Leslie Epstein
Autore di King of the Jews
Sull'Autore
Leslie Epstein has written eight books of fiction and won an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Distinguished Achievement in Literature for his creation of Leib Goldkorn. (Bowker Author Biography)
Opere di Leslie Epstein
Histórias de Goldkorn Livro 1 1 copia
Opere correlate
Writers on Writing, 2: More Collected Essays from the New York Times (2003) — Collaboratore — 187 copie
Antaeus No. 23, Autumn 1976 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Epstein, Leslie Donald
- Data di nascita
- 1938-05-04
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Istruzione
- Yale University
University of Oxford - Attività lavorative
- novelist
book reviewer - Relazioni
- Epstein, Julius J. (uncle)
Epstein, Philip G. (father) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1978)
Rhodes Scholarship
Fulbright Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship - Breve biografia
- Leslie Epstein was born in Los Angeles, California, to a family of well-known filmmakers. HIs father Philip G. Epstein and uncle Julius J. Epstein wrote the screenplays for numerous films, including Casablanca (1942). He graduated from Yale University and won a Rhodes Scholarship for study at Oxford University in England. He has written 10 novels including King of the Jews (1979), considered a classic of Holocaust literature. His book San Remo Drive: A Novel from Memory (2004) was based on his childhood growing up in Hollywood. He has written article for magazines such as Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, and The Nation, as well as book reviews for The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe. He was the director of the Creative Writing Program at Boston University for 30 years, beginning in 1978.
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- 7
- Utenti
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- Popolarità
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- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 44
- Lingue
- 5