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James Clavell
Sign in to saveAlso known as Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell, Charles Edmund Dumaresq du Clavelle
American novelist (1921-1994)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 10 October 1924
- Died
- 7 September 1994
- Works
- 154
Top works
- Fann al-ḥarb
- King Rat
- Bet ha-atsilim
- Shogun, A Novel of Japan
- Gai-Jin
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Film & TV
Writing · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
James Clavell, born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell (10 October 1924 – 7 September 1994) was an Australian (later naturalized American) novelist, screenwriter, director and World War II veteran and prisoner of war. Clavell is best known for his epic Asian Saga series of novels and their televised adaptations, along with such films as The Great Escape and To Sir, with Love.
Known for
- The Making of Shōgun2003
- World in Action1963
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 349
- Total plays
- 7,011
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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· 2020 · cited 34,745x
- Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.
· 1988 · cited 31,279x
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Quotes
- “Now the sun touched the horizon and the man reined in his horse tiredly, glad that the time for prayer had come.”
- “Changi became my university instead of my prison. … Among the inmates there were experts in all walks of life — the high and the low roads. I studied and absorbed everything I could from physics to counterfeiting, but most of all I learned the art of surviving.”
- “God gives us intelligence to uncover the wonders of nature. Without the gift, nothing is possible.”
- “I get so scared sometimes. The suddenness of our age! Electronics, rockets, earth satellites, supersonic flight, and now this. It's not so much who invents them. It's the fact they exist. … Everything's going so fast, I'm just not ready to take it all in. It's, it's all so quick”
- “The more I know, the more sure I am I know so little. The eternal paradox.”
- “The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world — and the most dangerous.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell , ( 1921-10-10 ) 10 October 1921, Sydney , Australia
- Died
- 7 September 1994 (1994-09-07) (aged 72), Vevey , Switzerland
- Occupation
- Novelist screenwriter director
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom United States (after 1963)
- Period
- 1958–1993
- Spouse
- April Stride ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1949 )
- Children
- Michaela Clavell Holly Clavell Petra Brando-Corval
- Allegiance
- United Kingdom
- Branch
- British Army
- Service years
- 1940–1948
- Rank
- Captain
- Unit
- Royal Artillery
- Conflicts
- Second World War Dutch East Indies campaign
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Wikidata facts
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1921-10-10
- date of death
- 1994-09-06
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- birth name
- Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell
- short name
- James Clavell
- name in native language
- James Clavell
- end of work period
- 1994-00-00
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Article
Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell (10 October 1921 – 7 September 1994), known as James Clavell, was a British and American writer, filmmaker and a British Army officer during the Second World War. He is best known for his Asian Saga novels, a number of which have had television and film adaptations.
Clavell also wrote such screenplays as those for The Fly (1958), based on the short story by George Langelaan, and The Great Escape (1963), based on the personal account of Paul Brickhill. He directed the popular 1967 film To Sir, with Love, for which he also wrote the script.