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Patricia Highsmith
American novelist and short story writer (–)
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| Born | Mary Patricia Plangman ()January 19, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | February 4, () (aged&#;74) Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland |
| Pen name | Claire Morgan () |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
| Language | English |
| Education | Julia Richman High School |
| Alma&#;mater | Barnard College (BA) |
| Period | – |
| Genre | Suspense, psychological thriller, brott fiction, romance |
| Literary movement | Modernist literature |
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Patricia Highsmith (born Mary Patricia Plangman; January 19, – February 4, )[1] was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of fem novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories in a career spanning nearly fem decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen spelfilm adaptations. Her writing was in
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Whether or not you know her name, you almost certainly know Patricia Highsmith&#;s work and characters. Having written a prolific number of books and short stories in her lifetime, Highsmith left a deep mark on our culture and society that continues to be felt today. From the recent thrilling, addictive Ripley series on Netflix, to the emotionally raw film Carol which was adapted from one of her novels, Patricia Highsmith continues to shape the world around us, long after her death.
One of my favorite writers, Highsmith was a master of twisted psychology and thrilling, on-the-edge-of-your-seat suspense. She was also a complicated individual in her private life, one who held seemingly-contradictory viewpoints on social issues like race and sexuality.
It&#;s difficult for me to reconcile Highsmith&#;s prejudices and outright hatred of certain social groups with her deftness and talent as a writer. Although she wrote some of the most influential n
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“French exam this morning. It was difficult and I think I got all the questions I guessed wrong.”
29th January
“I got an A in French and there were only two As in the class.”
3rd February
Patricia Highsmith had just celebrated her 20th birthday when she wrote these two journal entries. The future author of the celebrated psychological thrillers Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr Ripley was a student at Barnard College in New York, and had begun “journaling” in earnest from her first semester. This present collection brings together extracts from her diaries (gossipy; quotidian) and her notebooks (work-focused; aphoristic), which were found in a linen closet after her death. The 56 journals (18 diaries, 38 notebooks) add up to eight thousand pages in total. As an editorial note states, this cherry-picked selection, amounting to almost one thousand pages, “should not be read as an autobiography… Pat’s diaries and notebooks provide a running account of a life in progr