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Peter Cheyney

1896 - 1951

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Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse-Cheyney (22 February 1896 – 26 June 1951) was a British crime fiction writer who flourished between 1936 and 1951. Cheyney is perhaps best known for his short stories and novels about agent/detective Lemmy Caution, which, starting in 1953, were adapted into a series of French movies, all starring Eddie Constantine (however, the best known of these – the 1965 science fiction film Alphaville – was not directly based on a Cheyney novel). Another popular creation was the private detective Slim Callaghan who also appeared in a series of novels and subsequent film adaptations. Although out of print for many years, Cheyney's novels have never been difficult to find second-hand. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Cheyney is the 3,755th most popular writer (up from 4,119th in 2019), the 2,976th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,950th in 2019) and the 340th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Peter Cheyney ranks 3,755 out of 7,302Before him are Maurice Paléologue, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, Cotton Mather, Vitsentzos Kornaros, Mikheil Javakhishvili, and André Aciman. After him are Ella Maillart, Ryōtarō Shiba, Charles Malik, Douglas Preston, Joseph Joffo, and Louis Adamic.

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Among people born in 1896, Peter Cheyney ranks 168Before him are Philippe Étancelin, Adhemar Pimenta, Roger Sessions, Evgeny Schwartz, Lilia Skala, and Hubert Lanz. After him are Murray Leinster, Fritz Heider, Richard Heidrich, George Parker, Sao Shwe Thaik, and Xue Yue. Among people deceased in 1951, Peter Cheyney ranks 112Before him are Fritz Julius Kuhn, Angelos Sikelianos, Harry Kerr, Tilemachos Karakalos, Fréhel, and Max Horton. After him are Louis Adamic, Henry Taylor, Sabiha Kasimati, Riad Al Solh, Roland Jacobi, and Gustave Sandras.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Cheyney ranks 2,977 out of 8,785Before him are Amelia Dyer (1837), David Johnson (1951), Mary Beale (1633), Limahl (1958), William Hunter (1718), and George Shearing (1919). After him are Jane Morris (1839), Delroy Lindo (1952), John Ford (1586), Matthew Garber (1956), Basil Bernstein (1924), and Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Peter Cheyney ranks 340Before him are Mary Sidney (1561), Leslie Stephen (1832), Georgette Heyer (1902), Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893), Anthony Hope (1863), and Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (1914). After him are John Ford (1586), Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915), Peter Mayle (1939), Nancy Mitford (1904), Hilary Mantel (1952), and Paul Johnson (1928).