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词条 Robert B. Parker
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Personal life

     Awards 

  4. Death

  5. Bibliography

     Novels  Series continuations  Non-fiction  Short fiction 

  6. References

  7. External links

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Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American writer of fiction, primarily of the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works were the 40 novels written about the private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series For Hire based on the character in the mid-1980s; a series of TV movies based on the character were also produced. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area.[2] The Spenser novels have been cited by critics and bestselling authors such as Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, and Dennis Lehane[3] as not only influencing their own work but reviving and changing the detective genre.[4] Parker also wrote two other series based on an individual character: He wrote nine novels based on the character Jesse Stone and six novels based on the character Sunny Randall. Mr. Parker wrote four Westerns starring the duo Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. The first, Appaloosa, was made into a film with Ed Harris.

Early life

Parker was born in Springfield, Massachusetts.[5] In 1956 Parker married Joan H. Parker, whom he claimed to have met as a toddler at a birthday party.[6] They spent their childhoods in the same neighborhood.[7]

After earning a BA degree from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, Parker served as a soldier in the US Army Infantry in Korea. In 1957, he earned his master's degree in English literature from Boston University and then worked in advertising and technical writing until 1962.[5] Parker received a PhD in English literature from Boston University in 1971.[8] His dissertation, titled "The Violent Hero, Wilderness Heritage and Urban Reality," discussed the exploits of fictional private-eye heroes created by Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross Macdonald.[5]

Career

Parker wrote his first novel[8] in 1971 while teaching at Northeastern University. He became a full professor in 1976, and turned to full-time writing in 1979 with five Spenser novels to his credit.[5]

Parker's popular Spenser novels are known for his characters of varied races and religions. According to critic Christina Nunez, Parker's "inclusion of [characters of] other races and sexual persuasions" lends his writings a "more modern feel".[9] For example, the Spenser series characters include Hawk and Chollo, African-American and Mexican-American, respectively, as well as Spenser's Jewish girlfriend, Susan, various Russians, Ukrainians, Chinese, a gay cop, Lee Farrell, and even a gay mob boss, Gino Fish.[10] The homosexuality of both his sons gave his writing "[a] sensibility," Ms. Nunez feels, "[which] strengthens Parker's sensibility [toward gays]." In 1985 Spenser was made into a successful television series, Spenser for Hire which starred Robert Urich, Avery Brooks and Barbara Stock.

In 1994 Parker collaborated with Japanese photographer Kasho Kumagai on a coffee table book called Spenser's Boston, exploring the city through Spenser's "eyes" via high quality, 4-color photos. In addition to Parker's introduction, excerpts from several of the Spenser novels were included.[11]

Parker created female detective Sunny Randall at the request of actress Helen Hunt, who wanted him to write a part for her to play. He wrote the first book, and the film version was planned for 2000,[5] but never materialized.[8] However, his publisher liked the character and asked him to continue with the series.[8]

Another figure created by Parker was Jesse Stone, a troubled former LAPD detective, who starts a new career as a police chief in a small New England town. Between 1997 and 2010, he wrote nine novels featuring Jesse Stone, four of which have been adapted as a series of TV movies by CBS starring Tom Selleck as Jesse Stone, beginning from the fifth movie with original stories.

Aside from crime writing, Parker also produced several Western novels, including Appaloosa,[12] and children's books. Like Parker's Spenser series, his Westerns have received critical attention. Chris Dacus, who has written on other authors like Cormac McCarthy, has written of the intellectual depth and importance of Parker's Westerns in The Stoic Western Hero: Robert B. Parker's Westerns.[13]

Parker and his wife created an independent film company called Pearl Productions, based in Boston. It is named after their German short-haired pointer, Pearl.[8]

Personal life

Parker and his wife had two sons, David and Daniel. Originally, the character of Spenser was to have been called "David," but Parker didn't want to appear to favor one of his sons over the other. Parker therefore omitted Spenser's first name entirely, and it was never revealed.

Parker and his wife, Joan, separated at one point but then came to an unusual arrangement. They lived in a three-story Victorian house just outside of Harvard Square; she lived on one floor and he on another, and they shared the middle floor. This living arrangement is mirrored in Spenser's private life: his girlfriend, Susan, had an aversion to marriage and living together full-time. Living separately suited them both, although they were fully committed to each other. Explaining the arrangement in an interview on CBS Sunday Morning, Parker said, "I want to make love to my wife for the rest of my life, but I never want to sleep with her again."

He had a great fondness for dogs, including German Pointers. Dogs were included in his Spenser stories, aging along with the character and appearing in the ongoing series of novels. The dogs were always named Pearl.[14]

Awards

Parker received three nominations and two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. He received the first award, the "Best Novel Award" in 1977, for the fourth novel in the Spenser series, Promised Land.[15] In 1983 he received the Maltese Falcon Award, Japan, for Early Autumn. In 1990 he shared, with wife Joan, a nomination for "Best Television Episode" for the TV series B.L. Stryker; however, the award went to David J. Burke and Alfonse Ruggiero Jr. for Wiseguy.

In 2002 he received the Grand Master Award Edgar for his collective oeuvre.[16]

Parker received the 2002 Joseph E. Connor Memorial Award from the Phi Alpha Tau Fraternity at Emerson College. He was inducted into the fraternity as an honorary brother in Spring 2003.[17]

In 2008 he was awarded the Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award.

Death

Parker was 77 when he died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts on January 18, 2010; discovered at his desk by his wife Joan, he had been working on a novel.[1][18][19]

Written by Ace Atkins, the Spenser series continued following Parker's death. The Boston Globe wrote that while some people might have "viewed the move as unseemly, those people didn’t know Robert B. Parker, a man who, when asked how his books would be viewed in 50 years, replied: 'Don’t know, don’t care.' He was proud of his work, but he mainly saw writing as a means of providing a comfortable life for his family."[14]

Bibliography

Novels

Title Year ISBNSeriesNotes
The Godwulf Manuscript 19730-395-18011-2}} Spenser 02
God Save the Child 19740-395-19955-7}} Spenser 03
Mortal Stakes 19750-395-21969-8}} Spenser 04
Promised Land 19760-395-24771-3}} Spenser 05 Edgar Award, Best Novel
The Judas Goat 19780-395-26682-3}} Spenser 06
Wilderness 19790-385-29108-6}}
Looking for Rachel Wallace 19800-385-28558-2}} Spenser 07
Early Autumn 19800-385-28242-7}} Spenser 08 1983 Maltese Falcon Award
A Savage Place 19810-385-28951-0}} Spenser 09
Ceremony 19820-385-28127-7}} Spenser 10
The Widening Gyre 19830-385-29220-1}} Spenser 11
Love and Glory 19830-385-29261-9}} Set at Taft University
Valediction 19840-385-29330-5}} Spenser 12
A Catskill Eagle 19850-385-29385-2}} Spenser 13
Taming a Sea-Horse 19860-385-29461-1}} Spenser 14
Pale Kings and Princes 19870-385-29538-3}} Spenser 15
Crimson Joy 19880-385-29668-1}} Spenser 16
Playmates 19890-399-13463-8}} Spenser 17 Set at Taft University
Poodle Springs 19890-399-13482-4}} Philip Marlowe 1 Completing the 1958 Raymond Chandler novel - The first four chapters are written by Raymond Chandler
Stardust 19900-399-13537-5}} Spenser 18
Pastime 19910-399-13630-4}} Spenser 19
Perchance to Dream 19910-399-13580-4}} Philip Marlowe 2 Sequel to The Big Sleep
Double Deuce 19920-399-13754-8}} Spenser 20
Paper Doll 19930-399-13818-8}} Spenser 21
Walking Shadow 19940-399-13961-3}} Spenser 22
All Our Yesterdays 19940-385-30437-4}}
Thin Air 19950-399-14063-8}} Spenser 23
Chance 19960-399-14688-1}} Spenser 24
Small Vices 19970-399-14547-8}} Spenser 25
Night Passage 19970-399-14304-1}} Jesse Stone 1
Trouble in Paradise 19980-399-14433-1}} Jesse Stone 2
Sudden Mischief 19980-399-14696-2}} Spenser 26
Hush Money 19990-399-14458-7}} Spenser 27
Family Honor 19990-399-14566-4}} Sunny Randall 1
Perish Twice 20000-399-14668-7}} Sunny Randall 2
Hugger Mugger 20000-399-14587-7}} Spenser 28
Gunman's Rhapsody 20010-399-14762-4}} Wyatt Earp in 1879
Death in Paradise 20010-399-14779-9}} Jesse Stone 3
Potshot 20010-399-14710-1}} Spenser 29
Widow's Walk 20020-399-14845-0}} Spenser 30
Shrink Rap 20020-399-14930-9}} Sunny Randall 3
Back Story 20030-399-14977-5}} Spenser 31 Includes Jesse Stone
Stone Cold 20030-399-15087-0}} Jesse Stone 4
Bad Business 20040-399-15145-1}} Spenser 32
Melancholy Baby 20040-399-15218-0}} Sunny Randall 4
Double Play 20040-399-15188-5}}
Cold Service 20050-399-15240-7}} Spenser 33
Appaloosa 20050-399-15277-6}} Cole & Hitch 1
School Days 20050-399-15323-3}} Spenser 34
Hundred-Dollar Baby 20060-399-15376-4}} Spenser 35 Also published as Dream Girl
Sea Change 20060-399-15267-9}} Jesse Stone 5
Blue Screen 20060-399-15351-9}} Sunny Randall 5 Includes Jesse Stone
High Profile 20070-399-15404-3}} Jesse Stone 6 Includes Sunny Randall
Spare Change 20070-399-15425-6}} Sunny Randall 6
Now and Then 20070-399-15441-8}} Spenser 36
Edenville Owls 20070-399-24656-8}}
Stranger In Paradise 20080-399-15460-4}} Jesse Stone 7
The Boxer and the Spy 20080-399-24775-0}}
Rough Weather 20080-399-15519-8}} Spenser 37
Resolution 20080-399-15504-X}} Cole & Hitch 2
Brimstone 20090-399-15571-6}} Cole & Hitch 3
Chasing the Bear 20090-399-24776-9}} Spenser 01 "Young Spenser"
Night and Day 20090-399-15541-4}} Jesse Stone 8 Includes Sunny Randall
The Professional 20090-399-15594-5}} Spenser 38
Split Image 20100-399-15623-2}} Jesse Stone 9 Includes Sunny Randall
Blue-Eyed Devil 20100-399-15648-8}} Cole & Hitch 4
Painted Ladies 20100-399-15685-2}} Spenser 39
Sixkill 20110-399-15726-3}} Spenser 40 Published posthumously
Silent Night 20130-425-27161-7}} Spenser 41 Unfinished, completed by literary agent Helen Brann

Series continuations

After Parker died the owners of his estate decided, together with Parker's publishers, to continue his series: Jesse Stone, Spenser and Virgil Cole & Everett Hitch.

The Jesse Stone series has been continued, through 2016 with six novels, one a year, the first three by Parker's longtime friend and collaborator, Michael Brandman, and the last three by Reed Farrel Coleman.[20][21]

The Spenser novels have continued with the one Parker was working on at his death completed by his long time literary agent Helen Brann, and through 2016 with five others by journalist/writer Ace Atkins.

Parker's Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch series has been continued by actor and screenwriter Robert Knott.[22] with three novels published through 2016.

The Sunny Randall series received a 7th installment titled Blood Feud on November 27th, 2018. Written by long time friend of Parker, sports journalist, and bestselling author, Mike Lupica.[23]

Non-fiction

  • Sports Illustrated Training with Weights (with John R. Marsh) (1974) {{ISBN|1-56800-032-4}}
  • Three Weeks in Spring (with Joan H. Parker) (1982) {{ISBN|0-395-26282-8}}
  • A Year At The Races (with Joan H. Parker) (1990) {{ISBN|0-670-82678-2}}
  • Spenser's Boston (with Kasho Kumagai) (1994) {{ISBN|1-883402-50-6}} {{ISBN|978-1883402501}}

Short fiction

"Surrogate"' (1991)" A short story published in the crime anthology New Crimes 3 {{ISBN|0-88184-737-2}}

References

1. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/books/view.bg?articleid=1226710&pos=breaking |title='Spenser' novelist Robert Parker dies in Cambridge |agency=Associated Press |work=Boston Herald |date=2010-01-19 |accessdate=2010-01-19}}
2. ^{{cite book | last = Geherin | first = David | title = Sons of Sam Spade: the private-eye novel in the 70s: Robert B. Parker, Roger L. Simon, Andrew Bergman | publisher = Ungar | year = c. 1980 | isbn = 0-8044-2231-1 }}
3. ^"His Spenser Novels Saved Detective Fiction" by Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703837004575013104258735756]
4. ^"Robert B. Parker left a mark on the detective novel" by Sarah Weinman, Los Angeles Times  
5. ^1 2 3 4 Robert B. Parker biography {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211045212/http://litweb.net/biogs/parker_robert_b.html |date=2010-02-11 }} from Litweb.net
6. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/books/20parker.html | title=Robert B. Parker, the Prolific Writer Who Created Spenser, Is Dead at 77 | author= Bruce Weber | date= January 20, 2010 | work= The New York Times | accessdate = January 20, 2010}}
7. ^{{cite web|author=Jules Older |url=http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2003-10/robert-parker |title=Robert B. Parker 2003 Interview |work=Yankee Magazine |date=October 2003 |accessdate=2010-02-23}}
8. ^1 2 3 4 Author Profile: Robert B. Parker from BookReporter.com
9. ^{{cite web| author=Christina Nunez |url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writerdetails.asp?cid=802368 |title=Robert B. Parker Biography |work=Barnes and Noble |accessdate=2010-02-23}}
10. ^See nearly the entire Spenser series for Hawk, whose prominence in the plots increases with each book; for Chollo, Stardust, Pot Shot, and Now and Then; Cold Service features Ukrainian and Russian mobsters; and Walking Shadow, which explores Chinese tongs and includes a Chinese-American translator named Mei Ling who has a relationship with Hawk; see Chance for Gino Fish, who also crosses over into the first Jesse Stone novel.
11. ^The Tennessean, 8 March 2009, Arts & Entertainment, p. 11
12. ^This was adapted to film in 2008 by Ed Harris, starring Harris (who also directed and co-wrote the screenplay), Viggo Mortensen and Jeremy Irons
13. ^Dacus, Chris. The Stoic Western Hero: Robert B. Parker's Westerns. CDI: 2011. https://www.amazon.com/Stoic-Western-Hero-Westerns-Part-ebook/dp/B006C2C7H4/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1378170886&sr=1-1&keywords=chris+dacus
14. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Bissonette|first1=Zac|title=Robert B. Parker is dead. Long live Robert B. Parker!|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2013/05/11/how-robert-parker-family-has-ensured-that-spenser-adventures-continue/Ae3xng4kdtXGUi1lawut3L/story.html|accessdate=13 January 2016|work=Boston Globe|date=May 12, 2013}}
15. ^"Edgars" database search for "Grand Master" award at the Mystery Writers of America's website . Retrieved February 2009.
16. ^theedgars.com database  . Retrieved February 2009.
17. ^Phi Alpha Tau Fraternity  . Retrieved November 2016.
18. ^{{cite news| url = http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/01/mystery_novelis.html| title = Mystery novelist Robert Parker dies at 77| author = Bryan Marquard| work = The Boston Globe| date = January 19, 2010| accessdate = January 20, 2010}}
19. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/19/AR2010011902195.html| title=Crime novelist, Spenser creator Robert B. Parker dies at 77| author= Patricia Sullivan| work=The Washington Post| date= January 20, 2010 | accessdate = January 20, 2010}}
20. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/robert-b-parker/the-putnam-press-release/210748698944997 |title=The Putnam Press Release |author=Estate of Robert B. Parker |date=27 April 2011}}
21. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2011/04/28/parkers_series_live_on/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+celebrity+headlines |title=Parker’s series live on |first=Mark |last=Shanahan |author2=Meredith Goldstein |work=The Boston Globe |date=28 April 2011}}
22. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/RobertBParkerAuthor/posts/468860899799971 |title=Facebook post |author=Estate of Robert B. Parker|date=9 August 2012}}
23. ^{{cite web |url=https://therealbookspy.com/2018/03/26/mike-lupica-set-to-continue-robert-b-parkers-sunny-randall-series-blood-feud-due-out-in-november/ |title=Mike Lupica Set To Continue Robert B. Parker’s Sunny Randall Series; ‘Blood Feud’ Due Out In November |author=Ryan Steck |date=26 March 2018}}

External links

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070328193045/http://www.iblist.com/author1762.htm Robert B. Parker] at Internet Book List/[https://web.archive.org/web/20070207044954/http://www.iblist.com/ Internet Book List :: Home]
  • [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/7038200/Robert-B-Parker.html Robert B Parker] – Daily Telegraph obituary
  • "Looking for Robert B. Parker: A Fond Farewell to the Man Who Saved P.I. Fiction," Part I and Part II - The Rap Sheet
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