James A. Michener (1907–1997)
Autor(a) de The Source
About the Author
James A. Michener, 1907 - 1997 James Albert Michener was born on February 3, 1907 in Doylestown, Pa. He earned an A.B. from Swarthmore College, an A.M. from Colorado State College of Education, and an M.A. from Harvard University. He taught for many years and was an editor for Macmillan Publishing mostrar mais Company. His first book, "Tales of the South Pacific," derived from Michener's service in the Pacific in World War II, won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was the basis for the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical South Pacific, which won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Michener completed close to 40 novels. Some other epic works include "Hawaii," "Centennial," "Space," and "Caribbean." He also wrote a significant amount of nonfiction including his autobiography "The World Is My Home." Among his many other honors, James Michener received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977. He was married to Patti Koon in 1935; they divorced in 1948. He married Vange Nord in 1948 (divorced 1955) and Mari Yoriko Sabusawa in 1955 (deceased 1994). He died in 1997 in Austin, Texas. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras de James A. Michener
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: The Source | Intern | Hotel St. Gregory | To Sir, With Love (1966) 20 cópias
James A. Michener papers 4 cópias
Facing East 3 cópias
James A. Michener on the Social Studies (Bulletin (National Council for the Social Studies)) (1991) 3 cópias
[no title] 3 cópias
Polen 2 cópias
Caribbean, Volume 1 of 2 2 cópias
Chesapeake, Volume 1 of 2 2 cópias
Hawaii, Volume 3 of 3 2 cópias
The Novel / Texas 2 cópias
Frihetens Sjö II 2 cópias
Centennial / Chesapeake / Hawaii 2 cópias
Caribbean, Volume 3 of 5 2 cópias
Caribbean, Volume 5 of 5 2 cópias
Frihetens Sjö I 2 cópias
Mot Rymden II 2 cópias
Mot Rymden I 2 cópias
Legacy / The Covenant, Volume II 2 cópias
Readers Digest Condensed Books vol 4 1959 Autumn Selections West Wind To Hawaii/ Advise and Consent/ The Miracle of… 1 exemplar(es)
THE SCARLET LETTER Easton Press 1 exemplar(es)
Legado de honra 1 exemplar(es)
World is My Home (Random House Large Print) Lrg edition by Michener, James A. (1992) Paperback 1 exemplar(es)
Colorado 1 exemplar(es)
Franklin and Winston: A Portrait of a Friendship 1 exemplar(es)
A Hawaiian Reader 1 exemplar(es)
Four Miracles — And a Masterpiece 1 exemplar(es)
Alaska, Volume 1 of 4 1 exemplar(es)
James Michener's Favorite Music of Hawaii 1 exemplar(es)
El manantial de Israel 1 exemplar(es)
Centennial / Caravans / Hawaii 1 exemplar(es)
Biblioteca de Selecciones: Hawaii y Tres Otros Cuentos 1 exemplar(es)
Centennial / The Covenant / Texas / Mexico 1 exemplar(es)
South Pacific [Original Broadway Cast Recording] [Electronically Re-Channeled for Stereo] 1 exemplar(es)
The Greatest Adventure 1 exemplar(es)
Chesapeake / The Novel / Poland / Space 1 exemplar(es)
Caribbean / Space 1 exemplar(es)
Hawaii (excerpt: From the Farm of Bitterness) 1 exemplar(es)
Grand Diplôme Year Book 1981 1 exemplar(es)
Grand Diplôme Year Book 1983 1 exemplar(es)
Our Heroine — Autor; Narrador — 1 exemplar(es)
Poland, Volume 2 of 2 1 exemplar(es)
Hawaii, Chapter 2: From the Sunswept Lagoon 1 exemplar(es)
The Bridges at Toko-ri [abridged] 1 exemplar(es)
Return to Paradise [abridged] 1 exemplar(es)
Tales of the South Pacific [abridged] 1 exemplar(es)
America 1 exemplar(es)
The Source, Volume 1 of 4 1 exemplar(es)
Hawaii, Volume 2 of 3 1 exemplar(es)
Hawaii, Volume 1 of 3 1 exemplar(es)
The Bridges at Toko-Ri / Caravans / Sayonara 1 exemplar(es)
Alaska[ALASKA][Paperback] 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Who's Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Contribuinte — 72 cópias
South Pacific: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical (Applause Libretto Library) (2014) — Original book — 15 cópias
Adventures in Two Worlds / The Bridges at Toko-ri / Kiss Me Again, Stranger / Rivets / The Silent World / Story of… (1953) — Contribuinte — 11 cópias
Three Great Novels of World War II: Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener / Mister Roberts by Thomas Heggen /… (1985) 11 cópias
Golden Moments: A Collection of United States 1984 Commemorative Olympic Issues — Prefácio — 9 cópias
Best-in-Books The Silver Chalice; A King's Story; A Man Called Peter; The Day Chist Died; Kids Say the Darndest Things;… (1960) — Contribuinte — 8 cópias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Hawaii • Surface at the Pole • Pioneer Go Home • The Lovely Ambition • Village… (1961) — Contribuinte — 4 cópias
The Spell of the Pacific: An Anthology of Its Literature — Introdução — 4 cópias
Readers Digest Condensed Books: The Man With the Golden Gun • The Vine and the Olive • The Source • Geordie •… (1966) — Contribuinte — 4 cópias
Gems from the Reader's Digest — Contribuinte — 4 cópias
Best-In-Books: Twilight for the Gods / 20,000 Miles South / Rascals in Paradise / Lincoln's Commando / Bermuda (1957) — Contribuinte — 4 cópias
Books Abridged: Sayonara, Fire in the Ashes, Adventure Happy, and Cress Delahanty (1954) — Contribuinte — 3 cópias
Best-in-Books: Jubilee / Greenwillow / This Great Big Wonderful World / The Mind Goes Forth / ...And the Rain My Drink (1956) 3 cópias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Cold Harbour • Something to Hide • Journey • Landscape of Lies 3 cópias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Monarch of Goddess Island • East of Eden • The Anatomy of a Crime • Return to… (1956) 3 cópias
Um túmulo na areia - Etapas da cirurgia - Trilhas sangrentas - A bruxa de Mount Mellyn - Volta ao paraíso — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Adventures In Two Worlds • The Bridges At Toko-Ri • Old Herbaceous • Operation… (1954) 2 cópias
De grote Ceasar; De tijgerkat; De goden van Hawaii; Diamanten voor Janice — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Reading-for-Men: The Gracious Lily Affair, Tip on a Dead Jockey, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, They Fought for the Sky,… (1958) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Trustee from the Toolroom • The Leopard • The Triumph of Surgery • Hawaii (1961) — Autor — 2 cópias
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 1957,4. Herbst 1957 — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Journey • Killer's Wake • Lady of No Man's Land • Grass Roots (1989) 1 exemplar(es)
Selezione del libro: i grandi successi condensati contiene: La sposa di Harry Black - Segnale trentadue - Ritorno al… — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Livros Condensados (Unknown Condensed Books) 1 exemplar(es)
Volume XI: 1. West Wind to Hawaii; 2. The Final Diagnosis; 3. Jungle Girl; 4. Act One: An An Autobiography; 4. Woman of… — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Reader's Digest Condensed Books (Unknown Condensed Books) 1 exemplar(es)
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: And No Birds Sang • The Cradle Will Fall • The Covenant • A Piano for Mrs.… 1 exemplar(es)
O Cardeal; A Cidade Que Recusou Morrer; Vento Oeste Para o Havaí; O Caçador de Cavalos — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Keizerlijk bezoek; Laten wij opnieuw beginnen; Jeremy Todd; De bruggen bij Toko-ri — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Livros Condensados (Unknown Condensed Books) 1 exemplar(es)
Selezione del libro. Marnie. I ponti di Toko-Ri. I cacciatori di microbi. La landa senza stelle. (1963) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Reader's Digest 4 in 1 -Centennial etc. 1 exemplar(es)
The Teaching Experience: An Introduction to Education Through Literature (1976) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Det Bästas Bokval (1956) vol 2 : Broarna vid Toko-Ri; Vinden sveper nedåt Ryder Hill; På lösan sand; Elefant-Bill;… — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Michener, James Albert
- Local de enterro
- Austin Memorial Park, Austin, Texas, USA
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Austin, Texas, USA
- Causa da morte
- kidney failure
- Locais de residência
- Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
Austin, Texas, USA - Educação
- Swarthmore College
University of Northern Colorado - Ocupação
- Schrijver
- Relacionamentos
- Uys, Errol Lincoln (assistent bij boek Het Verbond)
- Organizações
- United States Navy (WWII)
- Premiações
- Presidential Medal of Freedom(1977)
Honorary portrait image on a United States postage stamp(2008)
Pulitizer Prize(Fiction ∙ 1948) - Pequena biografia
- James A. Michener
- De wereld is mijn thuis
- Historische romans op basis van gedegen onderzoek
- Bewogen leven
James A. Michener (1907-1997) had geen makkelijke jeugd: hij verloor al zeer jong zijn ouders en kende als kind veel armoede. In de Tweede Wereldoorlog was hij onder meer piloot en beleefde enkele crashes. Over deze tijd schreef hij onder meer in Tales of the South Pacific (1947), zijn debuutroman die meteen bekroond werd met de Pulitzer Prize.
Het zijn meestal lijvige werken, maar de romans van Michener zijn nog altijd zeer de moeite waard. Hij schreef tientallen (overwegend) historische romans. Zijn verhalen gaan letterlijk de hele wereld over: de onderwerpen die hij behandelt betreffen vaak de geschiedenis van een bepaald land. Michener was zelf ook een fervent reiziger: zo heeft hij de meeste landen ter wereld wel bezocht.
Research
Het werk van Michener wordt gekenmerkt door grondige research en gedegen kennis van het onderwerp waarover hij schrijft. Meestal werkte hij jarenlang aan een boek.
Membros
Discussions
Michener 'read alikes" em Book Recommendations Requests (Maio 2022)
What Are You Reading The Week of 31 January 2015? em What Are You Reading Now? (Julho 2015)
Resenhas
Excellent book. The author's classic style, James Michener, begins the novel with a highly detailed formation of the Hawaiian Islands with lava flows millions of years ago and ends with statehood in 1959. Where possible, the key characters are based on historical individuals who settled and transformed the once-free islands into an American state.
Listas
THE WAR ROOM (1)
Time-Sweep Novels (10)
1950s (1)
Prêmios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 165
- Also by
- 99
- Membros
- 44,482
- Popularidade
- #370
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Resenhas
- 573
- ISBNs
- 1,001
- Idiomas
- 18
- Favorito
- 113
“I wish I could tell you about the sweating jungle, the full moon rising behind the volcanoes, and the waiting. The waiting. The timeless repetitive waiting.”
There is such a juxtaposition between the tranquil beauty of the South Pacific and the ugliness in wartime and in men’s hearts. Michener describes moment of bravery, empathy, and even love and then alternates to moments of bigotry, violence, and death. He lovingly describes the beauty of natives and scenes of tropical paradise, then a few pages later he reveals the confusion and insanity of combat.
Five stars for compelling storytelling that brings to life the locations, characters, and events of World War II in the South Pacific. Deserving of its Pulitzer Prize for the honest writing of the weakness and strengths in humanity that war exposes.… (mais)