Pete Dexter
Autore di Il cuore nero di Paris Trout
Sull'Autore
Novelist, journalist, and poet Pete Dexter was born in Pontiac, Michigan, in 1943. As a student at the University of South Dakota, where he attended on and off for ten years, he wrote poetry and won a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. After graduating in 1970, he found work as a mostra altro newspaper reporter. While working as a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News, Dexter was nearly beaten to death by readers who disapproved of a piece he wrote about a drug-related murder. That experience helped propel him into fiction writing, and in 1984, he published God's Pocket. Dexter won a National Book Award in 1988 for his novel Paris Trout, a book that exemplifies his characteristic blending of humor and violence. As a journalist, his work has also appeared in such periodicals as Esquire and Playboy. Paper Trails, published in 2007, is a compilation of columns he wrote for the Philadelphia Daily News and The Sacramento Bee from the 1970s to the 1990s. He also wrote the novel Spooner in 2009. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Dexter, Pete
- Data di nascita
- 1943-07-22
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Pontiac, Michigan, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Pontiac, Michigan, USA
Puget Sound, Washington, USA
Milledgeville, Georgia, USA
Vermillion, South Dakota, USA - Istruzione
- University of South Dakota (BA|1970)
- Attività lavorative
- reporter (newspaper)
columnist
novelist - Organizzazioni
- Philadelphia Daily News
Sacramento Bee
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
University of South Dakota - Premi e riconoscimenti
- National Book Award (1988)
- Agente
- Esther Newberg (International Creative Management)
Utenti
Discussioni
152. Deadwood by Pete Dexter in Backlisted Book Club (Marzo 2022)
A bed in the middle of a glass floor! Crime novel and movie. in Name that Book (Mag 2018)
Recensioni
Liste
Read These Too (1)
Southern Fiction (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 15
- Opere correlate
- 4
- Utenti
- 4,458
- Popolarità
- #5,616
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 102
- ISBN
- 186
- Lingue
- 11
- Preferito da
- 15