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Британский писатель, автор шпионских детективов Джон Ле Карре скончался на 90-м году жизни. Об этом сообщает литературное агентство Curtis Brown, представлявшее интересы писателя.

John Le Carré, 89, died in Cornwall on Saturday following a short battle with pneumonia



Ле Карре скончался 12 декабря в Корнуолле после непродолжительной болезни, от пневмониии, не связанной с коронавирусом. «Он, бесспорно, был гигантом английской литературы, определившим облик эпохи холодной войны и бесстрашно говорившим правду в лицо власть предержащих в последующие годы», — отметили в Curtis Brown.

David Cornwell worked as a British spy until his name was passed on to Soviet Russia by a member of the Cambridge Five - a spy ring that was outed for passing information to the USSR in 1963
Дэвид Корнуэлл был британским шпионом, пока его не раскрыл в 1963 году советам член Кембриджской пятерки-шпионской сети, передававшей информацию в СССР


Настоящее имя писателя Дэвид Корнуэл, а Ле Карре — литературный псевдоним, взятый еще во времена работы в спецслужбе. Он выпустил более 20 книг, многие из которых, например «Русский дом» и «Шпион, выйди вон», были экранизированы. В конце 1950-х Ле Карре два года служил в британской контрразведке, затем перешел в разведку МИ-6, где проработал четыре года, после чего ушел в отставку, полностью посвятив себя написанию книг о разведчиках.

Le Carre's third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, was made into an acclaimed film starring Richard Burton. The actor and author are pictured together on set above


The 89-year-old penned hugely successful novels including The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, which was made into a film starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Colin Firth (pictured at the premier together in 2011)

Novelist Robert Harris called le Carre 'one of those writers who really was not only a brilliant writer but he also penetrated popular culture - and that's a great rarity'

As a British spy, David Cornwell worked for both MI5 and MI6, even carrying out interrogations and tapping phone lines as a means of surveillance

David Cornwell (pictured receiving the Olof Palme Prize in January 2020), who gained critical acclaim under the pen name Le Carré, started writin novels while working as a British spy


The Spy Who Came in from the Cold gained acclaim when it publishedRichard Burton starred in an adaptation

The 89-year-old had spent lockdown in Cornwall and had been highly critical of the Government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, describing Boris Johnson as 'pig ignorant'

David Cornwell is survived by his wife of almost fifty years, Jane, and his sons Nicholas, Timothy, Stephen and Simon, his family said they 'grieve deeply his passing'

Le Carre was a pseudonym created by Cornwell to get around a ban on Foreign Office staff publishing work in their own name. His books gained worldwide acclaim and were translated into different languages. Cornwel is pictured holding a French edition of his novel The Looking Glass War in 1965

Le Carre was described as a 'friend, mentor and inspiration,' by those closest to him, following his passing on Saturday

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