Frederick Forsyth, the author of DNA Jackal and the fertile British thriller writer, died at the age of 86 after a short illness, his literary agents said. The best -selling author was surrounded by his family, when he died at home on Monday morning, Curtis Brown said.
“We mourn over one of the greatest writers of thrillers in the world,” said agent Jonathan Lloyd.
Who was Frederick Forsyth?
Forsyth was born in Ashford in Kent and in 1938 began his career in the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1956 before he left for a career in journalism after two years.
Covered international stories and attempts to assassinate French General Charles de Gaulle, which provided inspiration for his best -selling novel,
Frederick Forsyth was the author who changed his adventure to a journalist and worked with MI6 on the best -selling thrillers.
Former journalist and pilot wrote over 25 books, including “The Odessa File” (1972) and “Dogs of War” (1974) and sold over 75 million copies around the world.
Former RAF pilot and investigative journalist continued writing novels including Fox, List of Killing and Afghan. Many of his novels also turned into films.
“Jackal Day”, in which the English murderer, who starred in Edward Fox, hired the French paramilitary angry to DE Gaulle from Algeria, was released in 1971 after Forsyth found himself in London.
The book written in just 35 days was rejected by a number of publishers who feared that the story was wrong and would not sell because de Gaulle was not murdered. De Gaulle died in 1970 of the cracked aortu while playing Solitaire.
However, Friller with Hurricane Forsyth was informed about the immediate intervention of Reuters agency about a hurricane thrrican with a journalistic style detail and brutal partial fences of lust and murder.
The once poor journalist became a rich writer of fiction.
Isolated Forsyth also discovered the talent for languages: he claimed to be a native French spokesman at the age of 12 and a native German spokesman aged 16, mainly because of exchanges.
(Tagstotranslate) Frederick Forsyth (T) Jonathan Lloyd
