Biography
It is difficult to meet a person who would be unfamiliar with such a cult literary and cinematic character like Hannibal Lecter. But about his creator - writer, journalist and screenwriter Thomas Harris - not everyone knows. Although this brilliant person has made a considerable contribution to the development of such genres as a thriller and a detective.Childhood and youth
Early biography of Thomas Anthony Harris Supil on details. It is known that he was born on April 11, 1940 in the American city of Jackson Tennessee. Being very small, Thomas together with his parents moved to Mississippi, where he changed 3 cities of living - Cleveland, Clarksdale and Rich.
After graduating from school, the guy entered the University of Bailora, located in the city of Waco Texas, where he studied at the philological faculty of English. During study, Harris realized what he wanted to make a living, and got a reporter to a local newspaper called The Waco Tribune-Herald. The future writer successfully defended a diploma in 1964 (he was 24 years old), after which he went on a trip to Europe.
Few people know that in 1967 the author released a psychological book-guide on a transactional analysis capable of solving all the vital problems. "I am Okay, you ok" got into the list of bestsellers according to the New York Times version in 1972 and lasted there for almost 2 years. More than 15 million copies were sold worldwide.
In 1968, Thomas returned to America, choosing New York for life and work. There, he easily found the position in the news publishing house Associated Press, where she worked for 6 years. These years have not passed without a trace for Harris, he received invaluable experience of interaction with the world of criminals, murders and crime.
Books and films
The writer art biography of Harris began in 1975, when he published his first novel "Black Sunday". Inspiration was the infamous events that occurred in Munich at the 1972 Olympic Games - 11 Israeli athletes were killed.
The book about Vietnamese Michael Landera, planning to blow up the giant stadium together with the terrorist Dalia during the Super Cup, immediately became a bestseller. Thanks to the fame and large fees, Thomas was able to afford to write books and further, throwing all the other partings. The film "Black Sunday" took place 2 years after the release of the book. The main roles were performed by Robert Show, Bruce Dern and Marta Keller.
The second novel was released in 1981. Working on the "Red Dragon" took more time, but the result was worth it - the whole world met with such a bright and characteristic villain, as Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
This cult character was a serial murderer and cannibal, endowed with an untrustful mind and owning fine psychology. Thanks to this, he has repeatedly avoided justice and confused even the most intelligent detectives. The book, like the debut, became a hit, and Thomas Harris decided to compose the continuation of the story about the genius maniac. "Red Dragon" was shielded twice: in 1986 and 2002.
Over the third detective (and the second about Dr. Lecter), the author worked for a long 7 years, as he was very responsible to the details. The book has become the most popular writer from the entire bibliography. The "silence of the lambs" came out a multi-million dollar circulation and received the Bram Stokechar premium in the nomination "Best Roman" in 1988.
In this part there was an important character for the narrative character - the admission of the student of the FBI Academy named Clarissa Starling, which was able to join an equal psychological game with Hannibal.
Cinema of the book was published in 1991, the director acted Jonathan Demmy, and the main characters were performed by Talented Anthony Hopkins and Jody Foster. Each of them received the cherished statuette of the Oscar premium for the best male and female roles, as well as for the best director, script and film. Thus, the "silence of the lambs" became the third picture in history that won in 5 nominations immediately.
The next novel about the adventures of the lector came out only after 11 years and got a simple name "Hannibal". As in the past work, the writer paid meticulous attention to the smallest detail. Even experienced criminologists admired the trilogy about the maniac and confirmed that she had repeatedly helped them with investigations of crimes. The final part positively met literary critics, and the "horror king" Stephen King said it was one of the most terrible books he read.
Looking "Hannibal" famous Hollywood director Ridley Scott in 2001. As at the time of work on past cinema of Romanov, the writer took an active part in the shooting, speaking a screenwriter and consultant. Instead of Jody Foster, who refused to work in the continuation, Clarissa played another talented actress Julianna Moore.
Thomas Harris signed a contract with a literary agent Bantt Buks about writing 2 more detectives about Dr. Lecter in 2004. Two years later, the shelves of the bookstores of the whole world appeared a novel about the children's and youth years (from 6 to 20 years) of the future serial maniac. The film "Hannibal: Climbing", shot on the book, came out in 2007.
Harris spoke to the scriptwriter of the criminal series "Hannibal", which comes from 2013 to 2015 at the television NBC television channel. The main roles were played by Hugh Dansky and Mads Mikkelsen. Total came out 3 seasons consisting of 39 episodes.
Personal life
About the personal life of the writer and the screenwriter knows little, as about the children's years. With his future wife, named Harriet, Thomas met at the university, where he did to study philological sciences and learn the mastery of the Word.
Soon the pair had a daughter of Ann, but it did not save marriage - young people divorced in 1968, after 7 years of official relations. There were no more children from Harris. On the Internet there is extremely few photos with Thomas and his relatives, for this reason you have to be content with printed facts.
Thomas Harris now
The writer did not give an interview since 1976, therefore it is difficult to assume that Harris is doing now.
Under the contract, he must release another work about the lecturer, but it is unknown, this will happen in 2019 or later. One thing is clear - the book will certainly become a bestseller and will delight numerous fans of plenty prose.
Bibliography
- 1975 - "Black Sunday"
- 1981 - "Red Dragon"
- 1988 - "Silence of Lambs"
- 1999 - "Hannibal"
- 2006 - "Hannibal: Climb"