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Harold Robbins (May 21, 1916 – October 14, 1997) was an American author. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created

Robbins, born Harold Rubin in New York City, claimed to be a Jewish orphan raised in a Catholic boys home but in actual fact, he was the son of well-educated Russian and Polish immigrants. The City of New York PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". [1] He was reared by his pharmacist father and stepmother in Brooklyn. Pharmacists are Health professionals who practice the art and science of Pharmacy. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. And his first wife wasn't a Chinese dancer who died from a parrot bite as he had also claimed. Han Chinese ( are an Ethnic group native to China and by most modern definitions the largest single Ethnic group in the world. She was in fact merely his high school sweetheart [2] (when that marriage ended after 28 years, he married two more times. )

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His first book, Never Love a Stranger (1948) created controversy with its graphic sexuality. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ian Parker says that according to Robbins, publisher Pat Knopf bought Never Love a Stranger because "it was the first time he had ever read a book where on one page you'd have tears and on the next page you'd have a hard-on". The erection of the Penis, Clitoris or a Nipple is its enlarged and firm state

The Dream Merchants (1949) was about Hollywood's film industry, from the first steps to sound era. The Dream Merchants is an American Novel written by Harold Robbins and published in 1949. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Again Robbins blended his own experiences, historical facts, melodrama, sex, and action into a fast-moving story. History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology Melodrama refers to theatre in which music is used to increase the spectator's emotional response or to suggest character types An organism's sex is defined by the gametes it produces males produce male gametes (spermatozoa or Sperm) while females produce female gametes (ova or Egg cells; individual

His 1952 novel, A Stone for Danny Fisher, was adapted into a 1958 motion picture King Creole, which starred Elvis Presley. A Stone For Danny Fisher is a very serious early novel by Harold Robbins that looks at the effect of the Great Depression on a lower-middle class King Creole is an American Motion picture directed by Michael Curtiz, released by Paramount Pictures on July 2, [3]

He would become one of the world's bestselling authors, publishing over 20 books which were translated into 32 languages and sold over 750 million copies. Among his best-known books is The Carpetbaggers. The Carpetbaggers is the title of a 1961 bestselling novel by Harold Robbins, which was adapted into a 1964 film of the same title It was loosely based on the life of Howard Hughes, taking the reader from New York to California, from the prosperity of the aeronautical industry to the glamor of Hollywood. Howard Robard Hughes Jr (December 24 1905 – April 5 1976 was an American Aviator, Industrialist, Film producer / director, Philanthropist Its sequel, The Raiders, appeared in 1995.

His often profane style was referenced in the film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, where Kirk cites his work to explain how people in the 20th century talk. Star Trek IV The Voyage Home ( Paramount Pictures, 1986) is the fourth feature Film based on the Star Trek Science fiction

Personal life

Robbins was married five times. From 1982 he was obliged to use a wheelchair because of hip trouble, but continued writing.

He spent a great deal of time on the French Riviera and Monte Carlo until his death on October 14, 1997 from respiratory heart failure when he was 81. The French Riviera (Côte d'Azur Occitan: Còsta Azzura) is one of the most famous resort areas in the world extending along the Mediterranean Sea west Monte-Carlo ( Occitan: Montcarles, Monégasque: Monte-Carlu) is one of Monaco 's various administrative areas sometimes erroneously Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar He is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City) near Palm Springs, California. Forest Lawn-Cathedral City is in Cathedral City California, near Palm Springs Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, approximately 111 miles (177 km east of Los Angeles and 136 miles (225 km northeast of Since his death, several new novels have been released posthumously, finished by ghostwriters. A ghostwriter is a professional Writer who is paid to write books articles stories reports or other content which are officially credited to another person

Harold Robbins has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6743 Hollywood Boulevard. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that

Selected bibliography

References

  1. ^ Kirjasto: Harold Robbins
  2. ^ Review: Harold Robbins by Andrew Wilson | By genre | guardian.co.uk Books
  3. ^ Harold Robbins: The Man Who Invented Sex, book review, Tom Carson The New York Times October 21, 2007

The Raiders http://www.amazon.com/Raiders-Harold-Robbins/dp/0671872931

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