The channel of yellow and crime, TopCrime, from Saturday 10 to Sunday 11 January organized a marathon dedicated to Agatha Christie on the 50th anniversary of his death. Between TV series and films from his extensive literary work, the channel will be entirely dedicated to the products from Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller, Lady Mallowan, DBE.
Agatha Christie has more than 60 novels, 150 stories, 18 plays, 2 memoirs. His books were translated into more than 50 languages and exceeded 2 billion copies sold and several became films and TV series.
Maratona Agatha Christie su TopCrime
Saturday 10, from 21.00, the programming proposes Assassinio on the Orient Express, directed by Kenneth Branagh, and continues with Poirot in Styles Court, Poirot: assassination in Mesopotamia, Agatha Christie: 13 at the table, Poirot and the Four, Agatha Christie: murder in the mirror.
Sunday 11, the marathon continues with, from 7.00, Poirot to Styles Court, Agatha Christie: killer in the mirror, Poirot: the infernal series, Poirot: assassination in Mesopotamia, Poirot and the Four, Agatha Christie: 13 at the table, Sipario: the last adventure of Poirot, Assassinio on the Orient Express.
At 21.00, space in Assassinio sul Nilo, directed by Kenneth Branagh, followed by Poirot: bodies in the sun, Poirot: the infernal series, Agatha Christie: crime in three acts, Poirot: bodies in the sun. Sipario: the last adventure of Poirot finally closes the tribute to the Queen of Yellow.
I ricordi per la regina del giallo
The literary world prepares events, exhibitions and special editions to celebrate the legacy of the author of 66 novels, including those of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, who revolutionized the crime genre.
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his death (12 January 1976), London prepares a great exhibition at the British Library, starting from October 2026 and, in Milan, 50 Pintér x 50 Christie, which exhibits the iconic covers of Omnibus Gialli and Oscar Mondadori made by the Italian-Hungarian illustrator.
Chi era Agatha Christie
She was born on September 15, 1890 in Torquay, Devon, England’s mother and American father. Already as a child she begins reading English poetry and writing compositions. His training takes place partly at home, thanks to his parents, and then continues in Paris. In addition to writing, it also cultivates lyric chant and piano.
In 1912 he met Archie Christie, an aviator, and in 1914 they married. It is the period of war and she serves as a nurse in the Torquay hospital. In 1917 he qualified as a “special assistant” and worked as a dispenser. This is where he has the opportunity to acquire skills in the field of poisons, very useful for writing his novels since the first, Poirot in Styles Court. The poisons will always be his favorite weapon for a crime.
Also in the war period, from the encounter with many refugees from Belgium, the figure of Hercule Poirot, the most famous investigator of his novels and one of the greatest figures of all time. In 1919 the spouses Christie moved to London and in August of that year their daughter Rosalind was born.
In this same year publisher John Lane contracted five novels. The following years they see her traveling with her husband, from whom she divorced in 1928, the year of her first trip on the Orient Express. The oriental atmospheres forever mark its imaginary, creating novels such as Assassination on the Orient Express and Poirot on the Nile.
In 1930 he met Max Mallowan, one of the most famous archaeologists of the time, who became his second husband. The 1930s saw the birth of another iconic character, Miss Marple, who first appeared in the novel Death in the village.
Until his death in 1976, Agatha Christie writes and travels.
His life is up to the last constellation of successes and satisfactions.
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