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William Krasner (June 8, 1917 – October 29, 2003) was an American mystery novelist. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. He attended Soldan High School, beginning his writing career early by working on the literary magazine alongside Tennessee Williams.〔Schenley, Bill.(William Krasner Obituary ) ''Philadelphia Inquirer.'' Nov. 2, 2003.〕 After high school, he worked in the U.S. Postal Service, then volunteered for the military as a Warrant Officer in the Army Air Corps. The G.I. bill enabled him to earn a bachelor's degree in psychology from Columbia University, where he also studied fiction writing under prominent Southern Agrarian novelist Caroline Gordon. His first novel ''Walk the Dark Streets'' (1949), was nominated for an Edgar Award〔(Search the Edgar Award Winners and Nominees ) Mystery Writers of America. Retrieved June 27, 2011.〕 and was adapted as an episode of the television series ''Studio One in Hollywood''.〔(Walk the Dark Streets ) "Studio One in Hollywood" Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved July 12, 2011.〕 Its main character, lieutenant Sam Birge, would also appear in ''The Stag Party'' (1957), ''Death of a Minor Poet'' (1984) and ''Resort to Murder'' (1986). Krasner's short fiction was published in ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' 〔The Fiction Mags Index (Krasner, William ) Retrieved July 2, 2011.〕 and ''Yank, the Army Weekly.'' Krasner’s novels and stories have been translated into French, Italian, Japanese, and, most extensively, German.〔Kerkhoff, Claus. (Rezension von Claus Kerkhoff Aus der Reihe "Sam Birge" ) Retrieved July 12, 2011.〕 A fifth Sam Birge novel, entitled ''Opfer einer Razzia'' (Death the Dancer)(1991) was published only in German. In 1956 he married Juanita Frazier of Troy, MO, a Methodist minister, and the couple had four sons. He moved to the Philadelphia area in 1969. Raymond Chandler praised Krasner’s mystery fiction in a 1951 letter to Frederic Dannay: “()t may also happen that single book, such as ... ''Walk the Dark Streets'' by William Krasner ... will immediately put the writer above and beyond a whole host of writers who have written twenty or thirty books and are extremely well known and successful”.〔''Chandler, Raymond 1888-1959. Later Novels and Other Writings — Selections.'' New York: Library of America, 1995. p. 1048〕 His work was also recognized by cultural critic and historian Jacques Barzun.〔Barzun, Jacques and Wendell Hertig Taylor. ''A Catalogue of Crime.'' New York: Harper, 1971. p. 269.〕 Krasner also published two realistic urban novels, ''The Gambler'' (1950) and ''North of Welfare'' (1954) and one work of historical fiction, ''Francis Parkman: Dakota Legend'' (1982). In 1955 he received an award for literature from the National Institute of Arts and Letters (now the American Academy of Arts and Letters).〔American Academy of Arts and Letters (Award Listing ) Retrieved July 12, 2011.〕 In addition to his fiction, Krasner produced an extensive non-fiction body of work. He co-wrote ''Drug Trip Abroad'' (1972), a work on drug addiction for the University of Pennsylvania, and published extensively in medical and psychological journals.〔Educational Resource Information Center (Index of Psychological Articles ) Retrieved June 22, 2011〕 He also wrote many articles for newspapers and magazines, including a feature on Father Charles "Dismas" Clark, SJ, for Harper’s Magazine.〔(Hoodlum Priest and Respectable Convicts ) Harper’s, Feb 1961. p. 57-62. Retrieved June 20, 2011.〕 and a series on growing up in St. Louis in the 1930s for the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch.'' William Krasner’s papers are now housed in the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University〔(Howard Gotlieb Center )〕 and in the Special Collections Department at Washington University in St. Louis.〔(William Krasner, 1917- American author ) Washington U Special Collections〕 == Bibliography == 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 Krasner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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