James A. Michener (1907–1997)
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James A. Michener, 1907 - 1997 James Albert Michener was born on February 3, 1907 in Doylestown, Pa. He earned an A.B. from Swarthmore College, an A.M. from Colorado State College of Education, and an M.A. from Harvard University. He taught for many years and was an editor for Macmillan Publishing mostra altro Company. His first book, "Tales of the South Pacific," derived from Michener's service in the Pacific in World War II, won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was the basis for the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical South Pacific, which won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Michener completed close to 40 novels. Some other epic works include "Hawaii," "Centennial," "Space," and "Caribbean." He also wrote a significant amount of nonfiction including his autobiography "The World Is My Home." Among his many other honors, James Michener received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977. He was married to Patti Koon in 1935; they divorced in 1948. He married Vange Nord in 1948 (divorced 1955) and Mari Yoriko Sabusawa in 1955 (deceased 1994). He died in 1997 in Austin, Texas. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Philadelphia Enquirer
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Opere di James A. Michener
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: The Source | Intern | Hotel St. Gregory | To Sir, With Love (1966) 20 copie
James A. Michener papers 4 copie
James A. Michener on the Social Studies (Bulletin (National Council for the Social Studies)) (1991) 3 copie
Facing East 3 copie
[no title] 3 copie
Polen 2 copie
Caribbean, Volume 1 of 2 2 copie
The Novel / Texas 2 copie
Mot Rymden I 2 copie
Mot Rymden II 2 copie
Frihetens Sjö I 2 copie
Frihetens Sjö II 2 copie
Chesapeake, Volume 1 of 2 2 copie
Hawaii, Volume 3 of 3 2 copie
Centennial / Chesapeake / Hawaii 2 copie
Caribbean, Volume 5 of 5 2 copie
Caribbean, Volume 3 of 5 2 copie
Legacy / The Covenant, Volume II 2 copie
Alaska, Volume 1 of 4 1 copia
Colorado 1 copia
El manantial de Israel 1 copia
The Greatest Adventure 1 copia
THE SCARLET LETTER Easton Press 1 copia
Legado de honra 1 copia
Centennial / Caravans / Hawaii 1 copia
World is My Home (Random House Large Print) Lrg edition by Michener, James A. (1992) Paperback 1 copia
A Hawaiian Reader 1 copia
America 1 copia
Poland, Volume 2 of 2 1 copia
Caribbean / Space 1 copia
Our Heroine — Autore; Narratore — 1 copia
Grand Diplôme Year Book 1981 1 copia
Grand Diplôme Year Book 1983 1 copia
Return to Paradise [abridged] 1 copia
The Source, Volume 1 of 4 1 copia
Hawaii, Volume 2 of 3 1 copia
Hawaii, Volume 1 of 3 1 copia
Alaska[ALASKA][Paperback] 1 copia
Opere correlate
Who's Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Collaboratore — 72 copie
South Pacific: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical (Applause Libretto Library) (2014) — Original book — 15 copie
Adventures in Two Worlds / The Bridges at Toko-ri / Kiss Me Again, Stranger / Rivets / The Silent World / Story of… (1953) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
Three Great Novels of World War II: Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener / Mister Roberts by Thomas Heggen /… (1985) 11 copie
Golden Moments: A Collection of United States 1984 Commemorative Olympic Issues — Prefazione — 9 copie
Best-in-Books The Silver Chalice; A King's Story; A Man Called Peter; The Day Chist Died; Kids Say the Darndest Things;… (1960) — Collaboratore — 8 copie
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Hawaii • Surface at the Pole • Pioneer Go Home • The Lovely Ambition • Village… (1961) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
The Spell of the Pacific: An Anthology of Its Literature — Introduzione — 4 copie
Readers Digest Condensed Books: The Man With the Golden Gun • The Vine and the Olive • The Source • Geordie •… (1966) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Gems from the Reader's Digest — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Best-In-Books: Twilight for the Gods / 20,000 Miles South / Rascals in Paradise / Lincoln's Commando / Bermuda (1957) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Books Abridged: Sayonara, Fire in the Ashes, Adventure Happy, and Cress Delahanty (1954) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Best-in-Books: Jubilee / Greenwillow / This Great Big Wonderful World / The Mind Goes Forth / ...And the Rain My Drink (1956) 3 copie
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Cold Harbour • Something to Hide • Journey • Landscape of Lies 3 copie
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Monarch of Goddess Island • East of Eden • The Anatomy of a Crime • Return to… (1956) 3 copie
Um túmulo na areia - Etapas da cirurgia - Trilhas sangrentas - A bruxa de Mount Mellyn - Volta ao paraíso — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Adventures In Two Worlds • The Bridges At Toko-Ri • Old Herbaceous • Operation… (1954) 2 copie
De grote Ceasar; De tijgerkat; De goden van Hawaii; Diamanten voor Janice — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Reading-for-Men: The Gracious Lily Affair, Tip on a Dead Jockey, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, They Fought for the Sky,… (1958) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Trustee from the Toolroom • The Leopard • The Triumph of Surgery • Hawaii (1961) — Autore — 2 copie
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 1957,4. Herbst 1957 — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Journey • Killer's Wake • Lady of No Man's Land • Grass Roots (1989) 1 copia
Selezione del libro: i grandi successi condensati contiene: La sposa di Harry Black - Segnale trentadue - Ritorno al… — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Volume XI: 1. West Wind to Hawaii; 2. The Final Diagnosis; 3. Jungle Girl; 4. Act One: An An Autobiography; 4. Woman of… — Collaboratore — 1 copia
O Cardeal; A Cidade Que Recusou Morrer; Vento Oeste Para o Havaí; O Caçador de Cavalos — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Keizerlijk bezoek; Laten wij opnieuw beginnen; Jeremy Todd; De bruggen bij Toko-ri — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Selezione del libro. Marnie. I ponti di Toko-Ri. I cacciatori di microbi. La landa senza stelle. (1963) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
The Teaching Experience: An Introduction to Education Through Literature (1976) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Michener, James Albert
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Austin Memorial Park, Austin, Texas, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Austin, Texas, USA
- Causa della morte
- kidney failure
- Luogo di residenza
- Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
Austin, Texas, USA - Istruzione
- Swarthmore College
University of Northern Colorado - Attività lavorative
- Schrijver
- Relazioni
- Uys, Errol Lincoln (assistent bij boek Het Verbond)
- Organizzazioni
- United States Navy (WWII)
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Presidential Medal of Freedom(1977)
Honorary portrait image on a United States postage stamp(2008)
Pulitizer Prize(Fiction ∙ 1948) - Breve biografia
- James A. Michener
- De wereld is mijn thuis
- Historische romans op basis van gedegen onderzoek
- Bewogen leven
James A. Michener (1907-1997) had geen makkelijke jeugd: hij verloor al zeer jong zijn ouders en kende als kind veel armoede. In de Tweede Wereldoorlog was hij onder meer piloot en beleefde enkele crashes. Over deze tijd schreef hij onder meer in Tales of the South Pacific (1947), zijn debuutroman die meteen bekroond werd met de Pulitzer Prize.
Het zijn meestal lijvige werken, maar de romans van Michener zijn nog altijd zeer de moeite waard. Hij schreef tientallen (overwegend) historische romans. Zijn verhalen gaan letterlijk de hele wereld over: de onderwerpen die hij behandelt betreffen vaak de geschiedenis van een bepaald land. Michener was zelf ook een fervent reiziger: zo heeft hij de meeste landen ter wereld wel bezocht.
Research
Het werk van Michener wordt gekenmerkt door grondige research en gedegen kennis van het onderwerp waarover hij schrijft. Meestal werkte hij jarenlang aan een boek.
Utenti
Discussioni
Michener 'read alikes" in Book Recommendations Requests (Mag 2022)
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Recensioni
Excellent book. The author's classic style, James Michener, begins the novel with a highly detailed formation of the Hawaiian Islands with lava flows millions of years ago and ends with statehood in 1959. Where possible, the key characters are based on historical individuals who settled and transformed the once-free islands into an American state.
Liste
Time-Sweep Novels (10)
1950s (1)
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 166
- Opere correlate
- 99
- Utenti
- 44,512
- Popolarità
- #370
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 573
- ISBN
- 1,001
- Lingue
- 18
- Preferito da
- 113
“I wish I could tell you about the sweating jungle, the full moon rising behind the volcanoes, and the waiting. The waiting. The timeless repetitive waiting.”
There is such a juxtaposition between the tranquil beauty of the South Pacific and the ugliness in wartime and in men’s hearts. Michener describes moment of bravery, empathy, and even love and then alternates to moments of bigotry, violence, and death. He lovingly describes the beauty of natives and scenes of tropical paradise, then a few pages later he reveals the confusion and insanity of combat.
Five stars for compelling storytelling that brings to life the locations, characters, and events of World War II in the South Pacific. Deserving of its Pulitzer Prize for the honest writing of the weakness and strengths in humanity that war exposes.… (altro)