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Alan Emlyn Williams (born 28 August〔Some authorities incorrectly cite 26 July and 20 March as his date of birth. There is also an Alan Williams born 1935 who writes non-fiction science.〕 1935〔''A Register of Admissions to King's College, Cambridge, 1919–1958''. King's College (University of Cambridge), Robert Harold Bulmer, L.P. Wilkinson. Published 1963, 462 pages. p. 378.〕) is an ex-foreign correspondent, novelist and writer of thrillers. He was educated at Stowe, Grenoble and Heidelberg Universities, and at King's College, Cambridge where he graduated in 1957 with a B.A. in modern languages. His father was the actor and writer Emlyn Williams. Noël Coward was his godfather.〔''Noël Coward and His Friends'', by Cole Lesley, Graham Payn, Sheridan Morley. Published 1979, p. 110.〕 His younger brother Brook (1938–2005) was also an actor. Williams was briefly married to literary agent Maggie Noach (pronounced "NO-ack")〔His third marriage and her second. Noach's clients included Brian Aldiss, Sam Enthoven, David Almond, Jean Ure, Graham Marks, Linda Newbery, Colin Greenland, Garry Kilworth, Michael Scott Rohan and Geoff Ryman. She was also chair of the Anthony Powell society〕 (1949–2006)(). Together they compiled ''The Dictionary of Disgusting Facts''. Journalist Philippa Toomey describes him as a "talented and funny mimic with a gift for words and a stock of tales from the shaggy Express story to the grimmer side of international journalism."〔Toomey, Philippa. "Tilting at windmills", ''London Times'', 8 July 1978, p. 12.〕 He has three children. Owen was born in 1977 and Laura in 1980 with his wife at the time, Antonia (née Simpson).〔Leigh, Wendy. ''True Grace: The Life and Times of an American Princess''. London: Macmillan, 2008, p. 214. ISBN 9780312381943〕 He then married Maggie Noach and their daughter Sophie was born in 1989.〔Tucker, Nicholas. "Maggie Noach: Literary agent for children's authors. ''The Independent, London; 29 November 2006 online edition.〕 ==Journalism, and adventures behind the Iron Curtain== Williams' British paperback publishers would claim that his first-hand experience of adventure and intrigue was put to superb use in his novels.〔"About the author". ''The Widow's War''. Panther Granada, UK paperback, 1978.〕 As a student, he took part in the Hungarian uprising. He took a supply of penicillin to the insurgents in Budapest.〔Wilkinson, L.P. ''Kingsmen of a Century, 1873–1972''. King's College, 1980, 394 pages. p. 32.〕 He masqueraded his way into East Germany when that country was virtually closed. He was a delegate from Cambridge to the World Festival of Peace and Friendship in Warsaw, where he and some friends smuggled a Polish student to the West.〔 After graduating from Cambridge, Williams worked for Radio Free Europe in Munich.〔So do the protagonists in ''The Beria Papers''.〕 He then moved on to print journalism, starting at the ''Western Mail''. He then joined ''The Guardian'' before becoming foreign correspondent for ''The Daily Express'', covering international wars and "other horrors". He covered stories in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, Israel and the Far East. As a reporter he covered most of the world's trouble spots – Vietnam, the Middle-East, Algeria, Czechoslovakia, Ulster, Mozambique, Cyprus and Rhodesia. He covered two Israeli–Arab conflicts, including the Six-Day War.〔Leitch, David. ''God Stand Up For Bastards''. Deutsch, 1973, 231 pages. p. 91.〕 In Algeria, the Foreign Office received complaints about him from both the French Army and the Arabs.〔 Subsequently, he had to be smuggled out of the country after the word ''barbouze'' (spy) had been written on his car,〔 In Beirut, he encountered Kim Philby〔Williams used this incident in ''Gentleman Traitor''. The protagonist, like Williams, is also a journalist writing a novel about Philby.〕 the day before the latter disappeared to Moscow.〔 His Vietnam reporting won him much praise. Jon Bradshaw called him "perhaps the best observer of war in England. His articles on Vietnam are far and away the best pieces produced in Britain on the subject."〔Bradshaw, Jon (editor). ''Bradshaw's Guide: The Best of Current Magazine Writing''. Published 1968. p. 11〕 According to Phillip Knightley, correspondents sewed their official identification tags – name and organisation – on their jackets.〔Knightley, Phillip. ''The First Casualty: From the Crimea to Vietnam: The War Correspondent as Hero, Propagandist, and Myth Maker''. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich. 1975, 465 pages. p. 403.〕 However, Williams' press accreditation tag carried an unintended connotation, which raised eyebrows: ''Alan Williams, Queen'',〔British euphemism denoting homosexuality.〕 though "it was to the disbelief of most GIs", wrote Phillip Knightley.〔 Journalist and war correspondent Nicholas Tomalin described Williams as his wildest friend. Williams based a character in ''The Beria Papers'' on Tomalin and, upon selling the film rights, told Tomalin that he should play himself in the movie version.〔Anonymous. "A Spectator's Notebook: Playing ourselves". ''The Spectator''. London. v. 230 pt. 2 1973. p. 516.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alan Williams (novelist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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