Re-invented The Cold War: Spymaster Author John le Carre Dies at 89
Published December 14th, 2020 - 08:08 GMT
In this file photo taken on October 15, 2017 British author John le Carre (David John Moore Cornwell) gives a speech in Hamburg at the Elbphilharmonie, where he presented his new book "A Legacy Of Spies". John Le Carre, the British writer best known for his Cold War espionage novels "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" and "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold", has died aged 89, his agent said on December 13, 2020. Daniel Bockwoldt / dpa / AFP
British best-selling author David Cornwell, better known as John le Carre whose Cold War-era spy novels transformed the espionage genre, died over the weekend, his literary agent said. He was 89 years old.