Anita Shreve (1946–2018)
Auteur de La femme du pilote
A propos de l'auteur
Anita Shreve grew up in Dedham, Massachusetts. After receiving a bachelor's degree in English from Tufts University, she taught high school English for five years before becoming a full-time author. She worked for an English-language magazine in Nairobi and wrote for everything from Cosmopolitan afficher plus magazine to The New York Times. Her nonfiction books included Remaking Motherhood and Women Together, Women Alone. Her novels included Eden Close, Strange Fits of Passion, Where or When, Fortune's Rocks, Rescue, Stella Bain, and The Stars are Fire. Several of her books were made into movies including The Pilot's Wife, Resistance, and The Weight of Water. She died from cancer on March 29, 2018 at the age of 71. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de Anita Shreve
Anita Shreve Omnibus: 'Eden Close', 'Strange Fits of Passion', 'Where or When' (1989) 27 exemplaires
The Fortune's Rocks Quartet: Fortune's Rocks, Sea Glass, The Pilot's Wife, Body Surfing (2010) 8 exemplaires
Anita Shreve 10 Books Collection Including The Weight of Water, All He Ever Wanted, The Pilot's Wife, Eden Close,… (2010) 4 exemplaires
Unwind 1 exemplaire
Der weiße Klang de Wellen 1 exemplaire
Testimony by Anita Shreve (2008) Paperback 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Mentors, Muses & Monsters: 30 Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives (2009) — Contributeur — 67 exemplaires
Resistance [2003 film] — Original novel — 7 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Shreve, Anita
- Nom légal
- Shreve, Anita Hale
- Date de naissance
- 1946-10-07
- Date de décès
- 2018-03-29
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Newfields, New Hampshire, USA
- Cause du décès
- breast cancer
- Lieux de résidence
- Nairobi, Kenya
Longmeadow, Massachusetts, USA
Dedham, Massachusetts, USA - Études
- Tufts University (BA|1968)
Dedham High School - Professions
- teacher (English, high school)
journalist
writer - Organisations
- Chi Omega
- Prix et distinctions
- New England Book Award (Fiction, 1998)
O. Henry Prize (1976) - Agent
- William Morris Agency
- Courte biographie
- Anita Hale Shreve was an American writer, chiefly known for her novels. One of her first published stories, Past the Island, Drifting (published in 1975), was awarded an O. Henry Prize in 1976.
Membres
Discussions
Wife who leads a double life- Owns her own cottage without husband knowing à Name that Book (Janvier 2016)
Critiques
Listes
THE WAR ROOM (1)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 31
- Aussi par
- 5
- Membres
- 41,175
- Popularité
- #425
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 975
- ISBN
- 814
- Langues
- 17
- Favoris
- 120