GENE WILDER has appeared in,
co-written and produced over 30 films and made countless TV and
stage appearances. He is perhaps best known for playing the eponymous
lead in 1971’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and
his many collaborations with the comedian Richard Pryor and the
writer/director Mel Brooks.His collaboration with Brooks led to
his two Oscar nominations, as supporting actor in The Producers
in 1968 and as co-writer (with Brooks) of Young Frankenstein in
1974.
His autobiography, Kiss Me Like
A Stranger, was published in 2005.
David Downing is the author of a political thriller,
two alternative histories and a number of books on
military and political history and other subjects as diverse as
Neil Young and Russian football.
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De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage wins the International Dublin IMPAC Literary Award 2008 - largest prize of its kind for a single work of fiction published in English, with a €100,000 jackpot!
