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James Lord (November 27, 1922 – August 23, 2009) was an American writer. He was the author of several books, including critically acclaimed biographies of Alberto Giacometti and Pablo Picasso.〔(Obituary for James Lord ), The Guardian, September 24, 2009.〕〔〔(NNDb profile )〕 He appeared in the documentary films ''Balthus Through the Looking Glass'' (1996) and ''Picasso: Magic, Sex, Death'' (2001). ==Biography== Lord was born in Englewood, New Jersey, and grew up there. His father was a stockbroker, and until the Wall Street crash the family lived, as Mr. Lord put it, in "the lower echelons of the upper classes".〔Grimes, William. ("James Lord, Biographer and Memoirist, Is Dead at 86" ), ''The New York Times'', August 27, 2009; accessed November 2, 2012. "Mr. Lord was born and reared in Englewood, N.J. His father was a stockbroker, and until the Wall Street crash the family lived, as Mr. Lord put it, in "the lower echelons of the upper classes".〕 He served in the United States Army during World War II, keeping his homosexuality carefully hidden.〔"Lord writes about 'the inconvenience of being queer' during the Second World War with unsparing bravery.", ''My Queer War'' (excerpt of a review on the back cover), Farrar, Straus and Giroux: New York (2010); ISBN 978-0-374-21748-8 (hardcover).〕 Lord attended Wesleyan University, though he never earned a degree. He died in Paris in 2009, aged 86.〔 ==Books (Biographies, memories and novels)== He was the author of the following works, among others: *''No Traveler Returns'' (1956, novel) *''The Joys of Success'' (1958, novel) *''A Giacometti Portrait'' (1965, biography) *''Giacometti: A Biography'' (1985, biography) *''Picasso and Dora: A Personal Memoir'' (1993, biography) *''Six Exceptional Women'' (1994) *''Some Remarkable Men'' (1996) *''A Gift for Admiration'' (1998) *''My Queer War'' (2010, posthumous) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Lord (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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