Richard Stern (1928–2013)
Autore di Other Men's Daughters
Sull'Autore
Richard Gustave Stern was born in New York City on February 25, 1928. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1947, a master's degree from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. After a year teaching at Connecticut College in mostra altro New London, he started teaching literature and creative writing at the University of Chicago in 1955, where he remained until his retirement in 2001. His first novel, Golk, was published in 1960. His other novels include Europe: Or Up and Down with Schreiber and Baggish, Stitch, Natural Shocks, Other Men's Daughters, and A Father's Words. An early story, The Sorrows of Captain Schreiber, won an O. Henry award as one of the best short stories of 1954. His short story collections include Packages, Noble Rot, and Almonds to Zhoof. He also wrote a collection of essays entitled The Books in Fred Hampton's Apartment and a memoir about his older sister entitled A Sistermony. In 1985, he received the Medal of Merit for the Novel, awarded every six years by the Academy of Arts and Letters. He died of cancer on January 24, 2013 at the 84. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Richard Stern
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Stern, Richard Gustave
- Data di nascita
- 1928-02-25
- Data di morte
- 2013-01-24
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Tybee Island, Georgia, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA (birth)
- Istruzione
- University of North Carolina
Harvard University
University of Iowa - Attività lavorative
- teacher
novelist
short-story writer - Premi e riconoscimenti
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1968)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 28
- Opere correlate
- 8
- Utenti
- 379
- Popolarità
- #63,709
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 9
- ISBN
- 64
- Lingue
- 2