Alison Lurie (1926–2020)
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A propos de l'auteur
Novelist Alison Lurie was born September 3, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois to Harry and Bernice Stewart Lurie. She is an American novelist and academic. Lurie won the Pulitzer Prize for her 1984 novel Foreign Affairs. She received an A.B. from Radcliffe College in 1947. After finishing college, Lurie afficher plus worked as an editorial assistant for Oxford University Press in New York, but she wanted to make a living as a writer. After years of receiving rejection slips, she devoted herself to raising her children. Lurie had taught at Cornell University since 1968, becoming a full professor in 1976 specializing in folklore and children's literature. Lurie's first novel was "Love and Friendship" (1962) and its characters were modeled on friends and colleagues. Afterwards, she published "The Nowhere City" (1965), "Imaginary Friends" (1967), "The War Between the Tates" (1974), which tells of the collapse of a perfect marriage between a professor and his wife, "Only Children" (1979), and "The Truth About Lorin Jones" (1988). "Foreign Affairs" (1984) won the Pulitzer Prize; it tells the story of two academics in England who learn more about love than academia. Her more recent books include the novels "Women and Ghosts" (1994), and "The Last Resort" (1998), and a work of nonfiction, "Familiar Spirits (2001)." Among her awards and honors, she received honorary degrees from the University of Oxford (2006) and the University of Nottingham (2007). And from 2012-2014, she was the official author of the state of New York. Alison Lurie died on December 3, 2020 in Ithaca, NY at the age of 94. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Alison Lurie portrait session on January 31, 1989 in France
Œuvres de Alison Lurie
The Double Poet 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Company They Kept, Volume Two: Writers on Unforgettable Friendships (2011) — Contributeur — 21 exemplaires
Onthebus No. 8 and 9 — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1926-09-03
- Date de décès
- 2020-12-03
- Lieu de sépulture
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Etats-Unis
- Lieu de naissance
- Chicago, Illinois, Etats-Unis
- Lieu du décès
- Ithaca, New York, Etats-Unis
- Lieux de résidence
- Chicago, Illinois, Etats-Unis
Ithaca, New York, Etats-Unis
Key West, Floride, Etats-Unis
White Plains, New York, Etats-Unis
Los Angeles, Californie, Etats-Unis
Massachusetts, Etats-Unis (tout afficher 7)
Londres, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni - Études
- Radcliffe College (Diplôme, 19 47)
- Professions
- Professeur (Littérature américaine)
Romancière
Critique littéraire - Relations
- Hower, Edward (2e époux)
Bishop, John Peale (Ex-beau-frère)
Bishop, Jonathan (1er époux) - Organisations
- Université Cornell (Professeur, Littérature américaine, 19 68 | 20 06)
Académie américaine des arts et des lettres (Membre, 19 89) - Prix et distinctions
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award ( [1978] | fiction)
Doctor of Literature honoris causa, Oxford University - Agent
- Jackson, Melanie
Membres
Discussions
May 2021: Alison Lurie à Monthly Author Reads (Mai 2021)
Critiques
Liaisons étrangères par Alison Lurie
Une universitaire américaine d'âge mûr part en Angleterre pour travailler à son nouveau livre. Dans l'avion, elle fait la connaissance d'un bon vivant, un plouc très vulgaire à ses yeux, mais qui, chose incroyable, s'intéresse à elle. Avec Alison Lurie, on ne quitte jamais le milieu des universitaires, de leurs congés sabbatiques et de leurs rivalités professionnelles, mais c'est extrêmement agréable et bien mené.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 31
- Aussi par
- 16
- Membres
- 5,723
- Popularité
- #4,318
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 116
- ISBN
- 295
- Langues
- 12
- Favoris
- 6
