Lawrence Block

American writer

Person human Q505123

Facts

19 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[19]
Date of birth: June 24, 1938
Place of birth: Buffalo
Country of citizenship: United States^[6]
Occupation: writer, novelist, screenwriter
Field of work: detective literature, creative and professional writing^[7]^[8]
Educated at: Antioch University, Antioch College, Bennett High School^[9]^[10]^[11]
Award received: Nero Award, Cartier Diamond Dagger, Edgar Awards, Edgar Awards, Edgar Awards, Edgar Awards, Maltese Falcon Award, Maltese Falcon Award, Shamus Award, Shamus Award, Shamus Award, The Grand Master, Shamus Award^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]
Official website: lawrenceblock.com^[32]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[33]
Family name: Block^[21]
Given name: Lawrence^[22]
Influenced by: Dashiell Hammett^[18]
P14750: 353B-6AFA-D6EE-8B21-2A9A
Pseudonym: Chip Harrison, Paul Kavanagh, Lee Duncan, Sheldon Lord, Andrew Shaw, Lesley Evans, Jill Emerson, John Warren Wells, Anne Campbell Clarke^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]
Residence: New York City^[20]
Start of work period: 1958^[34]
Writing language: English

🏷️ Also known as

en Lee Duncan en Chip Harrison en Lawrence Block en Paul Kavanagh en Sheldon Lord ar لورنس بلوك el Λόρενς Μπλοκ es Sheldon Lord es Andrew Shaw es Chip Harrison es Don Holliday es Jill Emerson es Lee Duncan es Paul Kavanagh he לורנס בלוק ja ローレンス・ブロック ko 로런스 블록 ko 셸던 로드 ko 리 덩컨 ko 칩 해리슨

🔖 Identifiers · 82

ISNI: 0000000083970926
VIAF cluster ID: 110546896
Library of Congress authority ID: n79081408, n87841645
GND ID: 131655876
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Lawrence Block (cropped).jpeg ↗
AllMovie person ID: p315988
Allcinema person ID: 26922
AlloCiné person ID: 72032
American Film Institute person ID: 249555
Awards & Winners artist ID: 05wj8z
BD Gest' author ID: 36338
BIBSYS ID: 90172061

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BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): BlockLawrence
Babelio author ID: 4983
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 11892396q
BookBrainz author ID: ff260a8d-334e-4b2d-98cf-c1ea27ea30ef
CBDB.cz author ID: 1611
CINE21 person ID: 65126
CWA writer ID: block-lawrence
CiNii Research ID: 1140845216632608256
CineMagia person ID: 260071
DDB person (GND) ID: 131655876
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 1229
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 131655876
EDb person ID: n0000828
ElCinema person ID: 2072177
ElFilm person ID: 4391808
Elonet person ID: 1427723
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: lawrence-block
Europeana entity: agent/base/72478
FAST ID: 39555
Fandango person ID: 67645
Fantastic Fiction author ID: b/lawrence-block
Festivaletteratura person ID: 1058
Film.ru person ID: lourens-blok-0
FilmAffinity person and company ID: 249145809
Freebase ID: /m/05wj8z
Goodreads author ID: 17613
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Lawrence_Block
IMDb ID: nm0088747
ISFDB author ID: 3875
IdRef ID: 026733145
Ivi person ID: lourens-blok
KMDb person ID: 00095935
Kinobox person ID: 143656
Kinopoisk person ID: 145870
Libraries Australia ID: 35756798
LibraryThing author ID: blocklawrence
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID: 01099/eu_b_4070/b4070
MusicBrainz artist ID: 2ccef66f-d91d-4318-82ea-3c18d2568c12
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA03653237
NDL Authority ID: 00433545
NE.se ID: lawrence-block
NL CR AUT ID: jn20001103602
NLA Trove people ID: 1073439
NUKAT ID: n01025003
National Library of Greece ID: 77943
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007272357705171
National Library of Korea ID: KAC200403384
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810646046805606
National Library of Portugal ID: 14673
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX855911
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 068959850
NooSFere author ID: -50934
Obálky knih ID: jn20001103602
Open Library ID: OL21255A
PORT person ID: 155265
Perlentaucher ID: lawrence-block
Plex person key: 5d77703635102a0020ed5b55
Prabook ID: 220429
Quais du polar writer ID: lawrence-block
SBN author ID: CFIV078819
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 627528
SNAC ARK ID: w6377kbb
SVKKL authority ID: p0002415-Block-Lawrence-1938
Scope.dk person ID: 32487
Swedish Film Database person ID: 110029
TMDB person ID: 45817
Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID: 10464
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJckRKtHYCh8QwvWmkd84q
Yale LUX ID: person/5ec539b3-974b-4cf1-8afe-04a471c15fde
ČSFD person ID: 131089

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🔗 Connections

Award received 5

Edgar Awards, Cartier Diamond Dagger, Shamus Award, Nero Award, Maltese Falcon Award

Films written 3

My Blueberry Nights, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Captain America

Occupation 3

writer, screenwriter, novelist

Educated at 2

Antioch College, Antioch University

← Winner 2

Cartier Diamond Dagger, Nero Award

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Family name 1

Block

Field of work 1

detective literature

Given name 1

Lawrence

Influenced by 1

Dashiell Hammett

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

Buffalo

Residence 1

New York City

Sex or gender 1

male

Writing language 1

English

← After a work by 1

A Walk Among the Tombstones

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Summary

Lawrence Block was born on June 24, 1938^[1], in Buffalo^[2]. He has worked as a writer^[3], novelist^[4], and screenwriter^[5].

FAQs

Where was Lawrence Block born?

Lawrence Block was born in Buffalo^[2].

What did Lawrence Block do for work?

Lawrence Block worked as a writer^[3], novelist^[4], and screenwriter^[5].

Where did Lawrence Block go to school?

Lawrence Block was educated at Antioch University^[9], Antioch College^[10], and Bennett High School^[11].

What awards did Lawrence Block receive?

Honors received include Nero Award^[12], Cartier Diamond Dagger^[13], and Edgar Awards^[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Lawrence Block — place of birth (P19): Buffalo. Goodreads. Retrieved 2026-10-17. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Lawrence Block — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-07-05. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Lawrence Block — country of citizenship (P27): United States. Internet Speculative Fiction Database. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Lawrence Block — educated at (P69): Antioch University. Encyclopedia.com. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Lawrence Block — educated at (P69): Antioch College. Encyclopedia.com. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Lawrence Block — educated at (P69): Bennett High School. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Lawrence Block — field of work (P101): detective literature. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2024-10-04. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Lawrence Block — field of work (P101): creative and professional writing. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2024-10-04. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Lawrence Block — occupation (P106): writer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-06-25. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Lawrence Block — occupation (P106): novelist. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Lawrence Block — occupation (P106): screenwriter. IMDb. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Lawrence Block — award received (P166): Nero Award. nerowolfe.org. nerowolfe.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Lawrence Block — award received (P166): Cartier Diamond Dagger. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Lawrence Block — award received (P166): Edgar Awards. theedgars.com. theedgars.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Lawrence Block — award received (P166): Maltese Falcon Award. asahi-net.or.jp. asahi-net.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Lawrence Block — award received (P166): Shamus Award. privateeyewriters.com. privateeyewriters.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Lawrence Block — award received (P166): The Grand Master. edgarawards.com. edgarawards.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Lawrence Block — residence (P551): New York City. Encyclopedia.com. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Lawrence Block — date of birth (P569): June 24, 1938. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-30. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Lawrence Block — family name (P734): Block. Encyclopedia.com. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Lawrence Block — given name (P735): Lawrence. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Lawrence Block — influenced by (P737): Dashiell Hammett. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Lawrence Block — pseudonym (P742): Chip Harrison. Encyclopedia.com. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Lawrence Block — pseudonym (P742): Paul Kavanagh. Encyclopedia.com. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Lawrence Block — pseudonym (P742): Lee Duncan. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Lawrence Block — pseudonym (P742): Sheldon Lord. Encyclopedia.com. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Lawrence Block — pseudonym (P742): Andrew Shaw. Encyclopedia.com. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Lawrence Block — pseudonym (P742): Lesley Evans. Goodreads. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Lawrence Block — pseudonym (P742): Jill Emerson. Goodreads. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Lawrence Block — pseudonym (P742): John Warren Wells. Goodreads. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Lawrence Block — pseudonym (P742): Anne Campbell Clarke. Goodreads. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Lawrence Block — official website (P856): http://lawrenceblock.com. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Lawrence Block — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Lawrence Block — start of work period (P2031): 1958. wikidata.org.

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