Paul William Gallico () a fost un scriitor american.Ivins, Molly, "Paul Gallico, Sportswriter And Author, Is Dead at 78", The New York Times, July 17, 1976. Retrieved Oct. 25, 2020. Multe dintre lucrările sale au fost ecranizate. El este probabil cel mai cunoscut pentru The Snow Goose (Gâsca de zăpadă), cartea sa cu cel mai mare succes din punct de vedere critic, dar și pentru romanul The Poseidon Adventure (Aventura lui Poseidon), pentru adaptarea sa cinematografică din 1972 de Irwin Allen și pentru cele patru romane despre personajul iubit de cititori, doamna Harris.
Lucrări scrise Farewell to Sport (1938) The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (1939, U.S.: Adventures of Hiram Holliday) Who Killed My Buddy (1939) The Secret Front (1940, sequel al The Adventures of Hiram Holliday} (1941) Golf Is a Friendly Game (1942) Lou Gehrig: Pride of the Yankees (1942) Selected Stories of Paul Gallico (1944) The Lonely (1947) Confessions of a Story Writer (1948) Jennie (1950) (U.S.: The Abandoned) The Small Miracle (1951) Trial by Terror (1952) Snowflake (1952) The Foolish Immortals (1953) Love of Seven Dolls (1954) Ludmila (1955) Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God (1957) Flowers for Mrs. Harris (1958, U.S.: Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris) (ro. Doamna Harris cucerește Parisul) The Steadfast Man (1958, biography of St. Patrick) Too Many Ghosts (1959) The Hurricane Story (1960) Mrs. Harris Goes to New York (1960, U.S.: Mrs. 'Arris Goes to New York) (ro. Doamna Harris cucerește New Yorkul) Confessions of a Story Teller (1961, U.S.: Further Confessions of a Story Writer) Scruffy (1962) Coronation (1962) Love, Let Me Not Hunger (1963) The Day the Guinea-Pig Talked (1963) Three Stories (1964, U.S.: Three Legends) The Hand of Mary Constable (1964, sequel to Too Many Ghosts) The Silent Miaow (1964) The Day Jean-Pierre was Pignapped (1964) Mrs. Harris, M.P. (1965, U.S.: Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Parliament) The Day Jean-Pierre Went Round the World (1965) The Golden People (1965) The Man Who Was Magic (1966) The Story of Silent Night (1967) The Revealing Eye (1967) Gallico Magic (1967) Manxmouse (1968) The Poseidon Adventure (1969) The Day Jean-Pierre Joined the Circus (1969) Matilda (1970) The Zoo Gang (1971) Honourable Cat (1972, U.S.: Honorable Cat) The Boy Who Invented the Bubble Gun (1974) Mrs. Harris Goes to Moscow (1974, U.S.: Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Moscow) Miracle in the Wilderness (1975) Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1978) The House That Wouldn't Go Away (1979) The Best of Paul Gallico (1988) Under the Clock (lucrare nepublicată a lui Paul și a soției Pauline)
Adaptări Film 1942, Joe Smith, American 1942, Pride of the Yankees 1945, The Clock 1952, Assignment – Paris! 1953, Lili, bazat pe The Love of Seven Dolls 1958, Merry Andrew, bazat pe "The Romance of Henry Menafee" 1958, , bazat pe Ludmila 1964, The Three Lives of Thomasina, bazat pe Thomasina: The Cat Who Thought She Was God (1957) 1971, The Snow Goose 1972, The Poseidon Adventure 1972, Honorable Cat 1978, Matilda 1979, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure 1991, , bazat pe Thomasina 1992, Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris 2022, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Televiziune 1974, The Zoo Gang 1978, A Fire in the Sky 1956–1957, The Adventures of Hiram Holliday 1969, Daughter of the Mind, bazat pe The Hand of Mary Constable 1979, Tondemo Nezumi Daikatsuyaku: Manxmouse (Manxmouse's Great Activity sau The Legend of Manxmouse)
Radio 1949, „A fost noaptea de dinainte de Crăciun”, povestire dramatizată ca Atracția 66 a serialului radio NBC Radio City Playhouse 2010, The Lonely BBC – Afternoon Play – The Lonely
Musicale de scenă Carnival!, bazat pe The Love of Seven Dolls Flowers for Mrs. Harris
Muzică 1975, Music Inspired by The Snow Goose, album al trupei britanice de rock progresiv Camel, bazat pe The Snow Goose
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Legături externe
The Literature of Paul Gallico (paulgallico.info) Paul Gallico at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Finding aid to Paul Gallico papers at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
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