Richard Yates (1) (1926–1992)
Autor(a) de Revolutionary Road
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About the Author
Richard Yates is the author of the novels "Revolutionary Road", "A Special Providence", "Disturbing the Peace", "The Easter Parade", "A Good School", "Young Hearts Crying", & "Cold Spring Harbor". He died in 1992. (Bowker Author Biography) Richard Yates was born in Yonkers, New York in 1926. Yates mostrar mais was a well-known American novelist and short-story writer. Yates first became interested in writing and journalism while attending Avon Old Farms School in Avon, Connecticut. After Yates' return from France and Germany after serving in the army, he worked as a journalist, publicity writer, and freelance ghost writer. It was not until 1961 that his career as a novelist was officially launched with the publication of his first novel, Revolutionary Road. Revolutionary Road was a finalist for the National Book Award and was subsequently made into a movie in 2008. Yates also taught writing at several universities and institutions including Columbia University, Boston University, Wichita State University, and the University of Southern California Master of Professional Writing Program. Yates was divorced twice and has three daughters: Sharon, Monica, and Gina. He died in 1992 in Birmingham, Alabama of emphysema and complications from a minor surgery. mostrar menos
Obras de Richard Yates
Stories for the sixties — Editor & Introduction — 3 cópias
Un ego convalescente (in Proprietà privata) 1 exemplar(es)
Un'ultima scappata, per dire (in Proprietà privata) 1 exemplar(es)
Il revisore e la bufera (in Proprietà privata) 1 exemplar(es)
Ladri (in Proprietà privata) 1 exemplar(es)
Sera in Costa Azzurra (in Proprietà privata) 1 exemplar(es)
Campane al mattino (in Proprietà privata) 1 exemplar(es)
Out with the old [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
Builders [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
A really good jazz piano [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
The B.A.R. man [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
Fun with a stranger [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
A wrestler with sharks [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
A glutton for punishment [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
Jody rolled the bones [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
The best of everything [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
Doctor Jack-o'-lantern [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
Oh, Joseph, I'm So Tired [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
No pain whatsoever [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
High Infidelity: 24 Great Short Stories About Adultery by Some of Our Best Contemporary Authors (1997) — Contribuinte — 32 cópias
Rediscoveries II: Important Writers Select Their Favorite Works of Neglected Fiction (1988) — Contribuinte — 30 cópias
32 Współczesne Opowiadania Amerykańskie - Tom II — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Yates, Richard
- Data de nascimento
- 1926-02-03
- Data de falecimento
- 1992-11-07
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Yonkers, New York, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Causa da morte
- emphysema
- Educação
- Avon Old Farms School, Avon, Connecticut, USA
- Ocupação
- novelist
short story writer
ghost writer - Organizações
- United States Army (WWII)
- Premiações
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1963)
Membros
Resenhas
Listas
Five star books (1)
Favourite Books (2)
First Novels (1)
Best War Stories (1)
1960s (1)
A Novel Cure (2)
USA Road Trip (1)
Prêmios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 36
- Also by
- 10
- Membros
- 11,621
- Popularidade
- #2,025
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Resenhas
- 400
- ISBNs
- 287
- Idiomas
- 21
- Favorito
- 72