Leo Rosten (1907–1997)
Autore di Oy oy oy|: umorismo e sapienza nel mondo perduto dello yiddish
Sull'Autore
He was the author of The Return of H*Y*M*A*N K*P*L*A*N, Captain Newman, M.D., and countless other books, articles, and screenplays. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Opere di Leo Rosten
A guide to the religions of America; the famous Look magazine series on religion, plus facts, figures, tables, charts,… (1955) 164 copie
H*y*m*a*n K*a*p*l*a*n, Samaritan 2 copie
The Strangest Places 2 copie
Adventure in Washington 1 copia
Pan Kaplan má třídu rád 1 copia
Leo Rosten's Book Of Laughter 1 copia
Sleep My Love (Century Book #66) 1 copia
oy oy oy! 1 copia
The Bathroom Reader 1 copia
Opere correlate
Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker (2001) — Collaboratore — 709 copie
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: Captain Newman, M.D. | When the Cheering Stopped | Spy Who Came in From the Cold | Song… (1965) 11 copie
Our lives : American labor stories — Collaboratore — 6 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Rosten, Leo
- Nome legale
- Rosten, Leo Calvin
- Altri nomi
- Ross, Leonard Q.
- Data di nascita
- 1907-04-11
- Data di morte
- 1997-02-19
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Russian Empire (birth)
USA - Nazione (per mappa)
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Lodz, Poland
- Luogo di morte
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Lodz, Russian Empire (now Poland)
New York, New York, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA - Istruzione
- University of Chicago
London School of Economics - Attività lavorative
- teacher
screenwriter
lexicographer
novelist
humorist
journalist - Relazioni
- Rosten, Carrie (granddaughter)
Mead, Margaret (sister-in-law)
Steig, William (brother-in-law)
Bateson, Mary Catherine (niece) - Organizzazioni
- Look
- Breve biografia
- Leo Rosten was born in Łódź, Poland, and emigrated to the USA at age three, settling in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1930 and earned a Ph.D. in 1937, followed by postgraduate study at the London School of Economics. During the Great Depression, he worked as a screenwriter and held a series of government information jobs during World War II. In 1949, he joined the staff of Look magazine, where he worked until 1971. As Leonard Q. Ross, he began his publishing career with the novel The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N (1937), based on his experiences teaching English to new immigrants. He edited a series of articles for Look that became the basis of A Guide to the Religions of America (1955) and The Story Behind the Painting (1962). Rosten enjoyed instant success with The Joys of Yiddish (1968), a comic lexicon that introduced millions of Americans to Yiddish words and idioms such as chutzpah and nosh that are now widely used. He followed it with The Joys of Yinglish (1989). He produced dozens of other works over more than 60 years of writing.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 47
- Opere correlate
- 28
- Utenti
- 3,598
- Popolarità
- #7,044
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 50
- ISBN
- 102
- Lingue
- 6
- Preferito da
- 3
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