The Greatest Books: Written by James Clavell

James Clavell

Nationality: American-British
Description: James Clavell (10 October 1921 – 6 September 1994), born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell, was a British (and later naturalized American) novelist, screenwriter, director, and World War II veteran and prisoner of war. Clavell is best known as a writer for his Asian Saga novels, a number of which have had television adaptations. Clavell also authored such screenplays as those for The Fly (1958) (based on the the short story by George Langelaan) and The Great Escape (1963) (based on the personal account of Paul Brickhill).
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Gender: Male