Harry Kemelman's Rabbi Small Murder Mysteries
Temple Sinai, a Conservative Synagogue in Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA is recognized as the prototype for Harry Kemelman's Rabbi Small Mysteries. I lived in Marblehead and I was a member of the synagogue, and I really enjoyed it.
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Here is Wikipedia's article about Harry Kemelman:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Kemelman
Harry Kemelman
Born: Boston, Massachusetts
Died: December 15, 1996 (aged 88)
Marblehead, Massachusetts
Occupation: Writer, Teacher
Language: English
Residence: Marblehead, Massachusetts
Nationality: : Bachelors, Masters in Linguistics
Alma mater: Boston University (1930), Harvard (1931)
Period1964–1996
Genre: Mystery
Subject: Religion
Notable works: Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
Notable awards: Edgar Award, Best First Novel, 1965
Years active: 1964–1996
Spouse: Anne Kessin Kemelman
Children: Diane Volk, Ruth Rooks, Arthur Kemelman
Harry Kemelman (November 24, 1908 — December 15, 1996) was an American mystery writer and a professor of English. He was the creator of the fictional religious sleuth Rabbi David Small.
First Rabbi Small novel, which was the basis for the TV film and series, Lanigan's Rabbi.
Contents
1Early life
2Writing career
3Adaptations
4Death
5Bibliography
5.1The Nicky Welt Stories
5.2The Rabbi Small Novels
5.3Non-fiction
6References
7External links
Early life[edit]
Harry Kemelman was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1908.
After receiving a B.A. in English Literature from Boston University and an M.A. in English philology from Harvard, he taught at a number of schools before World War II. During the war, Kemelman worked as wage administrator for the United States Army Transportation Corps in Boston and later for the War Assets Administration. Following the war, he was a freelance writer and private businessman. In 1963 he became assistant professor of English at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston. He was also an assistant professor at Boston State College in the 1960s.
Writing career[edit]
His writing career began with short stories for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine featuring New England college professor Nicky Welt, the first of which, "The Nine Mile Walk", is considered a classic.
The Rabbi Small series began in 1964 with the publication of Friday the Rabbi Slept Late, which became a huge bestseller, a difficult achievement for a religious mystery, and won Kemelman a 1965 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. The Rabbi Small books are not only mysteries but also considerations of Conservative Judaism.
Adaptations[edit]
Kemelman also received $35,000 for the movie rights to Friday the Rabbi Slept Late, a made-for-TV adaptation of which was broadcast on NBC in 1976, starring Art Carney as Chief Lanigan and Stuart Margolin as Rabbi Small. A short-lived TV series, Lanigan's Rabbi, shown as part of NBC's Mystery Movie series in January 1977, was based on the book series. Art Carney played Chief Lanigan with Bruce Solomon as Rabbi Small.
In 2003, director Alvaro Brechner shot in Toledo, Spain an adaptation of The Nine Mile Walk. The film was shown in more than 100 international film festivals, obtaining several awards.
Death[edit]
Kemelman died in 1996, at the age of 88, in Marblehead, Massachusetts.[1]
Bibliography[edit]
The Nicky Welt Stories[edit]
"The Nine Mile Walk" – 1947
"The Straw Man" – 1950
"The Ten O'Clock Scholar" – 1952
"End Play" – 1950
"Time and Time Again (The Man with Two Watches)" – 1962
"The Whistling Tea Kettle (The Adelphi Bowl)" – 1963
"The Bread and Butter Case (A Winter's Tale)" – 1962
"The Man on the Ladder" – 1967
Collected in The Nine Mile Walk – 1967
The Rabbi Small Novels [edit]
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late – 1964
Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry – 1966
Sunday, the Rabbi Stayed Home – 1969
Monday The Rabbi Took Off – 1972
Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red – 1973
Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet – 1976
Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out – 1978
Conversations with Rabbi Small – 1981
Someday the Rabbi Will Leave – 1985
One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross – 1987
The Day the Rabbi Resigned – 1992
That Day the Rabbi Left Town – 1996
Harry Kemelman's Rabbi Small Murder Mysteries
Temple Sinai, a Conservative Synagogue in Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA is recognized as the prototype for Harry Kemelman's Rabbi Small Mysteries. I lived in Marblehead and I was a member of the synagogue, and I really enjoyed it.
_______________
Here is Wikipedia's article about Harry Kemelman:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Kemelman
Harry Kemelman
Born: Boston, Massachusetts
Died: December 15, 1996 (aged 88)
Marblehead, Massachusetts
Occupation: Writer, Teacher
Language: English
Residence: Marblehead, Massachusetts
Nationality: : Bachelors, Masters in Linguistics
Alma mater: Boston University (1930), Harvard (1931)
Period1964–1996
Genre: Mystery
Subject: Religion
Notable works: Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
Notable awards: Edgar Award, Best First Novel, 1965
Years active: 1964–1996
Spouse: Anne Kessin Kemelman
Children: Diane Volk, Ruth Rooks, Arthur Kemelman
Harry Kemelman (November 24, 1908 — December 15, 1996) was an American mystery writer and a professor of English. He was the creator of the fictional religious sleuth Rabbi David Small.
First Rabbi Small novel, which was the basis for the TV film and series, Lanigan's Rabbi.
Contents
1Early life
2Writing career
3Adaptations
4Death
5Bibliography
5.1The Nicky Welt Stories
5.2The Rabbi Small Novels
5.3Non-fiction
6References
7External links
Early life[edit]
Harry Kemelman was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1908.
After receiving a B.A. in English Literature from Boston University and an M.A. in English philology from Harvard, he taught at a number of schools before World War II. During the war, Kemelman worked as wage administrator for the United States Army Transportation Corps in Boston and later for the War Assets Administration. Following the war, he was a freelance writer and private businessman. In 1963 he became assistant professor of English at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston. He was also an assistant professor at Boston State College in the 1960s.
Writing career[edit]
His writing career began with short stories for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine featuring New England college professor Nicky Welt, the first of which, "The Nine Mile Walk", is considered a classic.
The Rabbi Small series began in 1964 with the publication of Friday the Rabbi Slept Late, which became a huge bestseller, a difficult achievement for a religious mystery, and won Kemelman a 1965 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. The Rabbi Small books are not only mysteries but also considerations of Conservative Judaism.
Adaptations[edit]
Kemelman also received $35,000 for the movie rights to Friday the Rabbi Slept Late, a made-for-TV adaptation of which was broadcast on NBC in 1976, starring Art Carney as Chief Lanigan and Stuart Margolin as Rabbi Small. A short-lived TV series, Lanigan's Rabbi, shown as part of NBC's Mystery Movie series in January 1977, was based on the book series. Art Carney played Chief Lanigan with Bruce Solomon as Rabbi Small.
In 2003, director Alvaro Brechner shot in Toledo, Spain an adaptation of The Nine Mile Walk. The film was shown in more than 100 international film festivals, obtaining several awards.
Death[edit]
Kemelman died in 1996, at the age of 88, in Marblehead, Massachusetts.[1]
Bibliography[edit]
The Nicky Welt Stories[edit]
"The Nine Mile Walk" – 1947
"The Straw Man" – 1950
"The Ten O'Clock Scholar" – 1952
"End Play" – 1950
"Time and Time Again (The Man with Two Watches)" – 1962
"The Whistling Tea Kettle (The Adelphi Bowl)" – 1963
"The Bread and Butter Case (A Winter's Tale)" – 1962
"The Man on the Ladder" – 1967
Collected in The Nine Mile Walk – 1967
The Rabbi Small Novels [edit]
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late – 1964
Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry – 1966
Sunday, the Rabbi Stayed Home – 1969
Monday The Rabbi Took Off – 1972
Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red – 1973
Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet – 1976
Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out – 1978
Conversations with Rabbi Small – 1981
Someday the Rabbi Will Leave – 1985
One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross – 1987
The Day the Rabbi Resigned – 1992
That Day the Rabbi Left Town – 1996