Harold Robbins (1916–1997)
Author of The Carpetbaggers
About the Author
Harold Robbins was born in New York City on May 21, 1916. He later claimed to be a Jewish orphan who had been raised in a Catholic boys' home, but in reality he was raised in Brooklyn by his father and stepmother. He made his first million at the age of twenty by selling sugar for wholesale trade. show more By the beginning of World War II, he lost all his fortunes. He eventually moved to Hollywood and worked for Universal Pictures. His first book, Never Love a Stranger, was published in 1948. He began writing full time in 1957. He published more than 20 books during his lifetime including The Dream Merchants (1949), The Betsy (1971), The Storyteller (1982), and The Carpetbaggers (1961). His novel, A Stone for Danny Fisher (1951), was adapted into a 1958 motion picture King Creole starring Elvis Presley. He died from respiratory heart failure on October 14, 1997 at the age of 81. Since his death, several new books have been published, written by ghostwriters and based on his notes and unfinished stories. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Harold Robbins
Hollywood 2 copies
Os libertinos (Vol. 2) 2 copies
Traficantes de suenos, Nunca me abandones, Los profanadores del amor (coleccion Biblioteca siglo XX) 2 copies
Harold Robbins Crime Stories: Stiletto, Where Love Has Gone, and Never Love a Stranger (2018) 2 copies
O INDOMÁVEL 1 copy
OS ESTUPRADORES 1 copy
ESCÂNDALO NA SOCIEDADE 1 copy
JESUS POR AMOR 1 copy
O CONTADOR DE HISTÓRIAS 1 copy
O Escritor Livro 1 1 copy
הפירט 1 copy
Descent from Zanadu 1 copy
Adventurers, The 1 copy
Ljubezen s tujcem 1 copy
Apartment 69 1 copy
Os Ambiciosos 1 copy
L'IMMORTALE,HAROLD ROBBINS 1 copy
The Lonelt Lady 1 copy
O Calor da Paixão 1 copy
O Indomável 1 copy
The piranhas ; The stallion 1 copy
The Betsy; The Adventurers 1 copy
Os libertinos (Vol. 1) 1 copy
1994 1 copy
YALNIZ SENINIM 1 copy
Os Estrupadores 1 copy
Os Implacáveis 1 copy
Todos os dias da minha vida 1 copy
Works of Harold Robbins: Never Love a Stranger, Where Love Has Gone, 79 Park Avenue ( 3 Volume Set) (1955) 1 copy
Success Is My Failure 1 copy
Giganterne - 1, del. 1 copy
Giganterne - 2, del. 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Rubin, Harold
- Other names
- Robbins, Harold
- Birthdate
- 1916-05-21
- Date of death
- 1997-10-14
- Burial location
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California, USA
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Palm Springs, California, USA
- Cause of death
- respiratory heart failure
- Occupations
- Schrijver
- Relationships
- Robbins, Jann (wife)
- Organizations
- Universal Pictures
- Awards and honors
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Statistics
- Works
- 101
- Also by
- 5
- Members
- 5,905
- Popularity
- #4,181
- Rating
- 3.1
- Reviews
- 94
- ISBNs
- 1,079
- Languages
- 21
- Favorited
- 6
one line summary: Joe Crown, coming out of nowhere, fucks his way to glory in Hollywood and then becomes a celebrated novelist.