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British writer John le Carré, one of the most important authors of spy novels, died this Saturday night at the age of 89. The author of works such as “Fiel Jardineiro” or “O Espião who came out of the cold”, died of pneumonia at the Royal Cornwall Hospital on Saturday night.
“It is with great sadness that I have to share the news that David Cornwell, known to the world as John le Carré, died after a brief illness (not related to Covid-19) in Cornwall on Saturday night.” Read the statement from the CEO of the Curtis Brown agency, Jonny Geller.
It is with great sadness that I must announce the passing of one of the world’s great writers: John le Carré.https: //t.co/hpPFA5nA6D pic.twitter.com/HbC3WZzQFF
– Jonny Geller (@JonnyGeller) December 13, 2020
Described as an “undisputed giant of British literature”, Geller adds that Le Carré “defined the era of the Cold War and fought fearlessly for power with the word in the decades that followed.” “Our thoughts are with his four children, their families and his loving wife Jane,” he writes.
John le Carré, a pseudonym for David Jonh Moore Cornwell, was a professor of French and German at the private university in Eton, UK, when he began working as an MI5 secret agent in 1958.
The author worked for the British secret services from 1950 to 1964, then devoted himself to writing full time, following the success of “The Spy Who Comes Out of the Cold”, first published in 1963.
It was this book, his third work, that launched him around the world. Others would follow: “The tailor of Panama”, “Single and single”, “The faithful gardener”, “Friends to the end”, “The corner of the mission” and “A very wanted man”.
His latest book, “A legacy of spies”, was published in 2017, having recovered the character of George Smiley, a character in several of his works, among which are, “The spy who comes out of the cold”, precisely.
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