Agatha Christie

Christie in 1958 Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was a British author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery ''The Mousetrap'', which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime"—a moniker which is now trademarked by her estate—or the "Queen of Mystery". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. ''Guinness World Records'' lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.

Christie was born into a wealthy upper-middle-class family in Torquay, Devon, and was largely home-schooled. She was initially an unsuccessful writer with six consecutive rejections, but this changed in 1920 when ''The Mysterious Affair at Styles'', featuring detective Hercule Poirot, was published. Her first husband was Archibald Christie; they married in 1914 and had one child before divorcing in 1928. Following the breakdown of her marriage and the death of her mother in 1926, she made international headlines by going missing for eleven days. During both World Wars, she served in hospital dispensaries, acquiring a thorough knowledge of the poisons that featured in many of her novels, short stories, and plays. Following her marriage to archaeologist Max Mallowan in 1930, she spent several months each year on digs in the Middle East and used her first-hand knowledge of this profession in her fiction.

According to UNESCO's Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author. Her novel ''And Then There Were None'' is one of the top-selling books of all time, with approximately 100 million copies sold. Christie's stage play ''The Mousetrap'' holds the world record for the longest initial run. It opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End on 25 November 1952, and by 2018 there had been more than 27,500 performances. The play was temporarily closed in 2020 because of COVID-19 lockdowns in London before it reopened in 2021.

In 1955, Christie was the first recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award. Later that year, ''Witness for the Prosecution'' received an Edgar Award for best play. In 2013, she was voted the best crime writer and ''The Murder of Roger Ackroyd'' the best crime novel ever by 600 professional novelists of the Crime Writers' Association. In 2015, ''And Then There Were None'' was named the "World's Favourite Christie" in a vote sponsored by the author's estate. Many of Christie's books and short stories have been adapted for television, radio, video games, and graphic novels. More than 30 feature films are based on her work. Provided by Wikipedia
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Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Smrt lorda Edgwarea / Agatha Christie ; [z angl. orig. přel. Marek Roesel] 1993
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Zlatá brána otevřená / Agatha Christie ; [z angl. orig. přel. Marek Roesel] 1994
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Poslední weekend / Agatha Christie ; [z angl. orig. přel. Věra Limburská] 1991
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Mrtvá v knihovně / Agatha Christie ; [z angl. orig. přel. Karel Voleský] 1983
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Není kouře bez ohýnku / Agatha Christie ; [z angl. orig. přel. Vlasta Dvořáčková] 1982
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Prasklé zrcadlo / Agatha Christie ; [z angl. orig. přel. Běla Dintrová] 1994
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Sittafordská záhada : Detektivní román / Agatha Christie ; [překl. Jan Zábrana] 1971
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Temný cypřiš / Agatha Christie ; [z anglického originálu přeložil Jan Čermák] 1999
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Deset malých černoušků / Agatha Christie ; [z angl. orig. přel. J.Z.Novák] 1988
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Hadí doupě / Agatha Christie ; [z angl. orig. přel. Karel Voleský] 1988
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Opona / Agatha Christie ; [z angl. přel. Marta Staňková] 1979
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Smrt v oblacích / Agatha Christie ; [il. Zdeněk Ziegler ; z angl. orig. přel. Eva Ruxová] 1991
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Čas přílivu. Tragédie o třech jednáních / Agatha Christie ; [z angl. orig. přel. Běla Dintrová, Eva Ruxová] 1989
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Kapsa plná žita / Agatha Christie ; [z angl. přel. Jan Zábrana] 1997
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Muž v mlze / Agatha Christie ; [z angl. orig. přel. Jan Zábrana] 1987
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Nemesis / Agatha Christie ; [il. Václav Kučera ; z angl. orig. přel. Eva Hrubá] 1982
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Vlak z Paddingtonu / Agatha Christie ; [z angl. orig. přel. Eva Ruxová] 1982
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Pan Poirot se vrací : Vražda Rogera Ackroyda : Pět malých prasátek / Agatha Christie ; [z angl. orig. přel. Eva Outratová] 1976
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Smrt na Nilu / Agatha Christie ; [z angl. orig. přel. Drahomíra Hlínková] 1985
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Zapomenutá vražda : Poslední případ slečny Marplové / Agatha Christie ; [kres. Adolf Born ; z angl. orig. přel. Jarmila Svobodová] 1986
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