Biography
Johannes Mario Simmel (7 April 1924 – 1 January 2009), also known as J. M. Simmel, was an Austrian writer.
He was born in Vienna and grew up in Austria and England. He was trained as a chemical engineer and worked in research from 1943 to the end of World War II. After the end of the war, he worked as a translator for the American military government and published reviews and stories in the Vienna Welt am Abend. Starting in 1950, he worked as a reporter for the Munich illustrated Quick in Europe and America.
He wrote a number of screenplays and novels, which have sold tens of millions of copies. Many of his novels were successfully filmed in the 1960s and 1970s. He won numerous prizes, including the Award of Excellence of the Society of Writers of the UN. Important issues in his novels are a fervent pacifism as well as the relativity of good and bad. Several novels are said to have a true background, possibly autobiographic.
According to his Swiss lawyer, Simmel died on 1 January 2009 in Lucerne, at 84 years of age. This date was the 99th birthday of "Thomas Lieven", the main character of "It can't always be caviar."
Filmography
all 48
Movies 42
Writer 41
TV Shows 6
self 5
Niemand ist eine Insel (2011)
Liebe ist nur ein Wort (2010)
Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen (2008)
Gott schützt die Liebenden (2008)
Mit den Clowns kamen die Tränen (1990)
Please, Let the Flowers Live (1986)
Die wilden Fünfziger (1983)
Mich wundert, daß ich so fröhlich bin (1983)
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
Heut' abend (1980)
NDR Talk Show (1979)
Spolužiak (1978)
Dear Fatherland Be at Peace (1976)
To the Bitter End (1975)
Only the Wind Knows the Answer (1974)
Gott schützt die Liebenden (1973)
Alle Menschen werden Brüder (1973)
Der Stoff, aus dem die Träume sind (1972)
Love Is Only a Word (1971)
And Jimmy Went to the Rainbow's Foot (1971)
Die Drehscheibe (1964)
Zur Person (1963)
This Time it Must Be Caviar (1961)
Operation Caviar (1961)
The Nina B. Affair (1961)
The Magnificent Rogue (1960)
Gerichtet bei Nacht (1960)
Mein Schulfreund (1960)
Marili (1959)
Nackt, wie Gott sie schuf (1958)
Stefanie (1958)
Escape from Sahara (1958)
Noch minderjährig (1957)
The Girl and the Legend (1957)
Kitty and the Great Big World (1956)
Liebe, die den Kopf verliert (1956)
Dunja (1955)
Hotel Adlon (1955)
Weg in die Vergangenheit (1954)
The Witch (1954)
Dieses Lied bleibt bei dir (1954)
Theft of the Sabines (1954)
Tagebuch einer Verliebten (1953)
Verlorene Melodie (1952)
Miracles Still Happen (1951)
Das Herz einer Frau (1951)
Dreaming Days (1951)
Frühling auf dem Eis (1951)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1924-04-07
Deathday2009-01-01 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceVienna, Austria
FatherWalter Simmel
CitizenshipsAustria
AwardsGold Decoration for Services to the City of Vienna, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Hermann Kesten Prize, Great Silver Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
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