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James A. Michener (1907–1997)

Autore di The Source

165+ opere 44,302 membri 572 recensioni 113 preferito

Sull'Autore

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

Serie

Opere di James A. Michener

The Source (1965) 3,974 copie
Hawaii (1959) 3,732 copie
La baia (1978) 3,080 copie
Colorado (1974) 2,991 copie
Poland (1993) 2,361 copie
Texas (1985) 2,341 copie
Alaska (1988) 2,276 copie
Space (1982) 2,261 copie
L' alleanza (1980) 2,022 copie
Nostalgia del Pacifico (1946) 1,839 copie
Caribbean (1989) 1,831 copie
Mexico (1992) 1,541 copie
Caravans (1963) 1,381 copie
The Drifters (1971) 1,200 copie
Iberia (1968) 1,102 copie
The Novel (1991) — Autore — 899 copie
Legacy (1987) 830 copie
Journey (1989) 801 copie
I ponti di Toko-ri (1953) — Autore — 706 copie
Sayonara (1954) 592 copie
The Bridge at Andau (1957) 539 copie
Recessional (1994) 522 copie
Return to Paradise (1951) 495 copie
Alaska [abridged] (1988) 391 copie
The Eagle and the Raven (1990) 359 copie
The Fires of Spring (1949) — Autore — 335 copie
Rascals in Paradise (1957) 254 copie
The Covenant, Volume 1 of 2 (1980) 168 copie
The Covenant, Volume 2 of 2 (1980) 166 copie
Miracle in Seville (1995) 154 copie
Sports in America (1976) 152 copie
Texas, Volume 1 of 2 (1985) 112 copie
My Lost Mexico (1992) 109 copie
The voice of Asia (1951) 98 copie
The Quality of Life (1970) 96 copie
Texas, Volume 2 of 2 (1985) 76 copie
Literary Reflections (1993) 69 copie
Alaska / Hawaii (1988) 55 copie
Six Days in Havana (1989) 47 copie
Centennial, Volume 1 of 2 (1979) 45 copie
Firstfruits: A Harvest of 25 Years of Israeli Writing (1965) — A cura di; Introduzione — 43 copie
Selected Writings (1957) 33 copie
Space, Volume 1 of 2 (1982) 26 copie
Space, Volume 2 of 2 (1982) 20 copie
A Century of Sonnets (1997) 17 copie
Hawaii, Volume 1 of 2 (1959) 9 copie
Alaska, Volume 1 of 2 (1988) 8 copie
Legacy / Recessional (1998) 8 copie
Alaska, Volume 2 of 2 (1988) 7 copie
Mexico, Volume 1 of 2 (1995) 7 copie
Mexico, Volume 2 of 2 (1995) 7 copie
Caribbean, Volume 2 of 2 (1992) 7 copie
Caribbean, Volume 2 of 5 (1993) 6 copie
Hawaii, Volume 2 of 2 (1959) 6 copie
Caribbean, Volume 1 of 5 (1993) 6 copie
Poland, Volume 1 of 3 (1987) 5 copie
Poland, Volume 2 of 3 (1987) 5 copie
Poland, Volume 3 of 3 (1987) 5 copie
William Penn (1994) 5 copie
Poland, Volume 1 of 2 (1983) 3 copie
Facing East 3 copie
[no title] 3 copie
Polen 2 copie
Poland, Volume 2 of 2 (1993) 2 copie
Texas (1988) 2 copie
On Sport (1976) 2 copie
Caribbean, Volume 4 of 5 (1990) 2 copie
Mot Rymden II 2 copie
Mot Rymden I 2 copie
Colorado 1 copia
Alaska, Volume 2 of 4 (1991) 1 copia
Alaska, Volume 4 of 4 (1991) 1 copia
Centennial [abridged] (1993) 1 copia
Alaska, Volume 3 of 4 (1991) 1 copia
Our Heroine — Autore; Narratore — 1 copia
America 1 copia

Opere correlate

Un'estate pericolosa (1960) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni669 copie
Col ferro e col fuoco: romanzo (1884) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni470 copie
Reporting Vietnam: American Journalism 1969-1975, Volume 2 (1998) — Collaboratore — 266 copie
Colazione da Truman : Incontri con Capote (1985) — Prefazione — 231 copie
South Pacific [1958 film] (1958) — Original book — 203 copie
Fodor's Hawaii (1986) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni179 copie
Delilah (1941) — Introduzione — 164 copie
On the Firing Line: The Public Life of Our Public Figures (1989) — Collaboratore — 113 copie
A Hawaiian Reader (1959) — Introduzione — 107 copie
All We Did Was Fly to the Moon (History-alive series) (1985) — Prefazione — 102 copie
The Hokusai Sketchbooks: Selections from the Manga (1958) — A cura di — 97 copie
Thunder Gods: The Kamikaze Pilots Tell Their Story (1989) — Introduzione — 64 copie
Modern Japanese Prints: An Art Reborn (1956) — Introduzione — 62 copie
James A. Michener's USA The People and the Land (1981) — Prefazione — 59 copie
Reading for Pleasure (1957) — Collaboratore — 51 copie
South Pacific: Original 1949 Broadway Cast Recording (1949) — Original story — 46 copie
Centennial [1978-1979 TV miniseries] (1978) — Original book — 45 copie
How to Use the Power of the Printed Word (1985) — Autore — 30 copie
Great World War II Stories: 50th Anniversary Collection (1989) — Collaboratore — 29 copie
Best South Sea Stories (1964) — Collaboratore — 29 copie
Young Frederick Douglass: The Maryland Years (1980) — Prefazione — 27 copie
Hawaii [1966 film] (1966) — Original story — 25 copie
South Pacific [2001 TV movie] (2001) — Original story — 24 copie
Animal Stories: Tame and Wild (1979) — Collaboratore — 23 copie
Sayonara [1957 film] (1957) — Original story — 21 copie
A Treasury of Sea Stories (1948) — Collaboratore — 20 copie
The Undiscovered Zane Grey Fishing Stories (1983) — Introduzione — 20 copie
Rogues of the South Seas (1700) — Prefazione — 17 copie
The Constitution of the United States of America (1902) — Prefazione — 16 copie
Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1953 v04 (1953) — Collaboratore — 15 copie
James A. Michener's Texas [1994 film] (1994) — Original book — 15 copie
Why Man Explores (1976) — Collaboratore — 12 copie
American in disguise (1971) — Prefazione — 12 copie
Platte River Road Narratives (1988) — Prefazione — 12 copie
Reader's Digest Today's Best Nonfiction 21 1992 (1992) — Autore — 10 copie
Dynasty [1976 film] (1976) — Original book — 8 copie
The Arts in Renewal (1951) 7 copie
Aggie Grey: A Samoan Saga (1988) — Prefazione — 6 copie
The Journey Prize Anthology 1 (1989) — Prefazione — 5 copie
Gems from the Reader's Digest — Collaboratore — 4 copie
The Edwin Pope Collection (1988) — Introduzione — 4 copie
The Hawaii Cookbook & Backyard Luau (1967) — Introduzione — 4 copie
Kishi and Japan: The Search for the Sun (1960) — Prefazione — 4 copie
Until They Sail [1957 film] (1957) — Original story — 3 copie
The Graphic Work of Philip Evergood (1966) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
The New Roger Caras Treasury of Great Horse Stories (1999) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 1976-5 (1976) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Something is missing (1955) — Postfazione — 2 copie
Tropenmond und Wüstensonne (1986) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Passport to World Band Radio 1989 (1988) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Karhu@77: A Personal Tribute (2004) — Prefazione — 1 copia
The Ethnic Image in Modern American Literature, 1900-1950 (1984) — 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)
What Are You Reading The Week of 31 January 2015? in What Are You Reading Now? (Luglio 2015)

Recensioni

 
Segnalato
BooksInMirror | 42 altre recensioni | Feb 19, 2024 |
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.
 
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Huba.Library | 56 altre recensioni | Jan 20, 2024 |
Too long. Too much detail.
 
Segnalato
chancell | 56 altre recensioni | Jan 15, 2024 |
Story: 5.0 / 10
Characters: 7.0
Setting: 7.0
Prose: 7.0

Tags: War, sacrifice, family, drafts, customization, behavior, government
 
Segnalato
MXMLLN | 11 altre recensioni | Jan 12, 2024 |

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Statistiche

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Utenti
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Popolarità
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Voto
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Recensioni
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ISBN
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Lingue
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