The British author Frederick Forsayth, one of the Aristotle of the espionage novel, died at the age of 86 on Monday (09.06.2025), as reported by the BBC.
Former Reuters and BBC correspondent, and informant of the British Information Service MI6, the author Frederick Forsay became known using his experiences as a journalist in Paris to write the story of an attempted murder against him Charles de Gaulle.
“We mourn the death of one of the world’s greatest thriller writers in the world,” wrote his agent, Jonathan Lloyd, of the literary organization “Curtis Brown”, one of the most important in the world, announcing Fossaith’s death.
THE Frederickwho was a pilot of the Royal Air Force, a great reporter, a secret agent and became a writer for financial need, wrote about 20 novels that sold about 70 million copies worldwide.
One of his most respected novels was the political thriller «The Day of the Jackal» (1971) and the war novel «The Dogs of War» (1974), which were transferred to cinema with great success.