Read the bio below and try to give details on raymond chandler 's: - imagesize - death place - resting place - birth name - death date - birth date - name - nationality - image - birth place - occupation Bio: raymond thornton chandler -lrb- july 23 , 1888 -- march 26 , 1959 -rrb- was an american novelist and screenwriter . in 1932 , at age forty-four , chandler decided to become a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the great depression . his first short story , '' blackmailers do n't shoot '' , was published in 1933 in '' black mask , '' a popular pulp magazine . his first novel , '' the big sleep '' , was published in 1939 . in addition to his short stories , chandler published seven novels during his lifetime -lrb- an eighth in progress at his death was completed by robert b. parker -rrb- . all but '' playback '' have been made into motion pictures , some several times . in the year before he died , he was elected president of the mystery writers of america . he died on march 26 , 1959 , in la jolla , california . chandler had an immense stylistic influence on american popular literature , and is considered by many to be a founder , along with dashiell hammett , james m. cain and other '' black mask '' writers , of the hard-boiled school of detective fiction . his protagonist , philip marlowe , along with hammett 's sam spade , is considered by some to be synonymous with '' private detective , '' both having been played on screen by humphrey bogart , whom many considered to be the quintessential marlowe . some of chandler 's novels are considered important literary works , and three are often considered masterpieces : '' farewell , my lovely '' -lrb- 1940 -rrb- , '' the little sister '' -lrb- 1949 -rrb- , and '' the long goodbye '' -lrb- 1953 -rrb- . '' the long goodbye '' is praised within an anthology of american crime stories as '' arguably the first book since hammett 's '' the glass key '' , published more than twenty years earlier , to qualify as a serious and significant mainstream novel that just happened to possess elements of mystery '' .
- imagesize is 250px- death place is la jolla , california , united states- resting place is mount hope cemetery -lrb- san diego , california -rrb-- birth name is raymond thornton chandler- death date is 26 march 1959- birth date is 23 july 1888- name is raymond chandler- nationality is american coen brothers , quentin tarantino , peter spiegelman- image is raymondchandlerpromophoto.jpg- birth place is chicago , illinois , united states- occupation is novelist