Alan Furst
Auteur de Les soldats de la nuit
A propos de l'auteur
Furst received a B.A. from Oberlin College in 1962 and an M.A. from Penn State in 1967. Before becoming a full-time novelist, Furst worked in advertising and wrote magazine articles, most notably for Esquire, and as a columnist for the International Herald Tribune His early novels (1976-1983) afficher plus achieved limited success. However, the 1988 publication of Night Soldiers inspired by a 1984 trip to Eastern Europe on assignment for Esquire revitalized his career. It was the first of his highly original novels about espionage in Europe before and during the Second World War. Born in New York on February 20, 1941, he lived for long periods in France, especially Paris where he was awarded a Fulbright teaching fellowship. In 2011, the Tulsa Library Trust in Tulsa, Oklahoma selected Furst to receive its Helmerich Award, a literary prize given annually to honor a distinguished author's body of work He also made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2012 with his title The Mission to Paris and Midnight in Europe in 2014. Furst again made the New York Times Bestseller in 2016 with his novel a Hero of France. (Publisher Provided) Alan Furst is an American author of spy novels. He was born in New York City on February 20, 1941, and was raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Furst received a B.A. from Oberlin College in 1962 and an M.A. from Penn State in 1967. His novels are set just prior to and during the Second World War. Titles include: Night Soldiers, Kingdom of Shadows (which won the 2001 Hammett Prize), Blood of Victory, Spies of the Balkans and Mission to Paris. In 2011, the Tulsa Library Trust in Tulsa, Oklahoma, selected Furst to receive its Helmerich Award, a literary prize given annually to honor a distinguished author's body of work. Furst made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2012 with his title The Mission to Paris and Midnight in Europe in 2014. Furst again made the New York Times Bestseller in 2016 with his novel A Hero of France. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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(eng) #1 Alan Furst, b. 1941 - Night Soldiers
Séries
Œuvres de Alan Furst
The Book of Spies: An Anthology of Literary Espionage (2003) — Directeur de publication — 172 exemplaires
Classic Spy Novels 3-Book Bundle: Night Soldiers, The World at Night, Kingdom of Shadows (2012) 7 exemplaires
O Mundo na Escuridão 2 exemplaires
The Spies of Warsaw r 2 exemplaires
Night Waters 1 exemplaire
Night Soldiers 00 (The Night Soldiers Reading Order) 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Writers on Writing, 2: More Collected Essays from the New York Times (2003) — Contributeur — 186 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1941-02-20
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Pays (pour la carte)
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- New York, New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Paris, France
- Études
- Horace Mann School, New York, New York, USA
Pennsylvania State University
Columbia University
Oberlin College - Professions
- novelist
advertising
columnist - Notice de désambigüisation
- #1 Alan Furst, b. 1941 - Night Soldiers
Membres
Discussions
Question about Alan Furst's "Night Soldiers" books à Crime, Thriller & Mystery (Janvier 2017)
Alan Furst, author of The Spies of Warsaw (July 27-August 7) à Author Chat (Août 2009)
Critiques
Listes
Books Read in 2023 (15)
Best Spy Fiction (6)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 26
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 15,061
- Popularité
- #1,525
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 489
- ISBN
- 400
- Langues
- 12
- Favoris
- 87