Alex Haley (1921–1992)
Autor/a de The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Sobre l'autor
Alex Haley's full name was Alexander Palmer Haley. He was born in Ithaca, N.Y. in 1921, and grew up in Henning, Tenn. Educated at Elizabeth City Teacher's College in North Carolina, Haley became a journalist while serving in the United States Coast Guard from 1939 to 1959. After retiring from the mostra'n més service, Haley moved to Los Angeles, finding fulltime employment as a freelance writer. First known for his work as co-author and editor of the highly regarded Autobiography of Malcolm X, Haley's biggest success stemmed from his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, 'Roots: The Saga of an American Family.' Extensively researched and based in part on Haley's own African roots, the work became a national bestseller and, in addition to the Pulitzer, won the Springarn Medal in 1977. Roots was also adapted into one of the first television miniseries and garnered some of the highest ratings in television history. His next book, "Queen", told the story of Queen Haley, Alex Haley's paternal grandmother. He died before this work was completed and it was finished by David Stevens. This was also adapted for television. Another work, "Mama Flora's Family" compiled from Haley's unpublished writings, continues the family saga and was published in 1998. Alex Haley died in 1992 in Seattle, Washington. He was 71 years old. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de Alex Haley
Alex Hailey: The Man Who Traced America's Roots - His Life, His Works (with DVD) (2007) 40 exemplars, 2 ressenyes
Never Turn Back: Father Serra's Mission (Stories of America) (1993) — Editor — 33 exemplars, 1 ressenya
Stories of America : Teachers Guide 1 exemplars
Roots | Queen 1 exemplars
Queen: The Roots Saga Continues 1 exemplars
Ernie Barnes/ Artist 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement (2001) — Col·laborador — 95 exemplars
A Place Called Heartbreak: A Story of Vietnam (Stories of America) (1992) — algunes edicions — 48 exemplars, 1 ressenya
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Haley, Alex
- Nom oficial
- Haley, Alexander Murphy Palmer
- Data de naixement
- 1921-08-11
- Data de defunció
- 1992-02-10
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Henning, Tennessee
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- Amerika
- Lloc de naixement
- Ithaca, New York, Amerika
- Lloc de defunció
- Seattle, Washington, Amerika
- Causa de la mort
- heart attack
- Llocs de residència
- Ithaca, New York, Amerika
Henning, Tennessee, Amerika
Seattle, Washington, Amerika - Educació
- Alcorn State University
- Professions
- Schrijver
Senior editor
Chief Journalist in the Coast Guard - Organitzacions
- US Coast Guard (career included WWII and Korean Conflict)
Reader's Digest - Premis i honors
- NAACP Spingarn Medal (1977)
Special Pulitzer Prize (1977)
Golden Plate Award (1977) - Biografia breu
- Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers. In the United States, the book and miniseries raised the public awareness of black American history and inspired a broad interest in genealogy and family history.
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Ressenyes
Roots de Alex Haley
This story of seven generations taken from birth of Kunte Kinte in Gambie in 1750. Kidnapped, beaten, taken into slavery to America. Next generation, man refused to take a name. He taught his daughter Kizzy - his history and some words from the Homeland and Kizzy passed them on to her son George. Slavery was brutal.
[audiobook read by Laurence Fishburne]
I feel it’s inappropriate to “review” such a influential book so here are just a few scattered thoughts
Not sure how much of this was his doing, but props on Alex Haley for helping to shape Mr. X’s life into the narrative in this book. This is something of an ideological thriller, as we are right there with the man himself as he twists and turns through the various stages of his life and thinking. X and Haley never take the easy way out of revealing the final iteration of X’s beliefs, even if that forces the reader (at least the white reader) to sit with the harsh truths about the brutality of the white man in the middle of the book.
Of course the main tragedy of Mr. X’s life was his untimely murder, a murder which he eerily predicts several times throughout the book; but the secondary tragedy is that we are dealing with a man of incredible intellect, psychological toughness, and voracious curiosity that was severely limited by the racist society he ended up being a major instigator against. Malcolm X had a great impact on this world that’s for sure, but I often wondered what would his legacy be if he had had a access to the educational and societal opportunities not afforded to black people at the time. He himself wonders about this at the end of the book.
Of course not everything in this book aged well, but I think it still has a lot to say about the efficacy of agitation vs incrementalism. If X was anything he was realist, someone who decried what he saw as hypocrisy or a fear of telling things as they were, characteristics which are still highly relevant in the political climate of 2021.… (més)
I feel it’s inappropriate to “review” such a influential book so here are just a few scattered thoughts
Not sure how much of this was his doing, but props on Alex Haley for helping to shape Mr. X’s life into the narrative in this book. This is something of an ideological thriller, as we are right there with the man himself as he twists and turns through the various stages of his life and thinking. X and Haley never take the easy way out of revealing the final iteration of X’s beliefs, even if that forces the reader (at least the white reader) to sit with the harsh truths about the brutality of the white man in the middle of the book.
Of course the main tragedy of Mr. X’s life was his untimely murder, a murder which he eerily predicts several times throughout the book; but the secondary tragedy is that we are dealing with a man of incredible intellect, psychological toughness, and voracious curiosity that was severely limited by the racist society he ended up being a major instigator against. Malcolm X had a great impact on this world that’s for sure, but I often wondered what would his legacy be if he had had a access to the educational and societal opportunities not afforded to black people at the time. He himself wonders about this at the end of the book.
Of course not everything in this book aged well, but I think it still has a lot to say about the efficacy of agitation vs incrementalism. If X was anything he was realist, someone who decried what he saw as hypocrisy or a fear of telling things as they were, characteristics which are still highly relevant in the political climate of 2021.… (més)
I have to amend my previous 5 star rating to account for the recent case of fraud discovered in an interview conducted by Haley of MLK on the subject of Malcolm X. His liberties taken to misrepresent King’s opinions lead me to believe he may have taken similar liberties with Malcolm X’s autobiography.
It is still a literary masterpiece of a fascinating man, but it is hard to read it credibly as it was published after Malcolm X’s death, and he would not be able to correct any misrepresentations.… (més)
It is still a literary masterpiece of a fascinating man, but it is hard to read it credibly as it was published after Malcolm X’s death, and he would not be able to correct any misrepresentations.… (més)
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 26
- També de
- 11
- Membres
- 18,176
- Popularitat
- #1,213
- Valoració
- 4.3
- Ressenyes
- 234
- ISBN
- 254
- Llengües
- 17
- Preferit
- 10
