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William Goldman (born August 12, 1931) is an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist, before turning to writing for film. He has won two Academy Awards for his screenplays, first for the western ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' (1969) and again for ''All the President's Men'' (1976), about journalists who broke the Watergate scandal of President Richard Nixon. Both films starred Robert Redford. His other notable works include his thriller novel ''Marathon Man'' and comedy-fantasy novel ''The Princess Bride'', both of which Goldman adapted for film. Author Sean Egan has described Goldman as "one of the late twentieth century’s most popular storytellers."〔Egan, Sean (2014), ''William Goldman: The Reluctant Storyteller'', BearManor Media, p. 1.〕 ==Early life== Goldman was born in Chicago. He grew up in a Jewish family in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, the son of Marion (née Weil) and Maurice Clarence Goldman, who worked in business. Goldman's father was a successful businessman, working in Chicago and then for his own partnership. But his alcoholism eventually sank his business. He "came home to live and he was in his pajamas for the last five years of his life," according to Goldman.〔Egan p 6〕 Goldman's father committed suicide when his son was still in high school. Adding to the stress at home was that his mother was deaf.〔Egan p 6-7〕 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「William Goldman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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