Brian Moore (August 25, 1921 - January 11, 1999) was a novelist. He published twenty novels, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times and also worked as a screenwriter. August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known as the Man Booker Prize, or simply the Man Booker, is one of the worlds most important literary prizes, and awarded each year for the best original novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland in... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ...

Moore was born and grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He emigrated to Canada in 1948 where he worked as a reporter for the Montreal Gazette. He became a Canadian citizen, and despite moving again to the United States in 1959, he maintained his Canadian citizenship. This article is about the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Gazette is a major English-language daily newspaper produced out of Montreal, Quebec. ...

Moore grew up in a large Roman Catholic family, but rejected that faith early in life. His father, a physician, was anti the Allied cause during World War II, although Moore himself worked for British intelligence at the time. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as the largest and deadliest...

His novels had staunchly anti-doctrinaire and anti-dogmatic themes, and he in particular spoke strongly about the effect of the Church on life in Ireland, once saying that Ireland was "a nation of masturbators under priestly instruction."

His first novel, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, remains among his most highly regarded. It was made into a film, with Dame Maggie Smith playing the lonely spinster who is the book/film's title character. Dame Maggie Smith in Gosford Park Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, DBE, (born December 28, 1934 in Ilford, Essex), better known as Maggie Smith, is a British film, stage, and television actress. ...

Brian Moore died in 1999 at his home in Malibu, California, aged 77, of pulmonary fibrosis. Malibu is a city located in Western Los Angeles County, California. ... Diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD), also known as interstitial lung disease, refers to a group of lung diseases, affecting the alveolar epithelium, pulmonary capillary endothelium, basement membrane, perivascular and perilymphatic tissues. ...

Novels

• The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1955)
• The Feast Of Lupercal (1957)
• The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1960)
• An Answer From Limbo (1962)
• The Emperor Of Ice-Cream (1965)
• I Am Mary Dunne (1968)
• Fergus (1970)
• The Revolution Script (1971)
• Catholics (1972)
• The Great Victorian Collection (1975)
• The Doctor's Wife (1976)
• The Mangan Inheritance (1979)
• The Temptation of Eileen Hughes (1981)
• Cold Heaven (1983)
• Black Robe (1985)
• The Colour of Blood (1987)
• Lies of Silence (1990)
• No Other Life (1993)
• The Statement (1996)
• The Magician's Wife (1998)

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External links

• Obituary from the BBC
• Review of his work from Channel 4