Biography
John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris (; 10 July 1903 β 11 March 1969) was an English science fiction writer best known for his works published under the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes. Some of his works were set in post-apocalyptic landscapes. His best known works include The Day of the Triffids (1951), filmed in 1962, and The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), which was filmed in 1960 as Village of the Damned, in 1995 under the same title, and again in 2022 in Sky Max under its original title.
Wyndham was born in Warwickshire and spent most of his childhood in private education in Devon and Hampshire. He tried several careers before publishing a novel and several short stories. He saw action during World War II and went back to writing afterwards, publishing several very successful novels, and influencing a number of other writers who followed him. On the plausibility of his writing, The Guardian states his "innocuously English backdrops are central to the power of his novels, implying that apocalypse could occur at any time β or, indeed, be happening in the next village at this moment", while The Times's reviewer of The Day of the Triffids described it as possessing "all the reality of a vividly realised nightmare."Wyndham married Grace Wilson in 1963; he had known her for more than 30 years. They lived in Petersfield, Hampshire, where he died in 1969.
Filmography
all 16
Movies 11
Writer 10
TV Shows 5
Creator 1
self 1
The Midwich Cuckoos (2022)
The Day of the Triffids (2009)
Random Quest (2006)
John Wyndham: The Invisible Man of Science Fiction (2005)
Village of the Damned (1995)
Chocky's Challenge (1986)
Chocky's Children (1985)
Chocky (1984)
Chocky (1984)
A Long Spoon (1978)
Quest for Love (1971)
Out of the Unknown (1965)
Children of the Damned (1964)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
The Day of the Triffids (1962)
Village of the Damned (1960)
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GenderMale
Birthday1903-07-10
Deathday1969-03-11 (65 years old)
Birth NameJohn Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris
Birth PlaceBirmingham, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsLucas Parkes, John Harris, Johnson Harris, John Beynon, Lucas Benyon, John Benyon
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