Anna Katharine Green
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| - | :''[[giallo]], [[giallo film]]'' | ||
| - | The term ''giallo'' was originally coined to describe a series of mystery/crime [[pulp magazine|pulp novels]] first published by [[Arnoldo Mondadori Editore|the Mondadori publishing house]] in [[1929]] (see [[Giallo Mondadori]]). Their yellow covers contained [[whodunit]]s, much like their American counterparts of the 1920s and 1930s, and this link with English language [[pulp magazines|pulp fiction]] was reinforced with the Italian authors always taking on English [[pen names]]. Many of the earliest "gialli" were however English-language novels translated into Italian. | ||
| - | Published as cheap paperbacks, the success of the "giallo" novels soon began attracting the attention of other publishing houses, who began releasing their own versions (not forgetting to keep the by-now-traditional yellow cover). The novels were so popular that even the works of established foreign mystery and crime writers, such as [[Agatha Christie]], [[Edgar Wallace]] and [[Georges Simenon]], were labelled "gialli" when first published in Italy. ''Giallo Mondadori'' is currently published every month, as one of the most long-lived publications of the genre in the world. | + | '''Anna Katharine Green''' ([[November 11]], [[1846]] – [[April 11]], [[1935]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[poet]] and [[Novel|novelist]]. She was one of the first writers of [[detective fiction]] in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. |
| - | This led to the word "giallo" to become, in [[Italian language]], a synonym of the mystery, crime and detective story genre, with a more generic significance than that it has currently in [[English language|English]], especially when it defines the cinema genre (see later). | + | == Life and work == |
| - | == First four titles of gialli by Mondadori were translations of English novels == | + | Born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]], Green had an early ambition to write romantic verse, and she corresponded with [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]]. When her poetry failed to gain recognition, she produced her first and best known novel, ''The Leavenworth Case'' (1878). She became a [[Bestseller|bestselling]] author, eventually publishing about 40 books. |
| - | # La strana morte del signor Benson (1929) - [[S. S. Van Dine]] / [[The Benson Murder Case]] (1926) | + | |
| - | # L'uomo dai due corpi (1929) - [[Edgar Wallace]] / Captains of Souls (1922) | + | Green was in some ways a progressive woman for her time—succeeding in a [[Literary genre|genre]] dominated by male writers—but she did not approve of many of her [[Feminism|feminist]] contemporaries, and she was opposed to [[women's suffrage]]. |
| - | # Il club dei suicidi (1929) - [[R. L. Stevenson]] / [[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]] (1886) | + | |
| - | # Il mistero delle due cugine (1929) - [[A. K. Green]] / The Leavenworth Case: a Lawyer's Story (1878) | + | Green married the [[actor]], and later designer and artist, [[Charles Rohlfs]] on [[November 25]], [[1884]]. Seven years her junior, Charles was made to give up acting by Anna's father before he could marry her. They had one daughter and two sons, [[Roland Rohlfs]] and [[Sterling Rohlfs]], who were test pilots. Green died in [[Buffalo, New York]], at the age of 88. |
| - | == See == | + | |
| - | *[[Giallo film]] | + | ==Selected works== |
| + | * ''[[The Leavenworth Case]]'' (1878) | ||
| + | * ''A Strange Disappearance'' (1880) | ||
| + | * ''Hand and Ring'' (1883) | ||
| + | * ''Behind Closed Doors'' (1888) | ||
| + | * ''Forsaken Inn'' (1890) | ||
| + | * ''[[Marked "Personal"]]'' (1893) | ||
| + | * ''The Doctor, His Wife, and the Clock'' (1895) | ||
| + | * ''The Affair Next Door'' (1897) | ||
| + | * ''Lost Man's Lane'' (1898) | ||
| + | * ''The Filigree Ball'' (1903) | ||
| + | * ''The House in the Mist'' (1905) | ||
| + | * ''[[The Millionaire Baby]]'' (1905) | ||
| + | * ''The Woman in the Alcove'' (1906) | ||
| + | * ''The House of the Whispering Pines'' (1910) | ||
| + | * ''The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow'' (1917) | ||
| + | * ''The Step on the Stair'' (1923) | ||
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Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories.
Life and work
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Green had an early ambition to write romantic verse, and she corresponded with Ralph Waldo Emerson. When her poetry failed to gain recognition, she produced her first and best known novel, The Leavenworth Case (1878). She became a bestselling author, eventually publishing about 40 books.
Green was in some ways a progressive woman for her time—succeeding in a genre dominated by male writers—but she did not approve of many of her feminist contemporaries, and she was opposed to women's suffrage.
Green married the actor, and later designer and artist, Charles Rohlfs on November 25, 1884. Seven years her junior, Charles was made to give up acting by Anna's father before he could marry her. They had one daughter and two sons, Roland Rohlfs and Sterling Rohlfs, who were test pilots. Green died in Buffalo, New York, at the age of 88.
Selected works
- The Leavenworth Case (1878)
- A Strange Disappearance (1880)
- Hand and Ring (1883)
- Behind Closed Doors (1888)
- Forsaken Inn (1890)
- Marked "Personal" (1893)
- The Doctor, His Wife, and the Clock (1895)
- The Affair Next Door (1897)
- Lost Man's Lane (1898)
- The Filigree Ball (1903)
- The House in the Mist (1905)
- The Millionaire Baby (1905)
- The Woman in the Alcove (1906)
- The House of the Whispering Pines (1910)
- The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow (1917)
- The Step on the Stair (1923)
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