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James Hilton (9 September 190020 December 1954) was an English novelist best remembered for several best-sellers, including ''Lost Horizon'' and ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips''. He also wrote Hollywood screenplays.〔D. Daiches ed., ''The Penguin Companion to Literature 1'' (1971) p. 254〕 ==Biography== Born in Leigh, Lancashire, England, Hilton was the son of John Hilton, the headmaster of Chapel End School in Walthamstow. He was educated at The Leys School, Cambridge and then at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he wrote his first novel, and was also awarded an honours degree in English literature.〔Biographical Note on dust jacket of Dawn of Reckoning, Penguin Books, 1937.〕 He wrote his two most remembered books, ''Lost Horizon'' and ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' while living in a house on Oak Hill Gardens, Woodford Green. The house still stands, with a blue plaque marking Hilton's residence. He was married twice, first to Alice Brown and later to Galina Kopineck. Both marriages ended in divorce. He died in Long Beach, California, USA, from liver cancer. 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「James Hilton (novelist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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