Mary Antin (1881–1949)
Autore di The Promised Land
Opere di Mary Antin
Why I Am a Pagan 1 copia
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The Jewish caravan : great stories of twenty-five centuries (1935) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 129 copie
Writing Women's Lives: An Anthology of Autobiographical Narratives by Twentieth-Century American Women Writers (1994) — Collaboratore — 121 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Antin, Maryashe (birth)
- Data di nascita
- 1881-06-13
- Data di morte
- 1949-05-15
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di morte
- Suffern, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Polotsk, Belarus
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
New York, New York, USA - Istruzione
- Teachers College of Columbia University
Barnard College
Boston Latin School - Attività lavorative
- activist (immigration rights)
autobiographer
public lecturer
poet - Relazioni
- Grabau, Amadeus W. (husband)
- Breve biografia
- Maryashe Antin was born to a Jewish family in Polotsk (then Russia). She studied with private tutors before the whole family emigrated to the USA in 1894, settling in Boston. There her name was shortened to Mary. Helped by her teachers, Mary Antin completed grammar school in four years. She began to fulfill her literary ambitions by publishing some poems in Boston newspapers, which made her a local celebrity and a symbol of immigrant achievement. She also published From Plotzk to Boston (1899), a collection of her letters, which earned enough to pay for her education at Girls’ Latin School (now Boston Latin Academy). In 1901, she married Amadeus William Grabau, a geologist, with whom she had a son, and moved to New York City. Mary attended Barnard College and Teachers College of Columbia University. At age 30, she wrote a bestselling autobiography, The Promised Land (1912) and went on a national lecturer tour. After the USA entered World War I, she lectured in support of the Allied cause, but her husband voiced his pro-German sympathies, causing a serious rift in their marriage. Mary Antin became ill and retired from public life. By 1919, the couple had separated, and the following year, Grabau left the USA for China. Mary Antin returned to Massachusetts, where she worked part-time as a social worker.
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- Utenti
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- Popolarità
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- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 8
- ISBN
- 45