Edgar Award
2 appearances
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Edition 30 (1975) award
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Edition 39 (1984) award
Ruth Rendell
ルース・レンデル
Rūsu Rendelu
Aliases:
Barbara Vine
Pen Names:
Barbara Vine（Pen name used for psychological thrillers and some novels）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1930-02-17 （South Woodford, London, England）
- Died
- 2015-05-02 （London, England） age 85
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- South Woodford (London, England) → Loughton area, Essex, England
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Crime writer
- Active Years
- 1964-2015
- Influenced By
- Agatha Christie, Patricia Highsmith, Georges Simenon
- Influenced
- Minette Walters, Frances Fyfield
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls' school in Loughton, Essex | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Girls' school in Loughton, Essex
Country:
United Kingdom
After graduation she worked as a reporter for the local paper 'Chigwell Times'
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Edgar Award — Best Short Story | The Fallen Curtain | 短編 | Mystery Writers of America | Winner |
| 1976 | Gold Dagger | A Demon in My View | — | Crime Writers' Association | Winner |
| 1980 | Martin Beck Award | Make Death Love Me | — | Swedish Crime Writers' Academy | Winner |
| 1991 | Cartier Diamond Dagger (lifetime achievement) | — | 功労賞 | Crime Writers' Association | Winner |
| 1996 | CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) | — | — | British honours system | Honour |
Edgar Award — Best Short Story
1975
Work:
The Fallen Curtain
Category:
短編
Organization:
Mystery Writers of America
Result:
Winner
Gold Dagger
1976
Work:
A Demon in My View
Organization:
Crime Writers' Association
Result:
Winner
Martin Beck Award
1980
Work:
Make Death Love Me
Organization:
Swedish Crime Writers' Academy
Result:
Winner
Cartier Diamond Dagger (lifetime achievement)
1991
Category:
功労賞
Organization:
Crime Writers' Association
Result:
Winner
CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
1996
Organization:
British honours system
Result:
Honour
Awards & Nominations
Martin Beck Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 10 (1980) award
Prix du roman d'aventures
1 appearances
-
Edition 48 (1982) award
Works
Major Works
From Doon with Death
1964 Crime fiction (Inspector Wexford series)The first Inspector Wexford novel, following the investigation of a murder in a provincial town.
secrets of provincial communitiespsychology of crime
Translations
- From Doon with Death
A Judgement in Stone
1977 Crime novel / Psychological thrillerA novel about tensions within a household surrounding caretaking that leads to a tragic act; adapted for film.
domestic secretsclass conflict and resentment
Adaptations
- [Film] La Cérémonie / Claude Chabrol (1995)
Translations
- A Judgement in Stone
A Demon in My View
1976 Psychological thrillerA psychological thriller examining the hidden madness in seemingly ordinary people.
hidden madnessdeception and exposure
Translations
- A Demon in My View
Live Flesh
1986 Novel with literary elementsA novel about intertwined human relationships and fate; adapted into a film by Pedro Almodóvar.
fate and forgivenessdistorted human relationships
Adaptations
- [Film] Live Flesh / Pedro Almodóvar (1997)
Translations
- Live Flesh
Bibliography
- From Doon with Death (1964)
- A Demon in My View (1976)
- A Judgement in Stone (1977)
- Live Flesh (1986)
Adaptations
- La Cérémonie (film adaptation of A Judgement in Stone)
- Live Flesh (film adaptation)
- Tree of Hands (film adaptation)
Translations of Works
- A Judgement in Stone — adapted as La Cérémonie (French film)
- Live Flesh — adapted into a film by Pedro Almodóvar
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- psychological focustight, calmly constructed plotting
- Recurring Motifs
- domestic secretsclass and repressionboundaries between justice and guilt
Legacy
Ruth Rendell was a leading British crime writer, winner of major awards such as the Gold Dagger and Edgar Awards. Known for the Inspector Wexford series and psychological novels as Barbara Vine, she had a major impact on late 20th and early 21st-century crime fiction internationally.
Academic Societies
- Crime Writers' Association (honoree)
In Popular Culture
- International recognition through multiple film adaptations
Trivia
- She published psychological thrillers under the pen name Barbara Vine.
- Author of the long-running Inspector Wexford series.
- Created a life peer in 1997.