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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 34
Top works
- Great American Authors Read from Their Works Lib/E
- WW II
- Some came running
- Die Entwurzelten
- WWII
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Robinson, Illinois, USA
American novelist known for the classics "The Thin Red Line" and "From Here To Eternity."
Known for
- Some Came Running — Crew Cut Man Playing Poker (uncredited)1958
- From Here to Eternity — Undetermined Role (uncredited)1953
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- James Ramon Jones , ( 1921-11-06 ) November 6, 1921, Robinson, Illinois , U.S.
- Died
- May 9, 1977 (1977-05-09) (aged 55), Southampton, New York , U.S.
- Occupation
- Novelist, author
- Period
- 1951–1975
- Genre
- World War II fiction
- Notable awards
- National Book Award , 1952
- Allegiance
- United States of America
- Branch
- United States Army
- Service years
- 1939–1944
- Rank
- Corporal
- Unit
- 25th Infantry Division 27th Infantry Regiment
- Conflicts
- World War II
- Awards
- Purple Heart
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Jones
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Robinson
- Place of death
- Southampton
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- National Book Award
- Notable work
- From Here to Eternity
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Image
- James Jones (From Here to Eternity photo).jpg
- Work location
- Paris
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- date of birth
- 1921-11-06
- date of death
- 1977-05-09
- cause of death
- heart failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
- allegiance
- United States
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
- name in native language
- James Jones
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to James Jones, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
James Ramon Jones (November 6, 1921 – May 9, 1977) was an American novelist renowned for his explorations of World War II and its aftermath. He won the 1952 National Book Award for his debut novel, From Here to Eternity, which was adapted for film a year later (and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture) and made into a television series a generation later.
Life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “James Jones” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.