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British novelist and former spy (1931–2020)

David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 1931 – 12 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré (lə-KARR-ay),^[1] was a British author,^[2] best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television.

John le carre a biography of abraham

A "sophisticated, morally ambiguous writer",^[3] he is considered one of the greatest novelists of the postwar era. During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked for both the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).^[4] Near the end of his life, le Carré became an Irish citizen.

Le Carré's third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963), became an international best-seller, was adapted as an award-winning film, and remains one of his best-known works. This success allowed him to leave MI6 to become a full-time author.^[5] His other novels that have been adapted for film or television