John dickson carr (1906165438+1October 30th) was born in Union Town, Pennsylvania, USA. His father, Wood Nicholas Carr, was elected to the House of Representatives. Carl showed his talent for writing when he was a teenager. 1 1 years old, he wrote news reports about court trials and murders, and later wrote a boxing column in a local newspaper.
1925, Carl entered Harvey Buddha College. The following year, his novels and poems were published in the school's literary magazine Harvey Buddha, and he became the editor of the magazine. 1928 After graduating from Harvey Buddha College, I went to Paris Sorbonne Theological Seminary (the predecessor of Paris University) to study. But he spent most of his time studying abroad writing serial novels in Harvey Buddha magazine, and this part of his works was revised and published, which became his novel Night Walk (1930). The protagonist of the novel is henry beck Becklin, a French detective who has appeared in short films before.
1932, Carl married an English woman, Coralis cleaves, and they settled in Britain after marriage. Carl became so English that many readers thought he was an English writer. 1933, Karl published The Witch's Corner, the first work of Dr. Gideon Phil's series. The following year, Sir Henry Melville appeared in Murder in Plague Village under the pseudonym Carter Dixon. Since then, Carl has written the Phil series and Melville series alternately, which has become his most representative works. The style of his works is very distinctive: the plot layout is complex, the killing method is strange, and it is full of drama and supernatural atmosphere. More importantly, he focused on the Chamber of Secrets and impossible crime. Agatha christie once said, "Few detective writers can confuse me nowadays, but Carl can always." After Carl returned to the United States, he often blushed because he discussed impossible crime with ellery queen and Claughton Lawson, but at the same time he left a much-told story. Due to smoking, his health deteriorated in his later years, and he died of lung cancer on February 27th, 1977/kloc-0.
10 On 30th, john dickson carr was born in Union Town, Pennsylvania.
1965438+At the end of 2002-1965438+At the beginning of 2003, due to Karl's father Uda Nicholas Carr's successful election for parliament, the whole family moved to the Washington Capitol apartment. Two years later, he lost the election and moved again.
/kloc-around 0/920, Karl began to read the works of G.K. chesterton. He first read The Man on Thursday, and soon began to read the series Father Brown, which was deeply influenced.
1922 In August, Carl entered Hill High School and became a member of the debate team, winning the debate competition twice.
From September 65438 to September 0925, Karl entered Harvard University, where he was a famous poet and writer.
1926165438+10-65438+February, Carl wrote the short story "The Shadow of the Goat", which is Carl's earliest detective novel in the strict sense and the first novel in henry beck series.
1927 On August 20th, Karl went to Paris to study abroad and traveled all over Europe in just six months. This trip had a great influence on Karl's whole career as a writer, and the background of many early works in 1930s came from this trip.
From 1928-29, Karl constantly revised his first novel, It Walks at Night, and expanded it in the summer of 1929.
1On August 4th, 929, Carl sold the manuscript of Nocturnal Travel to Harper & Brother publishing house, get $300.
1929 In autumn, Carl and his friends moved to Brooklyn, new york.
On February 5th 1930, "Night Tour" was published, and the sales volume was good. It was reprinted in seven editions every two months.
1930 in August, Carl met clarice cleaves while traveling in Europe and fell in love, and their feelings quickly warmed up.
1On June 3rd, 932, Karl and clarice got married in secret. In the autumn of the same year, clarice became pregnant.
193365438+1On October 30th, Mr. and Mrs. Carr went to England by boat and settled in England for 0/4 years.
During this period, Karl wrote five novels, including four novels about henry beck Woods and one non-series novel. 1933, Hager's Nook was published, which marked the beginning of the detective Dr. Phil series written by Carl.
1On September 24th, 933, Dorothy L.Sayers published a comment on the case of Hat Collector in The Sunday Times, which was the most wonderful comment on Karl's works.
1934, The Murder in the Plague Court was published in the United States and the following year in Britain, which marked the beginning of Karl's detective series Sir Henry Merryville (HM series for short).
1935, "Three Coffins" (published as "The Hollow Man" in Britain). It is one of the most important works in the history of mystery novels, including the classic lecture notes of Chamber of Secrets, and is regarded as one of Karl's three masterpieces.
1936, Carl joined the exploration club and became the first American to join the club. The British detective club is also the most influential and active detective writer club in the golden age.
1937, The Burning Court was published, which is one of Karl's several classic works. At the end of the year, Carl moved to London.
1938 published "crooked hinge" and "window of Judah" in the same year. These two works have also been listed as "Karl's three masterpieces" by many critics.
1939 12.27, Carl's debut radio drama "Who killed Matthew Corbin? Who Killed Matthew Corbin was broadcast on the BBC, which marked the beginning of Carl's radio drama career. Since then, his radio drama series "Dating with Fear" for the BBC has become a brand program of the BBC during World War I..
In April, 1942, Carl's first stage play "The Silent Inspector" was staged in the dock pavilion.
1August, 942, The Emperor's Smell Box was published, which is an important work of Karl Fei's series.
In June, 1943, 1, She Died a Lady, which is a famous tragic work in the middle and late period of HM series.
At the end of 1945, Carl set out to write a famous commentary "The Greatest Game in the World", but it was not until 1963 after 17 that part of the commentary was published in the March issue of EQMM that year, and it was not until 19 1.
1946, The Longing Man was published, which was Karl's most important work in the late 1940s.
1947, at the invitation of Adrian Doyle, Carl began to write The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which is a biography of Sir Conan Doyle.
1947 At the end of this year, Karl's family moved back to America. After settling down, Karl frequently contacted famous mystery novelists such as Dannai, Lawson, Hawke and Butscher, and formed the top circle of mystery novels at that time.
On June 23rd, 1948, Carl's new radio drama series "Cabin B- 13" began to broadcast on CBS.
1949 65438+ 10, The Biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was officially published. 13, the biography was on the best-seller list of the new york era in the United States for six weeks.
1950 On April 20th, Karl's biography The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle won the MWA Allen Poe Special Award.
195 1 year, Carl's physical condition began to appear problems. /kloc-in the summer of 0/953, he was seriously ill, but fortunately he was treated in time. Until 1954, it basically recovered.
1952 In July, Carl and Adrian began to plan and create adventures of sherlock holmes, the sequel of Sherlock Holmes.
1953, Karl ended the HM series with the Knight Cup, with 22 works in total. 1955, Carl returned to London and continued to be active in the British detective club. He is closely related to some young writers, such as Edmund Crispin and christianna brand.
1962, Carl won MWA's lifetime master award, which is a great honor for mystery writers and an affirmation of Carl.
1963 In the spring, Carl suffered a stroke and recovered after treatment, but his left hand was almost paralyzed.
1965 published The House of Satan's Elbow, which is the most wonderful work of Karl's later period, and Butscher gave a warm evaluation. In the same year, Carl and his wife moved to Greenville, South Carolina, where they spent the last 12 years of their lives.
1970, Karl won the MWA Allen Poe Special Award for his outstanding achievements in 40 creations.
1968, Karl ended the series of "Dr. Phil" with "When the Moon is Dark", which consists of 23 works.
1972 published Hungry Goblin, which is Karl's last work.
1February 27, 977, Karl passed away.