Anita Shreve (1946–2018)
Autore di La moglie del pilota: romanzo
Sull'Autore
Anita Shreve grew up in Dedham, Massachusetts. After receiving a bachelor's degree in English from Tufts University, she taught high school English for five years before becoming a full-time author. She worked for an English-language magazine in Nairobi and wrote for everything from Cosmopolitan mostra altro magazine to The New York Times. Her nonfiction books included Remaking Motherhood and Women Together, Women Alone. Her novels included Eden Close, Strange Fits of Passion, Where or When, Fortune's Rocks, Rescue, Stella Bain, and The Stars are Fire. Several of her books were made into movies including The Pilot's Wife, Resistance, and The Weight of Water. She died from cancer on March 29, 2018 at the age of 71. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Serie
Opere di Anita Shreve
The Fortune's Rocks Quartet: Fortune's Rocks, Sea Glass, The Pilot's Wife, Body Surfing (2010) 8 copie
Anita Shreve 10 Books Collection Including The Weight of Water, All He Ever Wanted, The Pilot's Wife, Eden Close,… (2010) 4 copie
Unwind 1 copia
A Wedding 1 copia
Pilot?s Wife 1 copia
Fortune?s Rock 1 copia
Opere correlate
Mentors, Muses & Monsters: 30 Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives (2009) — Collaboratore — 67 copie
Resistance [2003 film] — Original novel — 7 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Shreve, Anita
- Nome legale
- Shreve, Anita Hale
- Data di nascita
- 1946-10-07
- Data di morte
- 2018-03-29
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Newfields, New Hampshire, USA
- Causa della morte
- breast cancer
- Luogo di residenza
- Nairobi, Kenya
Longmeadow, Massachusetts, USA
Dedham, Massachusetts, USA - Istruzione
- Tufts University (BA|1968)
Dedham High School - Attività lavorative
- teacher (English, high school)
journalist
writer - Organizzazioni
- Chi Omega
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- New England Book Award (Fiction, 1998)
O. Henry Prize (1976) - Agente
- William Morris Agency
- Breve biografia
- Anita Hale Shreve was an American writer, chiefly known for her novels. One of her first published stories, Past the Island, Drifting (published in 1975), was awarded an O. Henry Prize in 1976.
Utenti
Discussioni
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THE WAR ROOM (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 32
- Opere correlate
- 5
- Utenti
- 41,016
- Popolarità
- #427
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 975
- ISBN
- 813
- Lingue
- 17
- Preferito da
- 120
Due coppie compiono un viaggio in barca e visitano una delle Isole Shoals, al largo del New England, perché una delle donne, Jean è una fotografa incaricata da una rivista di effettuare un servizio di reportage. Sull'isola, infatti, nel XIX secolo venne commesso un brutale omicidio: due giovani donne assassinate. Jean trova il diario di Maren, una terza donna rimasta incolume. Dal libro il bellissimo film di Kathryn Bigelow.… (altro)