Richard Yates (1) (1926–1992)
Autore di Revolutionary road
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Sull'Autore
Richard Yates is the author of the novels "Revolutionary Road", "A Special Providence", "Disturbing the Peace", "The Easter Parade", "A Good School", "Young Hearts Crying", & "Cold Spring Harbor". He died in 1992. (Bowker Author Biography) Richard Yates was born in Yonkers, New York in 1926. Yates mostra altro was a well-known American novelist and short-story writer. Yates first became interested in writing and journalism while attending Avon Old Farms School in Avon, Connecticut. After Yates' return from France and Germany after serving in the army, he worked as a journalist, publicity writer, and freelance ghost writer. It was not until 1961 that his career as a novelist was officially launched with the publication of his first novel, Revolutionary Road. Revolutionary Road was a finalist for the National Book Award and was subsequently made into a movie in 2008. Yates also taught writing at several universities and institutions including Columbia University, Boston University, Wichita State University, and the University of Southern California Master of Professional Writing Program. Yates was divorced twice and has three daughters: Sharon, Monica, and Gina. He died in 1992 in Birmingham, Alabama of emphysema and complications from a minor surgery. mostra meno
Opere di Richard Yates
Stories for the sixties — Editor & Introduction — 3 copie
Ladri (in Proprietà privata) 1 copia
Out with the old [short story] 1 copia
Builders [short story] 1 copia
The B.A.R. man [short story] 1 copia
No pain whatsoever [short story] 1 copia
Opere correlate
High Infidelity: 24 Great Short Stories About Adultery by Some of Our Best Contemporary Authors (1997) — Collaboratore — 32 copie
Rediscoveries II: Important Writers Select Their Favorite Works of Neglected Fiction (1988) — Collaboratore — 30 copie
32 Współczesne Opowiadania Amerykańskie - Tom II — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Yates, Richard
- Data di nascita
- 1926-02-03
- Data di morte
- 1992-11-07
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Yonkers, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Causa della morte
- emphysema
- Istruzione
- Avon Old Farms School, Avon, Connecticut, USA
- Attività lavorative
- novelist
short story writer
ghost writer - Organizzazioni
- United States Army (WWII)
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1963)
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Best War Stories (1)
First Novels (1)
1960s (1)
Favourite Books (2)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 36
- Opere correlate
- 10
- Utenti
- 11,659
- Popolarità
- #2,020
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 402
- ISBN
- 287
- Lingue
- 21
- Preferito da
- 72