Morris L. West (1916–1999)
Autore di The Shoes of the Fisherman
Sull'Autore
Morris West was born in 1916 in St Kilda, Melbourne. At the age of thirteen, he left home to study with the Christian Brothers Order in Sydney, but left in 1939 after 12 years, before taking his final vows. He was fluent in Italian and French, and taught modern languages and mathematics in New mostra altro South Wales and Tasmania in his twenties. He spent four years code-breaking as a cipher officer in the AIF, and then for a decade he concentrated on producing and writing radio plays. West's first novel was published in 1945 and he began writing full time in the 1950s. He went to Italy were he went undercover with Father Mario Borelli, who was working with street urchins, and wrote The Children of the Sun, published in 1957. In 1959, following six months as Vatican correspondent for The Daily Mail, he published The Devil's Advocate, which won the William Heinemann Award of the Royal Society, the National Brotherhood Award of the National Council of Christians and Jews as well as the James Tait Black Memorial Award. Shoes of a Fisherman, the first of The Papal Series, which included The Clowns of God, Lazarus and Eminence, won the Best-Sellers Paperback of the Year Award in 1965. West helped to found the Australian Society of Authors, was chairman of the National Book Council, chairman of the National Library of Australia and a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science. He was made member of the order of Australia (MBE) in 1985 and officer of the order of Australia (AO) in 1997. Apart from writing novels, West also wrote screenplays, radio dramas, plays and was also an artist. Translated into twenty-seven languages, his works have sold more that sixty million copies. He also wrote an account on his spiritual journey, A View From the Ridge, published at the end of 1996. Morris West died while working at his desk on 9th October 1999. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Serie
Opere di Morris L. West
The Devil's Advocate / The Second Victory / Daughter of Silence / The Salamander / The Shoes of the Fisherman (1977) 19 copie
Scandal in the Assembly: A Bill of Complaints and a Proposal for Reform in the Matrimonial Laws and Tribunals of the… (1970) — Autore; Autore — 18 copie
Obras selectas 1 copia
OBRAS. MORRIS WEST.- El Abogado de Diablo / La Segunda Victoria / La Hija del Silencio (1964) 1 copia
Kennwort Salamander. Filmbuch. 1 copia
West Morris 1 copia
Insel der Seefahrer 1 copia
Obras Selectas II 1 copia
Opere correlate
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: To Kill a Mockingbird | Shoes of the Fisherman | Seven Days in May | To Catch an Angel (1963) 26 copie
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: Devil Water | Dearly Beloved | Ring of Bright Water | The Devil's Advocate (1962) 19 copie
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Bel Ria • The Naked Country • The Physicians • Captain Horatio Hornblower •… (1977) 7 copie
Reader's digest Auswahlbücher: Umstrittene Diagnose / Die Söhne des Krieges / Unter Elefanten / Necktes Land (1979) 4 copie
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The High Girders / Half Angel / The Devil's Advocate / Pioneer, Go Home / Flight from… (1956) — Autore — 4 copie
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 91 - Harlekin. Mrs. Pollifax macht weiter. Mystische Jagd. Der Engel mit der Posaune (1975) 3 copie
Het Beste Boek 43: Het feest van de achtste maan / De toren van Babel / Maigret en de maniak van Montmartre / Twee uur… (1969) 2 copie
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 40 - Der Künstler. In den Schuhen des Fischers. Der Kampf in der Villa Fiorita.… (1965) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Eagle in the Sky • Stay of Execution • The Salamander • The Boy Who Invented the… (1900) 1 copia
Um pilar de ferro - A travessia de Hell Creek - O advogado do diabo - Flor do mar (1965) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Der Turm Von Babel, Fuchsspur, Die Küchen-madonna, Aufstand Der Soldaten, Mädchenmord Mit Voranmeldung (1969) 1 copia
Readers Digest Auswahlbücher: Piratenkurs / Die Farm in den Bergen / Dr. Castell / Der Salamander (1975) 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- West, Morris Langlo
- Altri nomi
- Morris, Julian
East, Michael - Data di nascita
- 1916-04-26
- Data di morte
- 1999-10-09
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Australia
- Nazione (per mappa)
- Australia
- Luogo di nascita
- St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
- Luogo di morte
- Clareville, New South Wales, Australia
- Luogo di residenza
- Tasmania, Australia
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
New South Wales, Australia
Austria
Italy
England, UK (mostra tutto 7)
USA - Istruzione
- University of Melbourne
Christian Brothers College, St Kilda
Christian Brothers Seminary - Attività lavorative
- monk
novelist - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Order of Australia (Member, 1985)
Order of Australia (Officer, 1997)
Australian Living Treasure
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 51
- Opere correlate
- 35
- Utenti
- 6,888
- Popolarità
- #3,553
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 169
- ISBN
- 875
- Lingue
- 15
- Preferito da
- 7