Studs Terkel (1912–2008)
Autor/a de Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
Sobre l'autor
Studs Terkel was an actor, writer, and radio host. He was born Louis Terkel on May 16, 1912 in New York City. He took his name from the James T. Farrell novel, Studs Lonigan. Terkel attended the University of Chicago and graduated with a law degree in 1934. Terkel acted in local stage productions mostra'n més and on radio dramas until he began one of the first television programs, an unscripted show called Studs Place in the early 1950s. In 1952, Terkel began Studs Terkel's Almanac on radio station WFMT in Chicago. Terkel compiled a series of books based on oral histories that defined America in the 20th Century. Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do received a National Book Award nomination in 1975. The Good War: An Oral History of World War II won the Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction in 1985. Working was turned into a hit musical in 1978. Terkel was named the Communicator of the Year by the University of Chicago in 1969. He also won a Peabody Award for excellence in journalism in 1980 and the National Book Foundation Medal for contributions to American letters in 1997. He died on October 31, 2008 at the age of 96. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Photo by Robert Birnbaum (courtesy of the photographer)
Obres de Studs Terkel
Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do (1974) 2,115 exemplars
Will the Circle Be Unbroken? Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith (2001) 476 exemplars
Boob Jubilee: The Mad Cultural Politics of the New Economy: Salvos from the Baffler (2003) — Pròleg — 82 exemplars
Four Decades with Studs Terkel: A Compilation of Extraordinary Interviews from 40 Years of Broadcasting (1993) 4 exemplars
Bericht aus einer Amerikanischen Stadt Chicago 1 exemplars
En by i Amerika 1 exemplars
Rapport fra en amerikansk by 1 exemplars
The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule 1 exemplars
Chicago 1 exemplars
Obres associades
This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women (2006) — Pròleg — 1,090 exemplars
Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study (1992) — Col·laborador — 513 exemplars
The Man with the Golden Arm: 50th Anniversary Critical Edition (1999) — Col·laborador — 431 exemplars
The Life of Meaning: Reflections on Faith, Doubt, and Repairing the World (2007) — Col·laborador — 124 exemplars
Semper Fi: Stories of the United States Marines from Boot Camp to Battle (2003) — Col·laborador — 31 exemplars
Fire Fighters: Stories of Survival from the Front Lines of Firefighting (2002) — Col·laborador — 12 exemplars
The history of Chess jazz — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
The revolutionary poet in the United States : the poetry of Thomas McGrath (1988) — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
Dissent, Winter 1972: Special Issue: The World of the Blue Collar Worker — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
The Art of Life: An Anthology of Literature about Life and Work (1997) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Terkel, Louis
- Altres noms
- TERKEL, Studs
TERKEL, Lewis - Data de naixement
- 1912-05-16
- Data de defunció
- 2008-10-31
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- New York, New York, USA
- Llocs de residència
- New York, New York, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA - Educació
- University of Chicago (PhB)
University of Chicago Law School (JD) - Professions
- writer
oral historian
radio host
television host
actor - Organitzacions
- Federal Writers' Project
Works Progress Administration
WFMT - Premis i honors
- National Book Award, Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (1997)
National Humanities Medal (1997)
George Polk Career Award ( 1999)
Great Lakes Book Award ( 1998)
Dayton Literary Peace Prize's Lifetime Achievement Award (2006)
American Academy of Arts and Letters ( 1997) - Biografia breu
- Studs Terkel was born in New York City to Russian Jewish immigrants. He moved with his parents to Chicago where his parents ran a boarding house. Though graduating from law school, Terkel chose not to practice law. He joined a theater group and did other work until he began writing. In the 1950's, he was blacklisted from television for refusing to sign a loyalty oath to CBS. He was married to social worker Ida Goldberg for 60 years before her death in 1999. Studs Terkel is survived by one son, Dan Terkel.
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 45
- També de
- 27
- Membres
- 9,569
- Popularitat
- #2,515
- Valoració
- 4.1
- Ressenyes
- 99
- ISBN
- 198
- Llengües
- 11
- Preferit
- 20
But still these interviews are lopsided in a way. Nasty as it may sound I still want to hear from those, whom these workers despise or simply don't understand. It would be a revealing read too - to see the motives of a careerists, sweatshop foremen, managers in malls and cafeterias etc...
They may sound shallow and disgusting, but they still need to be heard. We need a broader picture.… (més)