after delivering the draft, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and died February 19, 1995, and the film never was made. Willingham's work is now generally out of print. In a biography written for the Literary Guild, author Herman Wouk blamed a twist of fate, a newspaper strike coinciding with publication of Eternal Fire, limiting its readership. Publisher Donald I. Fine echoed this notion in his re-issue of the book in 1986, and perhaps this is a partial explanation why Eternal Fire, arguably deserving of recognition by the literary awards which would have secured him a brighter place in the postwar pantheon, was overlooked. At the same time, as early as 1969, an article entitled “Calder Willingham: The Forgotten Novelist,” appeared in a literary quarterly and most current references refer to him as one of the under-appreciated talents of his generation. Novels End as a Man (1947) Geraldine Bradshaw (1950) Gates of Hell (1951) Reach to the Stars (1951) Natural Child (1952) To Eat a Peach (1955) Eternal Fire (1963) Providence Island (1969) Rambling Rose (1972) The Big Nickel (1975) The Building of Venus Four (1977) Screenplays The Strange One (1957) Paths of Glory (1957) (with Stanley Kubrick and Jim Thompson) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) (uncredited) The Vikings (1958) Spartacus (1960) (uncredited) One-Eyed Jacks (1961) The Graduate (1967) (with Buck Henry) Little Big Man (1970) Thieves Like Us (1974) (with Robert Altman and Joan Tewkesbury) Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery (1978) (TV) (with Del Reisman) Rambling Rose (1991) References External links End as a Man first edition dustjacket at NYPL Digital Gallery "Calder Willingham and Hamilton Basso: Dimly remembered, works that disturb and enlighten", appreciation by James Sallis 1922 births 1995 deaths 20th-century American novelists American male novelists American male screenwriters Best Screenplay BAFTA Award winners Writers Guild of America Award winners People from Rome, Georgia People of the United States Office of War Information The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina alumni 20th-century American male writers Screenwriters from Georgia (U.S. state) Darlington School alumni 20th-century American screenwriters