James Goldman (Author of The Lion in Winter)

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James Goldman

Born

in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

June 30, 1927

Died

October 28, 1998

Genre

Screenplays, Literature & Fiction, Playwright

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James Goldman was an American Academy Award-winning screenwriter and playwright, and the brother of screenwriter and novelist William Goldman.

He was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up primarily in Highland Park, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. He is most noted as the author of The Lion in Winter and author of the book for the stage musical Follies.

Goldman died from a heart attack in New York City, where he had lived for many years. ...more

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Average rating: 4.21 · 10,659 ratings · 285 reviews · 41 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	The Lion in Winter 4.22 avg rating — 10,014 ratings — published 1966 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Follies by James Goldman, Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) 4.25 avg rating — 459 ratings — published 1971 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Myself as Witness 3.94 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1979 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man from Greek and Roman 3.41 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1974 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fulton County 3.25 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1989 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robin and Marian 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1976 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	They Might be Giants 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1970	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bitcoin: For beginners on the bitcoin currency, bitcoin mining, bitcoin trading and more (bitcoin,bitcoin currency, bitcoin mining, bitcoin book,bitcoin trading, bitcoin for beginners) 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood, Sweat, and Stanley Poole by James Goldman, William Goldman 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1962	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Binary Options University: How to make money trading binary options with profitable binary options trading strategies 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by James Goldman (?)

“I know. You know I know. I know you know I know. We know Henry knows, and Henry knows we know it. We're a knowledgeable family.”
― James Goldman, The Lion in Winter

tags: geoffrey, lion-in-winter

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“He came down from the North to Paris with a mind like Aristotle's and a form like mortal sin. We shattered the Commandments on the spot.”
― James Goldman, The Lion in Winter

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“I've given up the looking glass; quicksilver has no sense of tact.”
― James Goldman, The Lion in Winter

tags: mirror, self-image

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December 2017 Short Story Poll

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, 32 pages or less, 1905

58 votes, 17.6%

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf, 112 pages, 1929

57 votes, 17.3%

A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Connor, 24 pages or less, 1955

34 votes, 10.3%

The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg, 32 pages, 1985

33 votes, 10.0%

The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens, 84 pages, 1845

32 votes, 9.7%

A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote, 48 pages or less, 1956

27 votes, 8.2%

Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann, 120 pages, 1815

25 votes, 7.6%

The Eyes by Edith Wharton, 48 pages, 1910

17 votes, 5.2%

To Build a Fire by Jack London, 32 pages or less, 1903

11 votes, 3.3%

The Lion in Winter by James Goldman, 60 pages, 1966

11 votes, 3.3%

The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, 48 pages, 1944

9 votes, 2.7%

R.U.R. by Karel 膶apek, 84 pages, 1920

8 votes, 2.4%

Double Indemnity by James M. Cain, 115 pages,1936

7 votes, 2.1%

329 total votes

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