Studs Terkel (1912–2008)
Auteur de Working : Une adaptation graphique
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
Crédit image: Photo by Robert Birnbaum (courtesy of the photographer)
Œuvres de Studs Terkel
Will the Circle Be Unbroken? Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith (2001) 483 exemplaires
Boob Jubilee: The Mad Cultural Politics of the New Economy: Salvos from the Baffler (2003) — Avant-propos — 82 exemplaires
Four Decades with Studs Terkel: A Compilation of Extraordinary Interviews from 40 Years of Broadcasting (1993) 4 exemplaires
Rare Studs Terkel HARD TIMES Oral History of the Great Depression 1970 Pantheon Books [Hardcover] Studs Terkel 2 exemplaires
Bericht aus einer Amerikanischen Stadt Chicago 1 exemplaire
En by i Amerika 1 exemplaire
By STUDS TERKEL Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do (New Ed)… 1 exemplaire
Rapport fra en amerikansk by 1 exemplaire
The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule 1 exemplaire
Chicago 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women (2006) — Avant-propos — 1,092 exemplaires
Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study (1992) — Contributeur — 514 exemplaires
The Man with the Golden Arm: 50th Anniversary Critical Edition (1999) — Contributeur — 434 exemplaires
Ernie's War: The Best of Ernie Pyle's World War II Dispatches (1986) — Avant-propos — 246 exemplaires
The Life of Meaning: Reflections on Faith, Doubt, and Repairing the World (2007) — Contributeur — 125 exemplaires
Semper Fi: Stories of the United States Marines from Boot Camp to Battle (2003) — Contributeur — 31 exemplaires
Fire Fighters: Stories of Survival from the Front Lines of Firefighting (2002) — Contributeur — 13 exemplaires
The history of Chess jazz — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
The revolutionary poet in the United States : the poetry of Thomas McGrath (1988) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Dissent, Winter 1972: Special Issue: The World of the Blue Collar Worker — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
The Art of Life: An Anthology of Literature about Life and Work (1997) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Terkel, Louis
- Autres noms
- TERKEL, Studs
TERKEL, Lewis - Date de naissance
- 1912-05-16
- Date de décès
- 2008-10-31
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- New York, New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA - Études
- University of Chicago (PhB)
University of Chicago Law School (JD) - Professions
- writer
oral historian
radio host
television host
actor - Organisations
- Federal Writers' Project
Works Progress Administration
WFMT - Prix et distinctions
- 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) - Courte biographie
- 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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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 45
- Aussi par
- 27
- Membres
- 9,605
- Popularité
- #2,498
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 99
- ISBN
- 198
- Langues
- 11
- Favoris
- 20
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