Anne Tyler
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Sull'Autore
Anne Tyler was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 25, 1941. She graduated from Duke University at the age of 19 and completed graduate work in Russian studies at Columbia University. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a librarian and bibliographer. Her first novel, If Morning mostra altro Ever Comes, was published in 1964. Her other works include Saint Maybe, Back When We Were Grownups, Digging to America, Noah's Compass, The Beginner's Goodbye, A Spool of Blue Thread, and Vinegar Girl. She has won several awards including the PEN Faulkner Award in 1983 for Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, the 1985 National Book Critics Circle Award for The Accidental Tourist, and the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Breathing Lessons. The Accidental Tourist was adapted into a 1988 movie starring William Hurt and Geena Davis. In 2018 her title, Clock Dance, made the bestsellers list. (Bowker Author Biography) Anne Tyler was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. "Back When We Were Grownups" is her 15th novel; her 11th, "Breathing Lessons", won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Letters. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland. (Publisher Provided) mostra meno
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Opere di Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler Omnibus: The Accidental Tourist, Breathing Lessons, Searching for Caleb (1991) 119 copie, 2 recensioni
Anne Tyler Omnibus: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Morgan's Passing, The Tin Can Tree, If Morning Ever Comes (1990) 102 copie, 1 recensione
The Accidental Tourist (adapted ∙ Oxford Bookworms ∙ Stage 5) (2004) — Autore — 63 copie, 1 recensione
Anne Tyler: Three Complete Novels: A Patchwork Planet * Ladder of Years * Saint Maybe (2001) 54 copie, 1 recensione
Best of the South: From the Second Decade of New Stories from the South (2005) — Selected and Introduced by — 47 copie
Anne Tyler Omnibus: Breathing Lessons, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, The Accidental Tourist (1990) 14 copie
Anne Tyler Omnibus: Earthly Possessions, Morgan's Passing, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (1991) 13 copie
Anne Tyler Omnibus: The Accidental Tourist, Back When We Were Grownups, Breathing Lessons, A Ptchwork Planet (1986) 4 copie
Anne Tyler's Saint Maybe 3 copie
The clock winder 1 copia
Toujours paartir 1 copia
Beautiful Lies 1 copia
Celestial navigation 1 copia
Penelope Fitzgerald 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Writer on Her Work, Volume I: Contemporary Women Writers Reflect on their Art and Situation (1980) — Collaboratore — 182 copie, 1 recensione
This Is My Best: Great Writers Share Their Favorite Work (2004) — Collaboratore — 163 copie, 3 recensioni
The Accidental Tourist (abridged|Penguin Readers, level 3) (1999) — Original novel — 20 copie, 2 recensioni
Det Bästas Bokval (2004) vol 232: Besökaren; Det sista löftet; Ord mot ord; Förr när vi var vuxna (2004) — Autore — 2 copie
Best in Books: Sea Jade, Kennedy without Tears, If Morning Ever Comes, The Ziegfeld's Girl, A Vanishing America (1965) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1941-10-25
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Baltimore, Maryland, USA - Istruzione
- Duke University
Columbia University (Russian studies) - Attività lavorative
- librarian
bibliographer
novelist
short-story writer - Relazioni
- Modarressi, Taghi (husband)
Modarressi, Mitra (daughter)
Jones, Judith (editor) - Organizzazioni
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1983)
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1977)
Man Booker International Prize Finalist (2011) - Agente
- Diarmuid Russell (Russell and Volkening)
Timothy Seldes
Utenti
Discussioni
January 2019: Anne Tyler in Monthly Author Reads (Agosto 2021)
Anne Tyler: American Author Challenge 2016 in 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (Mag 2016)
Detached woman works for family, brother commits suicide, but a happy ending. in Name that Book (Ottobre 2011)
Fiction- "Perfect" wife and mom walks away from family during beach vacation and begins a completely in Name that Book (Settembre 2010)
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To Read (1)
Best First Lines (1)
1970s (1)
Fiction For Men (1)
GAL Book Club (1)
Favourite Books (1)
AP Lit (1)
All Iowa Reads (1)
1980s (1)
Unread books (1)
Carole's List (2)
Female Author (2)
1960s (2)
Secrets Books (1)
Allie's Wishlist (1)
Booker Prize (1)
USA Road Trip (1)
Southern Fiction (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 74
- Opere correlate
- 18
- Utenti
- 51,260
- Popolarità
- #297
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 1,712
- ISBN
- 1,201
- Lingue
- 25
- Preferito da
- 275