Michael Chabon
Autore di Le fantastiche avventure di Kavalier e Clay
Sull'Autore
Michael Chabon was born in Washington, D.C. on May 24, 1963. He received a B.A. in English literature from the University of Pittsburgh in 1985 and a Master of Fine Arts degree in English writing at the University of California at Irvine in 1987. Chabon found success at the age of 24, when William mostra altro Morrow publishing house offered him $155,000, a near-record sum, for the rights to his first novel The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, which was his thesis in graduate school. After The Mysteries of Pittsburgh became a national bestseller, he began writing a series of short stories about a little boy dealing with his parents' divorce. The stories, which in part appeared in The New Yorker and G.Q., were bound together in 1991 into a volume titled A Model World and Other Stories. His other works include Wonder Boys, The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man, Telegraph Avenue, and Pop: Fatherhood in Pieces. In 2001 he won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. He and Ayelet Waldman are co-editors of, Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation.. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Michael Chabon
La super raccolta di storie d'avventura: (in realta e il numero 10 della rivista McSweeney?s) (2002) — A cura di; Collaboratore — 1,477 copie, 20 recensioni
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son (2009) 1,372 copie, 59 recensioni
Le fantastiche avventure de l'Escapista: basato su Le fantastiche avventure di Kavalier & Clay di Michael Chabon (2004) 469 copie, 14 recensioni
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases (2020) — A cura di — 190 copie, 4 recensioni
Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation (2017) — A cura di — 127 copie, 4 recensioni
Collected Fiction: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonder Boys, and Werewolves in Their Youth (2018) 10 copie
Wonder Boys 3 copie
Along the Frontage Road 2 copie
Closing Time mammoth tales 2 copie
The Escapists, Issue 6 1 copia
In the Black Mill 1 copia
The Escapists, Issue 1 1 copia
The Escapists, Issue 2 1 copia
The Escapists, Issue 3 1 copia
The Escapists, Issue 4 1 copia
Norse Myths 1 copia
The Hofzinser Club 1 copia
The Escapists, Issue 5 1 copia
Black Mask Stories 1 copia
Opere correlate
McSweeney's Issue 13 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): The Comics Issue (2004) — Collaboratore — 1,292 copie, 12 recensioni
Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art (1998) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 930 copie, 5 recensioni
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories (2011) — Collaboratore — 839 copie, 21 recensioni
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories [Oxford World Classics] (1987) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 404 copie, 10 recensioni
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now (2009) — Collaboratore — 268 copie, 5 recensioni
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection (2002) — Collaboratore — 266 copie, 4 recensioni
McSweeney's Issue 7 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2001) — Collaboratore — 177 copie, 2 recensioni
Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process (2017) — Collaboratore — 143 copie, 4 recensioni
The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction (2008) — Collaboratore — 126 copie, 1 recensione
Brown Sugar Kitchen: New-Style, Down-Home Recipes from Sweet West Oakland (2014) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 74 copie
Navigating The Golden Compass: Religion, Science & Dæmonology in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials (2005) — Collaboratore — 62 copie, 1 recensione
Kong Unbound: The Cultural Impact, Pop Mythos, and Scientific Plausibility of a Cinematic Legend (2005) — Collaboratore — 22 copie
Amerika, Amerika bloemlezing — Collaboratore — 8 copie
hebbes — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Steranko arte noir : [del 5 al 14 de julio, 2002, Semana Negra, Gijón, España — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Chabon, Michael
- Altri nomi
- Bach, Leon Chaim
Cohen, Malachi B.
Zorn, August Van - Data di nascita
- 1963-05-24
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Washington, D.C., USA
Berkeley, Californië, USA
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Columbia, Maryland, USA - Istruzione
- Carnegie Mellon University
University of Pittsburgh (BA | 1984)
University of California, Irvine (MFA | 1987 | Creative Writing) - Attività lavorative
- Schrijver
Columnist - Relazioni
- Waldman, Ayelet (Echtgenote)
- Organizzazioni
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Helmerich Award (2008)
O. Henry Award (1999)
Pulitzer Prize (2001)
Nebula Award (2007)
Hugo Award (2008)
Sidewise Award (2008) (mostra tutto 7)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (2012) - Agente
- Evans, Mary
Utenti
Discussioni
"Moonglow" by Michael Chabon in 75 Books Challenge for 2022 (Marzo 2022)
Michael Chabon in Other People's Libraries (Novembre 2021)
THE DEEP ONES: "The God of Dark Laughter" by Michael Chabon in The Weird Tradition (Marzo 2015)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Group Read (May) in 75 Books Challenge for 2013 (Luglio 2013)
GROUP READ - Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon in The 12 in 12 Category Challenge (Agosto 2012)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 78
- Opere correlate
- 56
- Utenti
- 63,054
- Popolarità
- #225
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 1,809
- ISBN
- 609
- Lingue
- 23
- Preferito da
- 371