Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1888/07/23 Florence Dart Thornton, wife of Maurice Benjamin Chandler, gives birth to a son, Raymond Thornton Chandler, in Chicago, Illinois. Born
1939/00/00 The Big Sleep - published Author The Big Sleep (book)
1940/00/00 "Farewell My Lovely" is published. Author Farewell My Lovely
1943/00/00 "The Lady in the Lake" is published. Author The Lady in the Lake
1950/07/00 Alfred Hitchcock hires Raymond Chandler for $2,500 a week to write a screenplay from "Strangers on a Train". Screenwriter Strangers on a Train (film)
1953/00/00 The Long Goodbye - published Author The Long Goodbye
1959/03/26 Raymond Thornton Chandler dies at Scripps Memorial Hospital in San Diego of pneumonial peripheral vascular shock and prerenal uremia. Mr Chandler is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in San Diego. Died Mount Hope Cemetery, SD San Diego, CA

4 Creative Works by Raymond Chandler »

Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
The Big Sleep (book) Author Novel 1939/00/00
  • 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
  • 1100 or so Notable Novels and Novellas
  • All-TIME 100 Novels
  • Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
  • The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time
  • The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time
Farewell My Lovely Author Novel 1940/00/00
  • 1100 or so Notable Novels and Novellas
  • The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time
  • The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time
The Lady in the Lake Author Novel 1943/00/00
  • 1100 or so Notable Novels and Novellas
  • The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time
  • The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time
The Long Goodbye Author Novel 1953/00/00
  • 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
  • 1100 or so Notable Novels and Novellas
  • The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time
  • The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time

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