 Booker Prize. Booth died of cancer in Devon in 2004, shortly after completing ""Gweilo,"" a memoir of his Hong Kong childhood written for his own children. The 2010 film ""The American"", starring George Clooney, was based on his novel ""A Very Private Gentleman."" Martin Booth Martin Booth (7 September 1944 – 12 February 2004) was a British novelist and poet. He also"
"illness, at Louisiana State Prison . He is buried in the prison cemetery. Sister Helen Prejean published a book, ""Dead Man Walking"" (1993), about her relationship with Elmo Sonnier and Robert Lee Willie, another inmate on Death Row whom she counseled. The book was adapted as a 1995 film of the same name directed by Tim Robbins and starring Susan Sarandon as Sister Prejean and Sean Penn as Matthew Poncelett, an amalgam of Sonnier and Willie. Her book was also adapted as an opera of the same name, first produced in 2000 by the San Francisco Opera. Elmo Patrick Sonnier"
"Viviane Forrester Viviane Forrester (29 September 1925, in Paris – 30 April 2013) was an essayist, novelist, journalist and literary critic. Born Viviane Dreyfus in a French Jewish family, after wartime exile she married New Zealand painter John Forrester with whom she had two sons; they separated after some years, but never divorced. She worked for ""Le Monde"", ""Le Nouvel Observateur"" and ""Quinzaine littéraire"" and was a member of the jury of the Prix Femina. She became famous internationally with her books on Virginia Woolf (Prix Goncourt 2009) and on politics. In ""L'horreur économique"" and ""Une étrange dictature"" she criticized"
"Joyce. A novel over 1,100 pages long, ""Divine Days"" was called ""the War and Peace of African-American literature"" by noted scholar and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates. He died of cancer in Evanston, Illinois at age 60. ""Meteor in the Madhouse"", a series of connected novellas was published posthumously in 2001, his widow Marianne Forrest serving as literary executor. In 2013, Forrest was inducted into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame. Leon Forrest Leon Richard Forrest (January 8, 1937 – November 6, 1997) was an African-American novelist. His novels concerned mythology, history, and Chicago. Forrest was born into a middle-class"
"Forster had breast cancer in the 1970s and had two mastectomies. She was diagnosed with cancer again in 2007. By 2014 she had metastatic cancer, and she died from cancer of the back in February 2016. Margaret Forster Margaret Forster (25 May 1938 – 8 February 2016) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, historian and literary critic. She is best known for her 1965 novel ""Georgy Girl"", which was made into a successful film of the same name and inspired a hit song by The Seekers, as well as her 2003 novel ""Diary of an Ordinary Woman""; her biographies of"
"(portrayed by Alec Baldwin) hauntingly recounts the story of James Forrestal's dismissal and suicide to speechwriter Richard Goodwin (portrayed by James Frain). In the 2006 film ""Flags of Our Fathers,"" Forrestal was played by Michael Cumpsty. The story of James Forrestal is prominently featured in Chapter 4 of the Oliver Stone popular documentary series ""Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States,"" which aired on Showtime in 2012–13. The later part of Forrestal's life, including his marriage and his death, is a large part of ""Majic Man"" by Max Allan Collins. James Forrestal James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 –"
"and Susan Hayward as Rachel Donelson Jackson. In 1956, a film version was made of ""Lust for Life"", based on his 1934 novel, starring Kirk Douglas as Van Gogh. In 1965, a film was made of ""The Agony and the Ecstasy"", starring Charlton Heston as Michelangelo and Rex Harrison as Pope Julius II. Stone's 1975 book ""The Greek Treasure"" was the basis for the German television production """" (""Hunt for Troy"", 2007). Irving Stone Irving Stone (born Tennenbaum, July 14, 1903, San Francisco, California – August 26, 1989, Los Angeles) was an American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels"
"population. Viviane Forrester Viviane Forrester (29 September 1925, in Paris – 30 April 2013) was an essayist, novelist, journalist and literary critic. Born Viviane Dreyfus in a French Jewish family, after wartime exile she married New Zealand painter John Forrester with whom she had two sons; they separated after some years, but never divorced. She worked for ""Le Monde"", ""Le Nouvel Observateur"" and ""Quinzaine littéraire"" and was a member of the jury of the Prix Femina. She became famous internationally with her books on Virginia Woolf (Prix Goncourt 2009) and on politics. In ""L'horreur économique"" and ""Une étrange dictature"" she"
"The Observer. She died on 10 July 2015. Rosemary Dinnage Rosemary Dinnage (née Allen; 17 January 1928 – 10 July 2015) was a British author and critic. She was listed by The Observer as one of Britain's top 300 intellectuals in 2011. Rosemary Dinnage was born in Oxford and grew up in Rhodes House where her father, Sir Carleton Kemp Allen was Warden. After wartime evacuation to Canada, she studied English at Oxford. Besides books, Dinnage has published regular reviews in The New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books. In 2011, she featured in John Naughton's"
"which include Suspiria, Inferno, and The Mother of Tears. This influence carried over into Luca Guadagnino's 2018 version of the film. Thomas De Quincey Thomas Penson De Quincey (; 15 August 17858 December 1859) was an English essayist, best known for his ""Confessions of an English Opium-Eater"" (1821). Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the West. Thomas Quincey was born at 86 Cross Street, Manchester, Lancashire. His father, a successful merchant with an interest in literature, died when De Quincey was quite young. Soon after his birth the family"
"with those who died in the same month at the same convent. The exact place can be located by doing a search by name and date of death at the gate. The Society of Authors administers the annual award of a Scott Moncrieff Prize for French Translation. ""Chasing Lost Time: the Life of C K Scott Moncrieff, Soldier, Spy and Translator"" by his great-great-niece Jean Findlay was published in 2014. Among the many works translated by Scott Moncrieff are: C. K. Scott Moncrieff Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, (25 September 1889 – 28 February 1930) was a Scottish writer, most famous"
"Linda Helen. He died of a heart attack at the age of 55 in New York City. John H. Secondari John Hermes Secondari (November 1, 1919 – February 8, 1975) was an American author and television producer. Secondari's 1952 novel ""Coins in the Fountain"" was made into the 1954 Academy Award-winning film ""Three Coins in the Fountain"", and then in 1964, to his disappointment, remade as the Twentieth Century-Fox film ""The Pleasure Seekers"". He went on to write plays for Playhouse 90 and was the founding Washington Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent for the ABC Television Network. In 1963,"
"Jack Conroy John Wesley Conroy (December 5, 1899 - February 28, 1990) was a leftist American writer, also known as a Worker-Writer, best known for his contributions to “proletarian literature,” fiction and nonfiction about the life of American workers during the early decades of the 20th century. He was born John Wesley Conroy to Irish immigrants on December 5, 1898, in the coal mining camp of Monkey Nest near Moberly, Missouri. A Depression-era novelist, Conroy drew upon his childhood growing up in a mining camp and elements of this can be seen in his novels, ""The Disinherited"" and ""A World"
"friendship, confusing Forster with constant avowals of his love. LGBT E. M. Forster Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 18797 June 1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. Many of his novels examined class difference and hypocrisy, including ""A Room with a View"" (1908), ""Howards End"" (1910) and ""A Passage to India"" (1924). The last brought him his greatest success. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 16 different years. Forster was born into an Anglo-Irish and Welsh family at 6 Melcombe Place, Dorset Square, London NW1, in a building that no longer exists."
"2011 David Cronenberg Film ""A Dangerous Method"". After a long stint in Brooklyn, Kerr relocated to Portland, Maine, in 1998. He resided in Portland's West End. He died at Maine Medical Center in Portland from complications of lung cancer, while surrounded by friends on July 18, 2016. John Kerr (author) John Michael Kerr (January 31, 1950 – July 18, 2016) was an American author raised in New York City and best known for his nonfiction book ""A Most Dangerous Method"", which examined the relationship between Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and Sabina Spielrein. Kerr was born in Washington, D.C., to mother"
"arrival in St. Louis, which made him ineligible for a transplant. He died on October 9, 2009. Stuart M. Kaminsky Stuart M. Kaminsky (September 29, 1934 – October 9, 2009) was an American mystery writer and film professor. He is known for three long-running series of mystery novels featuring the protagonists Toby Peters, a private detective in 1940s Hollywood; Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov, a Moscow police inspector; and veteran Chicago police officer Abe Lieberman. A later series followed Lew Fonesca, a process server from Sarasota, Florida. Kaminsky's Inspector Rostnikov novel ""A Cold Red Sunrise"" received the 1989 Edgar Award for"
"Never will I make that extra effort to live according to reality which alone makes good writing possible: hence the manic-depressiveness of my style,—which is either bright, cruel and superficial; or pessimistic; moth-eaten with self-pity."" Kenneth Tynan, writing in the March 1954 ""Harper's Bazaar"", praised Connolly's style as 'one of the most glittering of English literary possessions.' Connolly coined many witty epithets and insightful observations, which have been extensively quoted. A few of his best known quotes are listed: Cyril Connolly Cyril Vernon Connolly (10 September 1903 – 26 November 1974) was an English literary critic and writer. He was"
"Diane Ackerman, has written about in her book ""One Hundred Names for Love: A Stroke, a Marriage and the Language of Healing."" He died on 18 October 2015 at the age of 85 in Ithaca, New York, from pneumonia. He is survived by his sister, Sheila Forster, and perhaps by a daughter, Amanda, about whom he wrote but with whom he later lost touch. Paul West (writer) Paul Noden West (23 February 1930 – 18 October 2015) was a British-born American novelist, poet, and essayist. He was born in Eckington, Derbyshire in England to Alfred and Mildred (Noden) West. Before"
"play ""The Importance of Being Earnest"". The memoir is subtitled ""The Memoirs of a Young Man in Search of Sex"". Stokes worked as a screenplay advisor on Tony Richardson's films ""The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"" (1962), starring Tom Courtenay and Michael Redgrave, and on ""Tom Jones"" (1963), starring Albert Finney and Susannah York, and based on the novel of the same name by Henry Fielding. Sewell Stokes Francis Martin Sewell Stokes (16 November 1902, London – 2 November 1979, London) was an English novelist, biographer, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and prison visitor. He collaborated on a number of occasions"
"(and has many of the same characters) and is also associated somewhat with ""Mirror Image"" and ""Charisma"". Michael G. Coney Michael Greatrex Coney (September 28, 1932 - November 4, 2005) was a British science fiction writer, best known for his novel ""Hello Summer Goodbye."" He spent the later half of his life in Canada. Born in Birmingham, England, on September 28, 1932, he relocated to Sidney, British Columbia during 1972. He died at the age 73 of pleural mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the lungs, on November 4, 2005 at the Saanich Peninsula Hospital palliative care unit. A"
"Also in 2000, she appeared in ""Waking the Dead"", a film based on the 1986 novel of the same name, playing Sarah Williams, an activist killed by a car bomb in Minneapolis while she was driving Chilean refugees (Sarah Williams was also the name of Connelly's character in ""Labyrinth)"". Initially, director Keith Gordon was reluctant to cast Connelly in this role as he did not consider her a serious actress. Her agent Risa Shapiro persuaded him to watch Connelly's performance in ""Far Harbor"". Gordon later said: ""There was a subtlety and depth even to her gaze that captured more of"
"E. M. Forster Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 18797 June 1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. Many of his novels examined class difference and hypocrisy, including ""A Room with a View"" (1908), ""Howards End"" (1910) and ""A Passage to India"" (1924). The last brought him his greatest success. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 16 different years. Forster was born into an Anglo-Irish and Welsh family at 6 Melcombe Place, Dorset Square, London NW1, in a building that no longer exists. He was the only child of Alice Clara ""Lily"" (née"
"version of the mother's story. ""And so, in the end, one suspects that he wants Minnie's good-natured, commonplace ways to stand as their own achievement, reminding us that life continues in the places left behind."" While working on a new novel, on 20 February 2009, Nolan died suddenly, aged 43. However, nothing has been released from the book since his death. Christopher Nolan died at age 43 in Beaumont hospital in Dublin on 20 February 2009. He died after a piece of salmon became trapped in his airway. Irish president Mary McAleese, upon hearing the news, said: Minister for Arts"
"published in Kindle format: ""An Evening With Lynn Fontanne"", is based Martha's last visit with a very old Lynn Fontanne, and the second story, ""The Peppermints"", is based upon the author's recollections of her childhood in Louisville. She died June 19, 1990, in New York City. Martha Rofheart Martha Rofheart (1917–1990) was an American writer of historical novels, an actress and early in her career, a model. She was born Martha Jane Jones, May 27, 1917 in Louisville, Kentucky, to Evan Jones and his wife, the former Noreen Sorrell. When her mother Noreen died in the 1918 flu pandemic, Martha"
"Tim Burton. In 2011, accompanied by his wife Birgit, and on the 164th anniversary of the birth of Bram Stoker, Lee was honoured with a tribute by University College Dublin, and described his honorary life membership of the UCD Law Society as ""in some ways as special as the Oscars"". He was awarded the Bram Stoker Gold Medal by the Trinity College Philosophical Society, of which Stoker was President, and a copy of ""Collected Ghost Stories of MR James"" by Trinity College's School of English. Christopher Lee Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was"
"Marcus and Thomas E. Crow and as editorial coordinator of the magazine's spin-off publication, a quarterly review of books related to art and culture, called Bookforum. Pokorny worked as a production assistant on the film ""Paris is Burning"" and is credited as ""Sydney Pokorney."" Through her work on the film, she became interested in some of the ideas raised in the film and attempted to work them out in her writing. Sydney Pokorny died on 1 September 2008 in Park Ridge, NJ. She is survived by her mother. Sydney Pokorny Sydney Pokorny (23 December 1965 – 1 September 2008) was"
"(1993) about her encounters with Willie and Elmo Patrick Sonnier, the first convicted murderer for whom she had served as spiritual adviser, and with personnel in the prison system. She explored the effects of holding people on Death Row and being involved in executions for guards, chaplains and other officials. She has become an advocate to abolish the death penalty. Her book was adapted for a 1995 film of the same name, starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. The character Matthew Poncelet, played by Penn in the film, and his crime, were drawn from Willie and Sonnier. The book was"
"""The Good Hotel Guide"", published by Which? alongside ""The Good Food Guide"" founded in 1951 by Raymond Postgate. Rubinstein retired from AP Watt in 1992, but continued to work as a literary agent independently, controversially acting for Mary Bell, the 1960s child murderer, whose biography ""Cries Unheard"" written with Gitta Sereny was published in 1998. He was a member of the council of the Institute of Contemporary Arts from 1976 to 1992, he was a trustee of the Open College of the Arts from 1987 to 1996. Hilary Rubinstein Hilary Rubinstein (26 April 1926 – 22 May 2012) was a"
"exploring his professional relationship with Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Perkins is portrayed by actor Malcolm McDowell. In the 2016 biographical drama film ""Genius"", based on A. Scott Berg's biography of the man, ""Max Perkins: Editor of Genius"", Perkins is portrayed by British actor Colin Firth. Maxwell Perkins William Maxwell Evarts ""Max"" Perkins (September 20, 1884 – June 17, 1947), was an American book editor, best remembered for discovering authors Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe. Perkins was born on September 20, 1884, in New York City, to Elizabeth (Evarts) Perkins, a daughter of William M. Evarts, and Edward Clifford"