Mary Karr
Autor/a de The Liars' Club: A Memoir
Sobre l'autor
Mary Karr's memoir, "The Liars' Club," won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award. A poet & essayist, she has won Pushcart prizes in both genres. Her other grants & awards include the prestigious Whiting Award & the Bunting Fellowship from Radcliffe College. Her previous poetry collections are "Abacus," "The mostra'n més Devil's Tour," & "Viper Rum." She is a full professor at Syracuse University. (Publisher Provided) Mary Karr was born in Groves, Texas on January 16, 1955. She received an M.F.A. from Goddard College in 1979. Before becoming a poet and memoirist, she held various jobs in the computer and telecommunications industries. Her works include Lit, The Liars' Club, Cherry, and The Art of Memoir. She has also published four volumes of poetry: Abacus, The Devil's Tour, Viper, and Sinners Welcome. She was a Guggenheim Fellow in poetry in 2005 and has won Pushcart prizes for both her poetry and her essays. She was an assistant professor at numerous colleges and universities including Tufts University, Emerson College, Harvard University, and Sarah Lawrence College. She is currently the Peck Professor of English Literature at Syracuse University. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Onion Inc.
Sèrie
Obres de Mary Karr
The Poetry Chains of Dominic Luxford 1 exemplars
The Liars' Club Reader's Guide 1 exemplars
Klub Łgarzy 1 exemplars
Obres associades
All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists (2004) — Col·laborador — 550 exemplars
Writers on Writing, 2: More Collected Essays from the New York Times (2003) — Col·laborador — 186 exemplars
Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do (2013) — Col·laborador — 179 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1955-01-16
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Groves, Texas, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Groves, Texas, USA
Colorado, USA
New York, New York, USA - Educació
- Port Neches-Groves High School (Texas)
Goddard College - Professions
- poet
essayist - Organitzacions
- Sarah Lawrence College (poetry teacher)
Syracuse University (Jesse Truesdell Peck Professor of Literature) - Premis i honors
- Radcliffe College Bunting Fellow
Guggenheim Fellowship (Poetry, 2004)
Whiting Writers' Award (1989) - Agent
- Amanda Urban (ICM)
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
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Read This Next (1)
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Allie's Wishlist (1)
Page Turners (1)
Female Author (1)
wish list (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 15
- També de
- 13
- Membres
- 8,100
- Popularitat
- #2,991
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 181
- ISBN
- 107
- Llengües
- 8
- Preferit
- 13
"Der Club der Lügner" ist die wahre Geschichte der Mary (Madeleine) Karr, die nicht nur das Talent des Geschichtenerzählens von ihrem Vater geerbt hat, sondern auch die Fähigkeit immer wieder aufzustehen. Ganz egal, wie hart das Schicksal zuschlägt. ("The iron butterfly" auf lovelybooks.de)… (més)