Today we will talk about who Robert is.Ludlam Books of this American writer, as well as his biography will be discussed in this article. He is the author of many bestsellers, producer and actor. The writer's works are published in 32 languages and sold in the amount of over 210 million copies.
Biography
Robert Ludlam was born in New York when he arrivedMay 1927. His father George died when the boy was only 7 years old. Therefore, the future writer spent a lot of time in New Jersey. There he lived with relatives. The boy began his studies at the Rectory School. After enrolling at Wesleyan University, which is located in Middletown, Connecticut. There he becomes a member of an informal student fraternity called Alpha Delta Phi.
Quite early, Robert began to think about choosingfuture profession. He wanted to be an actor, a military man, a football player and a writer. When the boy was 16 years old, he was offered to play a role in a staging entitled Junior Miss. It absolutely changed the life of a young man. In 1945, he went into the army, serving in the ranks of the Marine Corps in the Pacific Ocean. It is known that in the first few months he spent in the ranks, he had hundreds of pages of impressions. In them, he described the service in the fleet. Upon returning to Middletown, the future writer graduated from university. In 1951 he received a bachelor's degree in arts. At the same time he got married. The chosen one was the girl Mary, with whom they had three children.
Activities
In the fifties, Robert Ludlam appeared oftenin TV shows and TV shows. In 1954 he played Spartacus in the film "Gladiator". Two years before, he had already succeeded in reincarnating as a soldier for the film “The Strong Lonely,” directed by Fritz Hoshwalder. Robert Ludlam became a producer at the North Jersey Playhouse. Two years later, he created a theater called Playhouse-on-the-Mall in the state of New Jersey, the town of Paramus. Up until 1971, Ladlam wrote exclusively plays for his own theater. Many of them hit Broadway.
In 1971 the first book of the author was published.Scarlatti’s Legacy, which tells the story of a single American soldier during World War II. According to the author himself, the work was published only with 10 attempts. Publishers feared for the fate of the book, but the novel became a bestseller instantly. The next work by the author was the work of Osterman Weekend, which was published in 1973. The eponymous adaptation of the story appeared in 1983. The film was directed by Sam Peckepe. Robert with his family in 1970 moved to New York. In addition, he had a home in Florida. During this period, Ludlam traveled a lot, collecting material for future stories. According to the writer himself, Paris was his favorite city at all times.
The bourne identity
In 1980, the book “IdentificationBorn. She brought the author world-wide fame and was the beginning of a series of works. According to the plot, Born - the main character - was found in the sea without memory. In the past he is a CIA agent. Throughout the story, the hero tries to remember his real identity. Born's Identification was first screened in 1988. The second time was in mid-2002. In the story of the hero will help Marie Saint-Jacques. In their turn, the CIA and Carlos Jackal, the sworn enemy, intend to interfere. Other characters include Jack Manning, one of the senior officers of the Central Intelligence Agency. The continuation of the saga were the works “The Excellence of Born” and “Ultimatum”, which were published respectively in 1986 and 1990.
Prometheus Trick
Some works of the author were published under pseudonyms.Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd. The bibliography of Robert Ladlam ends with the book The Trick of Prometheus, which was published in 2000. The writer died on March 12, 2001. He was 73 years old. The cause was a heart attack. He is the author of more than twenty books. The writer's manuscripts were discovered posthumously. One of them - "Warning Ambler" - was published in print in 2005 in the original. In 2006 it was translated into Russian, and in the Russian Federation the work became a bestseller.
Bibliography
In 1971, the author wrote the book “InheritanceScarlatti. In 1972, Osterman Weekend was published. In 1973, the book "Paper Matlock". Under the name of Jonathan Ryder, the works of Trevayne were published in 1973 and The Call of Halidon in 1974. Also in 1974, the book Reinemann's Exchange appeared. In 1975, under the name Michael Shephard, a work entitled “The Road to Gandolfo” was published. In 1976, the book "The Twins Rivals" was published. The Manuscript of Chancellor appeared in 1977. In 1978, the book Holcroft's Testament was published. The work “Circle Matarese” appeared in 1979. The Born Identification was written in 1980. In 1982, the author created the work “The Mosaic of Parsifal”. In 1984 he published the book "Conspiracy Aquitaine." In 1986, Bourne Superiority was released. The book The Icarus Agenda appears in 1988. The Bourne Ultimatum was published in 1990. In 1992, the author creates The Road to Omaha. In 1993, the book The Illusion of Scorpion was published. In 1995, The Apocalypse Watch appeared. In 1997, the book The Matarese Countdown. In 2000, Robert Ludlam completes the book "The Trick of Prometheus." In 2005, the manuscript of the writer Alert Warning was published.
