DER BRITISCHE SCHRIFTSTELLER JACK HIGGINS IST GESTORBEN

10.04.2022 Der am 27. Juli 1929 unter dem bürgerlichen Namen Harry Patterson geborene britische Schriftsteller Jack Higgins ist am 9. April 2022 auf der britischen Kanalinsel Jersey gestorben. Sein bis heute weltweit am meisten gelesener Roman ist "Der Adler ist gelandet" (The Eagle Has Landed), der ihn mit einem Schlag in den weltweiten Bestsellerlisten zu einem Synonym für spannende Agententhriller machte.* Viele seiner Werke wurden verfilmt; insgesamt soll Harry Patterson weltweit mehr als 250 Millionen Bücher verkauft haben.

Author Jack Higgins dies aged 92

He published 85 books, mainly thriller and espionage novels, selling more than 250m copies worldwide.

Mr Patterson’s final book The Midnight Bell topped the Sunday Times best-seller list in 2017.

HarperCollins chief executive Charlie Redmayne said: ‘I’ve been a fan of Jack Higgins for longer than I can remember. He was a classic thriller writer: instinctive, tough, relentless. The Eagle Has Landed and his other Liam Devlin books, his later Sean Dillion series, and so many others were and remain absolutely unputdownable. Being part of his publishing for even part of his career has been a privilege – his passing marks the end of an era.’

https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2022/04/09/author-jack-higgins-dies-aged-92/

Jack Higgins obituary

Under his own and several other names, including Jack Higgins, Harry Patterson had published 35 thrillers before, in his mid-40s, he hit the jackpot with The Eagle Has Landed (1975), an instant bestseller in the US, which is said to have sold more than 50m copies worldwide.

Mike Ripley

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/apr/10/jack-higgins-obituary

Jack Higgins, author who shot to worldwide fame with his novel "The Eagle Has Landed" – obituary

He wrote 85 novels that often upturned thriller conventions by casting stereotyped villains as heroes.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/04/10/jack-higgins-author-shot-worldwide-fame-novel-eagle-has-landed/

Jack Higgins, Author of "The Eagle Has Landed," Dies at 92

David Stout

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/obituaries/jack-higgins-dead.html

The Eagle has Landed, about a Nazi plot to kidnap Sir Winston Churchill in World War Two and written using the pseudonym Jack Higgins, sold more than 50 million copies and became a film. The 1976 adaptation starred Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland and Sir Michael Caine.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61054455

Bestsellerautor Jack Higgins ist tot

Higgins erfolgreichstes Werk, "The Eagle Has Landed", wurde durch die Verfilmung von 1976 noch populärer. Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland und Robert Duvall gehörten zu den Größen des gleichnamigen Films. Er wurde zum Kassenschlager.

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https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/jack-higgins-thriller-autor-stirbt-im-alter-von-92-jahren-a-b862860f-fbf2-4ed9-9982-5cb19d64e68f

Audio / Video:

Jack Higgins (1929 - 2022) audio interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JYp5LBJoGo

Jack Higgins: The Eagle Has Landed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w06TgbRqWeg

Mehr:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0383396/

https://web.archive.org/web/20080917015745/http://jackhiggins.co.za/

https://web.archive.org/web/20101226213236/http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Authors/2627/jack-higgins

https://murder-mayhem.com/jack-higgins