Daniel Carney
| Daniel Carney | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 1, 1944 Beirut, Lebanon |
| Died |
January 9, 1987 (aged 43) Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Occupation | Fiction writer |
| Nationality | Rhodesian |
| Period | 1969–1985 |
| Notable works | The Wild Geese (1977) |
Daniel Carney (1944–1987) was a Rhodesian novelist.[1] Three of his novels have been made into films. He was a brother of Erin Pizzey, also a writer.[2]
Biography
Daniel Carney was born in Beirut in 1944, a son of British diplomat.[3] In 1963, he settled in Rhodesia and joined the British South Africa Police, where he served for three and a half years. In 1968, he co-founded the real-estate firm Fox and Carney in Salisbury, Rhodesia. He died of cancer in 1987.[4]
After his death, ownership rights of his novels and the films based on them passed to his family. They have consistently withheld permission to reproduce Daniel's novels, and have opposed re-release or sales of the movies based on the novels. In 2005, Tango Entertainment released a 30th anniversary edition of The Wild Geese (1978). The film had been hampered by the collapse of its American distributor, Allied Artists. As a result, the film was only partially distributed in the United States, where it was a box-office disappointment, despite being the fourteenth-highest grossing film, worldwide, of 1978.
Published works
- The Whispering Death (1969), ISBN 0-552-11353-0, made into a movie by the name Whispering Death, a.k.a. Night of the Askaris, Death in the Sun, and Albino.[5] Set in Rhodesia.
- The Wild Geese (1977) (originally titled The Thin White Line) ISBN 0-552-10869-3, made into a film with a screenplay by Reginald Rose (author of 12 Angry Men).[6] It was set in a fictitious African country.
- Under a Raging Sky (1980). Set in Rhodesia. The film was optioned by Euan Lloyd, producer of The Wild Geese and Wild Geese II, but was not filmed.[7]
- The Square Circle (1982) (republished as The Wild Geese II and The Return of the Wild Geese ISBN 0-553-25380-8), made into a movie by the name of Wild Geese II.[8] Set in Germany.
- Macau (1985), ISBN 0-917-65710-1, Set in Macau.
References
- ↑ "Writer Carney Dead at Age 42", Reading Eagle, 1987-01-09, retrieved 2010-01-06
- ↑ We gave women back a sense of self
- ↑ Daniel Carney
- ↑ OBITUARY Moncur, Andrew. The Guardian (1959-2003) [London (UK)] 10 Jan 1987: 32.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074108/
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078492/
- ↑ The Euan Lloyd Interview Part 1 Cinema Retro magazine
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090323/
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