John le Carré

John le Carré is the pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (born October 19, 1931 in Poole, Dorset, England). He began his formal schooling at Sherborne School in England. Later, he studied at the University of Berne, developing a fascination in foreign languages, and Lincoln College, Oxford, then he taught at Eton College for 2 years. He then joined the British Foreign Service (ultimately MI6), where he served mostly in West Germany. Kim Philby, notorious British double agent, gave le Carré's name up to the Russians.

External links

• John le Carré homepage
• John le Carré biography on Books and Writers
• 1989 NPR Interview of le Carré