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Maxwell E. Perkins (1884–1947)

Autor(a) de Editor to Author: The Letters of Maxwell E. Perkins

9+ Works 230 Membros 3 Reviews

About the Author

Image credit: World Telegram & Sun photo by Al Ravenna, 1943 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-111615)

Obras de Maxwell E. Perkins

Associated Works

Look Homeward, Angel (1929) — Introdução, algumas edições3,535 cópias
The Bitch-Goddess Success: Variations on an American Theme (1968) — Contribuinte — 6 cópias
A Reader for Writers — Contribuinte — 2 cópias

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome de batismo
Perkins, William Maxwell Evarts
Data de nascimento
1884-09-20
Data de falecimento
1947-06-17
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
United States of America
Local de nascimento
New York, New York, USA
Local de falecimento
Stamford, Connecticut, USA
Locais de residência
Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
Windsor, Vermont, USA
Educação
Harvard College (1907)
Ocupação
editor
reporter
Relacionamentos
Wolfe, Thomas (friend)
Hemingway, Ernest (friend)
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (friend)
Pequena biografia
After World War I, Maxwell Perkins sought out "Lost Generation" authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, whose novels he edited and championed. He also worked with many other famous and award-winning writers and poets, including Thomas Wolfe, Ring Lardner, J.P. Marquand, Erskine Caldwell, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Zora Neale Hurston, Alan Paton, and James Jones. Today he's considered America's most important editor of fiction. In 2005 the Center for Fiction established the Maxwell E. Perkins Award in his honor and to celebrate his legacy.

Membros

Resenhas

Used this as a bit of background research for a discussion of The Great Gatsby I led at the library in March 2013; I used approximately the first 50 pages. Interesting back-and-forth between Fitzgerald and Perkins regarding edits to the manuscript, changes to the title and dust jacket (FSF's concerns that there should be no blurbs from other authors, and that plot points not be given away), and reactions to the initial sales.
 
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JennyArch | Apr 3, 2013 |
These letters share insights into Hemingway -- the real, unheroic, determined, obstinate, fiery, pensive, colliegial Hemingway.
 
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LaurieLH | Jun 23, 2008 |
An example to us all...a superb writer of letters, a perceptive editor, and respectful of his authors' unique qualities.
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richardderus | Dec 19, 2006 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
9
Also by
3
Membros
230
Popularidade
#97,994
Avaliação
4.0
Resenhas
3
ISBNs
20

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