George P. Garrett (1929–2008)
Auteur de Death of the Fox
A propos de l'auteur
Author George P. Garrett was born in Orlando, Florida on June 11, 1929. He received a B. A. (1952), M.A. (1956), and a Ph.D. (1985) from Princeton University. He has written short story collections, poetry, plays, novels, screenplays and a biography of James Jones. In 1962, Garrett moved to afficher plus Charlottesville to begin his job as a member of the English department at the University of Virginia, where he remained until 1968. He also taught at other universities including Princeton University and the University of Michigan. He returned to the University of Virginia in 1984 as the Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing. He retired from teaching in 2000 and was poet laureate of Virginia from 2002 to 2004. His large body of work includes writing the widely known Elizabethan Trilogy Death of the Fox, The Succession, and Entered from the Sun; the collected stories An Evening Performance; the book of poetry Days of Our Lives Lie in Fragments: New and Old Poems 1957-1997; the collection of stories, essays, and anecdotes Bad Man Blues as well as the screenplays for The Young Lovers and The Playground. Garrett has also received numerous honors, some of which include the Aiken-Taylor Award in Poetry, 1999; the Hollins College Medal, 1992; the PEN/Malamud Award for Short Story, 1990; the T.S. Eliot Award of Ingersoll Foundation, 1989; the Award of American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1985 and the Rome Prize of The American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1959. He died from cancer on May 26, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de George P. Garrett
That's What I Like (About the South : and Other New Southern Stories for the Nineties) (1993) 18 exemplaires
The yellow shoe poets : selected poems, 1964-1999 (1999) — Directeur de publication — 13 exemplaires
Film Scripts Two/High Noon, Twelve Angry Men, the Defiant Ones (1989) — Directeur de publication — 9 exemplaires
Film Scripts Three/Charade/the Apartment/the Misfits (1989) — Directeur de publication — 8 exemplaires
King of the Mountain 7 exemplaires
The Writer's Voice: Conversations With Contemporary Writers (1924) — Directeur de publication — 6 exemplaires
Film Scripts Four: Darling, a Hard Days Night, the Best Man (1989) — Directeur de publication — 5 exemplaires
The Girl in the Black Raincoat — Directeur de publication — 4 exemplaires
Film Scripts One: Henry 5, Streetcar Named Desire, the Big Sleep (1989) — Directeur de publication — 4 exemplaires
For a Bitter Season: New and Selected Poems 3 exemplaires
In the Briar Patch : A Book of Stories 3 exemplaires
Which ones are the enemy? 3 exemplaires
New work by 5 poets 1 exemplaire
The Quest {poem} 1 exemplaire
Comic Strip [short fiction] 1 exemplaire
A reading of new poems 1 exemplaire
Sir Slob and the Princess 1 exemplaire
Intro 7: All of Us and None of You 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Les Snopes : Le Hameau ; La Ville ; Le Domaine (1959) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 410 exemplaires
Rediscoveries: Informal Essays in Which Well-Known Novelists Rediscover Neglected Works of Fiction by One of Their… (1971) — Contributeur — 27 exemplaires
Craft so hard to learn;: Conversations with poets and novelists about the teaching of writing (1972) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions — 3 exemplaires
Road to Glory: A Screenplay (Screenplay Library) (1981) — Postface, quelques éditions — 3 exemplaires
Dream Garden: The Poetic Vision of Fred Chappell (Southern Literary Studies) (1997) — Avant-propos — 2 exemplaires
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- Nom légal
- George Palmer Garrett
- Date de naissance
- 1929-06-11
- Date de décès
- 2008-05-25
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Orlando, Florida, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Orlando, Florida, USA
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA - Études
- Princeton University (B.A|1952)
Princeton University (M.A|1956)
Princeton University (PhD|1985) - Professions
- poet
novelist
professor (creative writing)
screenwriter - Organisations
- University of Virginia (Henry Hoyns Professor of English)
- Prix et distinctions
- Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement
American Academy of Arts and Letters
T. S. Eliot Award (1989)
Aiken Taylor Award (1999)
PEN/Malamud Award (1990)
Poet Laureate of Virginia (2002-2004)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 48
- Aussi par
- 20
- Membres
- 718
- Popularité
- #35,342
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 73
- Langues
- 1
- Favoris
- 3