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Frederic Michael Raphael FRSL (born 14 August 1931) is an American-born British novelist, biographer, journalist and Oscar-winning screenwriter, known for writing the screenplays for Darling, Far from the Madding Crowd, Two for the Road, and Stanley Kubrick's last film Eyes Wide Shut.
Last Post is a book of reminiscences and criticisms by the nonagenarian writer Frederic Raphael. He addresses letters to Kingsley Amis, Jonathan Miller, Doris Lessing and others, revealing his sharp wit and acerbic opinions.
Frederic Raphael was born on 14 August 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Two for the Road (1967) and Darling (1965). He has been married to Sylvia Betty Glatt since 17 January 1955.
- January 1, 1
- 1 min
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
The late screenwriter shares his memories of working with the legendary director on a film based on Schnitzler's novel. He reveals how he invented a fake FBI dossier on Ziegler, the orgy master, and how Kubrick used it to create a dreamy ending.
Frederic Raphael is a writer and actor, known for Eyes Wide Shut, Two for the Road and Darling. He was born in Chicago in 1931, married to Sylvia Betty Glatt, and father of painter Sarah Raphael.
- August 14, 1931
Mar 4, 2010 · More than 35 years after he first wrote about the experience of being a Jewish Oxbridge scholarship boy adrift in a hostile Britain, Frederic Raphael is still battling outsider angst.
Frederic Raphael is a prolific and versatile writer of novels, short stories, screenplays, history books, biographies and essays. He was born in Chicago, moved to England as a boy, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1964.
