Guy Endore | |
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 Guy Endore (date unknown) | |
| Born | Samuel Goldstein July 4, 1901 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | February 12, 1970 (aged 68) |
| Pen name | Harry Relis |
| Occupation | Writer, screenwriter |
| Language | English |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Notable works | The Werewolf of Paris (1933) King of Paris : A Novel (1956) |
Samuel Guy Endore (July 4, 1901 – February 12, 1970), born Samuel Goldstein and also known as Harry Relis, was an American novelist and screenwriter. During his career he produced a wide array of novels, screenplays, and pamphlets, both published and unpublished. A cult favorite of fans of horror, he is best known for his novel The Werewolf of Paris (1933), which occupies a significant position in werewolf literature, much in the same way that Dracula (1897) does for vampire literature.[1] Endore is also known for his left-wing novel of the Haitian Revolution, Babouk: The Story of A Slave.[2] He was nominated for a screenwriting Oscar for The Story of G.I. Joe (1945), and his novel Methinks the Lady . . . (1946) was the basis for Ben Hecht's screenplay for Whirlpool (1949).
- ^ Brian Stableford, "The Werewolf of Paris", in: Frank N. Magill, ed. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature, Vol 5. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, Inc., 1983. ISBN 0-89356-450-8 (pp. 2102–2106).
- ^ Chris Vials, "Endore, Guy," in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature, Emmanuel Sampath Nelson, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005. ISBN 978-0-313-33060-5 (pp. 658–660).