James A. Michener (1907–1997)
Autor/a de The Source
Sobre l'autor
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 mostra'n més 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) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Philadelphia Enquirer
Sèrie
Obres de James A. Michener
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: The Source | Intern | Hotel St. Gregory | To Sir, With Love (1966) 20 exemplars
James A. Michener papers 4 exemplars
Facing East 3 exemplars
James A. Michener on the Social Studies (Bulletin (National Council for the Social Studies)) (1991) 3 exemplars
[no title] 3 exemplars
Polen 2 exemplars
Caribbean, Volume 1 of 2 2 exemplars
Hawaii, Chapter 3: From the Farm of Bitterness 2 exemplars
Chesapeake, Volume 1 of 2 2 exemplars
Hawaii, Volume 3 of 3 2 exemplars
The Novel / Texas 2 exemplars
Frihetens Sjö II 2 exemplars
Centennial / Chesapeake / Hawaii 2 exemplars
Caribbean, Volume 3 of 5 2 exemplars
Caribbean, Volume 5 of 5 2 exemplars
Frihetens Sjö I 2 exemplars
Mot Rymden II 2 exemplars
Mot Rymden I 2 exemplars
Legacy / The Covenant, Volume II 2 exemplars
THE SCARLET LETTER Easton Press 1 exemplars
Legado de honra 1 exemplars
World is My Home (Random House Large Print) Lrg edition by Michener, James A. (1992) Paperback 1 exemplars
Colorado 1 exemplars
Franklin and Winston: A Portrait of a Friendship 1 exemplars
A Hawaiian Reader 1 exemplars
Four Miracles — And a Masterpiece 1 exemplars
Alaska, Volume 1 of 4 1 exemplars
James Michener's Favorite Music of Hawaii 1 exemplars
El manantial de Israel 1 exemplars
Centennial / Caravans / Hawaii 1 exemplars
Centennial / The Covenant / Texas / Mexico 1 exemplars
South Pacific [Original Broadway Cast Recording] [Electronically Re-Channeled for Stereo] 1 exemplars
The Greatest Adventure 1 exemplars
Chesapeake / The Novel / Poland / Space 1 exemplars
Caribbean / Space 1 exemplars
Hawaii (excerpt: From the Farm of Bitterness) 1 exemplars
Grand Diplôme Year Book 1981 1 exemplars
Grand Diplôme Year Book 1983 1 exemplars
Our Heroine — Autor; Narrador — 1 exemplars
Poland, Volume 2 of 2 1 exemplars
Hawaii, Chapter 2: From the Sunswept Lagoon 1 exemplars
The Bridges at Toko-ri [abridged] 1 exemplars
Return to Paradise [abridged] 1 exemplars
Tales of the South Pacific [abridged] 1 exemplars
America 1 exemplars
The Source, Volume 1 of 4 1 exemplars
Hawaii, Volume 2 of 3 1 exemplars
Hawaii, Volume 1 of 3 1 exemplars
The Bridges at Toko-Ri / Caravans / Sayonara 1 exemplars
Alaska[ALASKA][Paperback] 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Who's Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Col·laborador — 72 exemplars
South Pacific: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical (Applause Libretto Library) (2014) — Original book — 15 exemplars
Adventures in Two Worlds / The Bridges at Toko-ri / Kiss Me Again, Stranger / Rivets / The Silent World / Story of… (1953) — Col·laborador — 11 exemplars
Three Great Novels of World War II: Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener / Mister Roberts by Thomas Heggen /… (1985) 11 exemplars
Golden Moments: A Collection of United States 1984 Commemorative Olympic Issues — Pròleg — 8 exemplars
Best-in-Books The Silver Chalice; A King's Story; A Man Called Peter; The Day Chist Died; Kids Say the Darndest Things;… (1960) — Col·laborador — 8 exemplars
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Hawaii • Surface at the Pole • Pioneer Go Home • The Lovely Ambition • Village… (1961) — Col·laborador — 4 exemplars
Best-In-Books: Twilight for the Gods / 20,000 Miles South / Rascals in Paradise / Lincoln's Commando / Bermuda (1957) — Col·laborador — 4 exemplars
Gems from the Reader's Digest — Col·laborador — 4 exemplars
Readers Digest Condensed Books: The Man With the Golden Gun • The Vine and the Olive • The Source • Geordie •… (1966) — Col·laborador — 4 exemplars
The Spell of the Pacific: An Anthology of Its Literature — Introducció — 4 exemplars
Books Abridged: Sayonara, Fire in the Ashes, Adventure Happy, and Cress Delahanty (1954) — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
Best-in-Books: Jubilee / Greenwillow / This Great Big Wonderful World / The Mind Goes Forth / ...And the Rain My Drink (1956) 3 exemplars
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Monarch of Goddess Island • East of Eden • The Anatomy of a Crime • Return to… (1956) 3 exemplars
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Cold Harbour • Something to Hide • Journey • Landscape of Lies 3 exemplars
Reading-for-Men: The Gracious Lily Affair, Tip on a Dead Jockey, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, They Fought for the Sky,… (1958) — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
Um túmulo na areia - Etapas da cirurgia - Trilhas sangrentas - A bruxa de Mount Mellyn - Volta ao paraíso — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 1957,4. Herbst 1957 — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
De grote Ceasar; De tijgerkat; De goden van Hawaii; Diamanten voor Janice — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Trustee from the Toolroom • The Leopard • The Triumph of Surgery • Hawaii (1961) — Autor — 2 exemplars
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Adventures In Two Worlds • The Bridges At Toko-Ri • Old Herbaceous • Operation… (1954) 2 exemplars
Selezione del libro: i grandi successi condensati contiene: La sposa di Harry Black - Segnale trentadue - Ritorno al… — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Livros Condensados (Unknown Condensed Books) 1 exemplars
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: And No Birds Sang • The Cradle Will Fall • The Covenant • A Piano for Mrs.… 1 exemplars
Livros Condensados (Unknown Condensed Books) 1 exemplars
Reader's Digest 4 in 1 -Centennial etc. 1 exemplars
Keizerlijk bezoek; Laten wij opnieuw beginnen; Jeremy Todd; De bruggen bij Toko-ri — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Det Bästas Bokval (1956) vol 2 : Broarna vid Toko-Ri; Vinden sveper nedåt Ryder Hill; På lösan sand; Elefant-Bill;… — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Volume XI: 1. West Wind to Hawaii; 2. The Final Diagnosis; 3. Jungle Girl; 4. Act One: An An Autobiography; 4. Woman of… — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Journey • Killer's Wake • Lady of No Man's Land • Grass Roots (1989) 1 exemplars
Selezione del libro. Marnie. I ponti di Toko-Ri. I cacciatori di microbi. La landa senza stelle. (1963) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
O Cardeal; A Cidade Que Recusou Morrer; Vento Oeste Para o Havaí; O Caçador de Cavalos — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
The Teaching Experience: An Introduction to Education Through Literature (1976) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Michener, James Albert
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Austin Memorial Park, Austin, Texas, USA
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Austin, Texas, USA
- Causa de la mort
- kidney failure
- Llocs de residència
- Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
Austin, Texas, USA - Educació
- Swarthmore College
University of Northern Colorado - Professions
- Schrijver
- Relacions
- Uys, Errol Lincoln (assistent bij boek Het Verbond)
- Organitzacions
- United States Navy (WWII)
- Premis i honors
- Presidential Medal of Freedom(1977)
Honorary portrait image on a United States postage stamp(2008)
Pulitizer Prize(Fiction ∙ 1948) - Biografia breu
- 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.
Membres
Converses
Michener 'read alikes" a Book Recommendations Requests (maig 2022)
What Are You Reading The Week of 31 January 2015? a What Are You Reading Now? (juliol 2015)
Ressenyes
Llistes
Favourite Books (2)
THE WAR ROOM (1)
1950s (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 165
- També de
- 97
- Membres
- 44,303
- Popularitat
- #375
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 572
- ISBN
- 1,001
- Llengües
- 18
- Preferit
- 113