Richard Seaver (1926–2009)
Autore di The Tender Hour of Twilight: Paris in the '50s, New York in the '60s: A Memoir of Publishing's Golden Age
Opere di Richard Seaver
Opere correlate
Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings (1791) — Traduttore, alcune edizioni — 1,231 copie
Four Novels: The Square / Moderato Cantabile / 10:30 on a Summer Night / The Afternoon of Mr. Andesmas (1965) — Traduttore, alcune edizioni — 304 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Seaver, Richard
- Nome legale
- Seaver, Richard Woodward
- Data di nascita
- 1926-12-31
- Data di morte
- 2009-01-06
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Watertown, Connecticut, USA
Paris, France
New York, New York, USA - Istruzione
- University of North Carolina
Sorbonne - Attività lavorative
- teacher
editor
publisher
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Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 3
- Opere correlate
- 10
- Utenti
- 102
- Popolarità
- #187,251
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 2
- Lingue
- 1
Seaver writes concisely and clearly, with touches of beauty. On his first view of France, approaching from sea: “Gentle hills of green rose up to touch the lowering clouds, inviting undulations were speckled with black-and-white dots that, as we drew nearer, became herds of cattle.”
The first half of the book “Paris, 1950s” is the most vibrant. To the young American studying at the Sorbonne the city seemed “the center of the universe.” The New York portion, when Seaver was an editor at Grove Press, tells a different story of publishing, as the radical Grove becomes larger and more mainstream. A wonderful story of bringing new writers to the public and fighting censorship.… (altro)