LUDLUM, ROBERT


Meaning of LUDLUM, ROBERT in English

born May 25, 1927, New York, N.Y., U.S.

died March 12, 2001, Naples, Fla.

U.S. author of spy thrillers.

He worked in the theatre as an actor and a successful producer and acted for television before turning to writing. Among his best-sellers were The Scarlatti Inheritance (1971), The Osterman Weekend (1972; film, 1983), The Matarese Circle (1979), and The Bourne Identity (1980; film, 1988, 2002). Though critics often found his plots unlikely and his prose uninspired, his fast-paced combination of international espionage, conspiracy, and mayhem proved enormously popular.

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