Writer Frederick ForsythKnown for successful tension works as “Chacal Day”, Died on Monday at the age of 86He confirmed his literary agency Curtis Brown.
“We are crying death One of the most important writers of the “thriller” in the world“, Curtis Brown, Jonathan Lloyd, wrote in a statement collected by the British media, adding that the writer died at home, surrounded by his family and after a” short illness “. “
Forsyth was born on August 25, 1938 in Ashford, Kent (southeast England), studied for two years (1956-1958) at the Spanish University of Granada and before it became Journalist and spy Mi6. “He used his gift for languages in German, French and Russian to become an international correspondent in Biafra,” Lloyd said, referring to the southeast region, who declared his independence from Nigeria in 1967, which led to war.
“Carenado for what he saw and used his experience during the season as Agent Secret Services (MI6), wrote his first and perhaps the more famous novel” Farm Day “and immediately became Bestsellers Global“Lloyd says in the note.
More than 25 books
During his career Forsyth wrote more than 25 books -from them were transported to the cinema -top than 75 million copies.
“Chacal Day” arrived on the large screen in 1973, starring Edward Fox and recently in November 2024 became the TV series SkyShowtime, starring Eddie Redmayne and Spanish Ursula Corberó. Forsyth’s works include “The Odessa File” (1972), “The Dog of War” (1974), the “alternative of the Devil” (1979) or the collection of stories “Veteran” (2001), among other things. In 2015 he introduced an autobiography called “Outsider: My Life in Intrigue”.
In addition, according to Lloyd in the note, BBC premies a documentary about the life of a writer this yearWhich will be the name “according to my own words” (in my own words).
In 1997, the novelist was appointed commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and, among other things, in his record with the Edgar Association Association of Mysterious Writers of America (1971) and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Association (2012) Association of Black Novels.
