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A Short Biography of Morris Langlo West

Author Name:

Morris Langlo West

Born As:

Other Names:

Michael East, Julian Morris.

Born:

26 Apr 1916

Died:

09 Oct 1999




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Novelist and Playwright                          
Selected Works:

Moon in My Pocket - 1945, using the pseudonym "Julian Morris"
Gallows on the Sand - 1956
Kundu - 1956
The Big Story. - 1957; aka The Crooked Road
The Second Victory - 1958; aka Backlash
McCreary Moves In - 1958, using the pseudonym "Michael East"; aka The Concubine
The Devil's Advocate - 1959
The Naked Country - 1960, using the pseudonym "Michael East"
Daughter of Silence - 1961
The Shoes of the Fisherman - 1963
The Ambassador - 1965
The Tower of Babel - 1968
Sutnis - 1969
Summer of the Red Wolf - 1971
The Salamander - 1973
Harlequin - 1974
The Navigator - 1976
Proteus - 1979
The Clowns of God - 1981
The World Is Made of Glass - 1983
Cassidy - 1986
Masterclass - 1988
Lazarus - 1990
The Ringmaster - 1991
The Lovers - 1993
Vanishing Point - 1996
Eminence - 1998
The Last Confession - 2000, posthumously published

Drama:

The Mask of Marius Melville - 1945; radio serial
The Prince of Peace - c1951; radio serial
Trumpets in the Dawn - radio serial
Genesis in Juddsville
The Illusionists - 1955
The Devil’s Advocate - 1961
Daughter of Silence - 1962
The Heretic - 1969
The World Is Made of Glass - 1982

Non-fiction:

Children of the Sun: The Slum Dwellers of Naples - 1957 - US title: Children of the Shadows: The True Story of the Street Urchins of Naples
Scandal in the Assembly: A Bill of Complaints and a Proposal for Reform of the Matrimonial Laws and Tribunals of the Roman Catholic Church - 1970, with Robert Francis
A View from the Ridge: The Testimony of a Twentieth-century Pilgrim - 1996
Images & Inscriptions. Selected and arranged by Beryl Barraclough - 1997


Film Adaptations:

The Shoes of the Fisherman - 1968 starring Anthony Quinn, Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud
The Devil's Advocate - 1977 starring John Mills, Paola Pitagora and Stephane Audran
The Naked Country - 1984
The Second Victory - 1986
Cassidy - 1989.                          
                          
                          
Spent 12 years in a monastery of the Christian Brothers, taking annual vows and left in 1941 without taking final vows. Married this marriage did not survive.

Second wife had four children.