William Hoffman (1)
Autore di Tidewater Blood
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Sull'Autore
Henry William Hoffman was born in Charleston, West Virginia on May 16, 1925. He attended the Kentucky Military Institute before entering the U.S. Army in September 1943. He served as a medic in the Normandy campaign and at the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. He was discharged in February mostra altro 1946. He received a bachelor's degree from Hampden-Sydney College in 1949. He studied law at Washington and Lee University, but quit after the publication of his first short story in 1950. He studied at the Iowa Writers' Workshop for one year. After working in Washington, D.C., for the Evening Star newspaper and for the U.S. Department of Defense, and then in New York City for Chase National Bank, Hoffman returned to Hampden-Sydney. He taught at the college from 1952 until 1959 and was the writer-in-residence from 1966 until his retirement in 1973. He was the author of fourteen novels, four short-story collections, and two plays. His novels included The Trumpet Unblown, Days in the Yellow Leaf, The Dark Mountains, Yancey's War, Godfires, Wild Thorn, and Lies. His first collection of short stories, Virginia Reels, was published in 1978. His plays included The Love Touch and The Spirit in Me. He won the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature in 1992, the O. Henry Prize in 1996, and the Dashiell Hammett Award in 1999 for Tidewater Blood. He died on September 13, 2009 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di William Hoffman
The Trumpet Unblown 2 copie
Trumpet Unblown, The (abridged) 1 copia
Opere correlate
Growing Up in the South: An Anthology of Modern Southern Literature (1991) — Collaboratore — 143 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Virginia, USA
- Istruzione
- Hampden-Sydney College
- Organizzazioni
- Fellowship of Southern Writers
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Hillsdale Award for Fiction (1995)
John Dos Passos Prize (1992)
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Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 17
- Opere correlate
- 4
- Utenti
- 218
- Popolarità
- #102,474
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 66
- Lingue
- 3