Alan Furst
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Alan Furst (born 1941) is an American spy author who writes historical spy books.
Furst has been described as "an heir to Eric Ambler and Graham Greene," a figure he cites as influential figures alongside Joseph Roth and Arthur Koestler.
The bulk of his books since 1988 were set right before or during the Second World War, and he is known for his successful evocations of Eastern European peoples and places during the period from 1933 to 1944.
Early writings
The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin obtained Furst's papers. They include a 1963 letter from Max Stockman, which pleaded with Furst to work as a tutor and 'write as a sideline' in his spare time. In addition, the collection includes early articles on a variety of topics that are not widely published in many publications for which no common denominator can be identified, such as Architectural Digest, Elle, Esquire, 50+, New Choices, and Seattle Weekly.
"Of note is the Esquire article 'The Danube Blues,' which ignited Furst's interest in writing spy books in April 1984." Several slides from his 1983 Danube trip are also available. "Heroes of the Last War" (1984), and "Warsaw" (1992).
His early books (1976–1983) met with modest success. One of the few items in the Ransom collection is the manuscript for "One Smart Cookie" (with Debbi Fields, 1987), a commissioned biography of the owner of the Mrs. Fields Cookies company.
Night Soldiers was published in 1988, inspired by his 1984 trip to Eastern Europe on assignment for Esquire, which relaunched his career and culminated in a series of related titles. He has published a dozen works since 1988. He is best known for his evocations of Eastern European peoples and places during the period 1933 to 1944. Although all his historical spy books are closely linked (protagonists in one book may appear as minor characters in another), only The World at Night and Red Gold have a common plot.
Furst, who lives in Sag Harbor, Long Island, "has adopted a European sensibility," the novelist Justin Cartwright writes in The New York Times. Furst moved to Sommières, France, just south of Montpellier, where he was awarded a Fulbright teaching fellowship in 1969. He later lived in Paris, a city he refers to as "the center of civilisation," which is a key theme in all his books.
Furst was chosen to receive the Tulsa Library Trust's annual award in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2011, for a unique author's body of work.
He appeared in a documentary about author W. Somerset Maugham's life and work in 2012. Revealing Mr. Maugham appeared in a documentary about him and his work in 2012.