William Safire (1929–2009)
Auteur de Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History
A propos de l'auteur
William Safire was born on Dec. 17, 1929. He attended Syracuse University, but dropped out after two years. He began his career as a reporter for The New York Herald Tribune. He had also been a radio and television producer and a U.S. Army correspondent. From 1955 to 1960, Safire was vice president afficher plus of a public relations firm in New York City, and then became president of his own firm. He was responsible for bringing Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev together in 1959. In 1968, he joined the campaign of Richard Nixon as a senior White House speechwriter for Nixon. Safire joined The New York Times in 1973 as a political columnist. He also writes a Sunday column, On Language, which has appeared in The New York Times Magazine since 1979. This column on grammar, usage, and etymology has led to the publication of 10 books and made him the most widely read writer on the English language. William Safire was the winner of the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary. He is a trustee for Syracuse University. Since 1995 he has served as a member of the Pulitzer Board. He is the author of Freedom (1987), a novel of Lincoln and the Civil War. His other novels include Full Disclosure (1977), Sleeper Spy (1995) and Scandalmonger (2000). His other titles include a dictionary, a history, anthologies and commentaries. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Credit: White House photo by Shealah Craighead, Dec. 15, 2006, receiving the 2006 President Medal of Freedom
Œuvres de William Safire
No Uncertain Terms: More Writing from the Popular "On Language" Column in The New York Times Magazine (2003) 111 exemplaires
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time: Wit and Wisdom from the Popular Language Column in the New York… (2004) 62 exemplaires
Old Books Have a Future 2 exemplaires
El Presidente Ciego 2 exemplaires
The 2007 Progress Report on Brain Research 1 exemplaire
The new language of politics;: A dictionary of catchwords, slogans, and political usage, (1972) 1 exemplaire
Rare -William Safire FULL DISCLOSURE First Edition Political Novel Inscribed & SIGNED (1977) 1 exemplaire
FULL DISCLOSURE 1 exemplaire
Sleeper Spy - A Novel of Deception 1 exemplaire
Nhung Bai Dien Van Noi Tieng The Gioi 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now (2008) — Contributeur — 153 exemplaires
Lang's Compendium of Culinary Nonsense and Trivia (1980) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 64 exemplaires
The Thanksgiving Ceremony: New Traditions for America's Family Feast (2003) — Avant-propos — 46 exemplaires
Lapham's Quarterly - The Future: Volume IV, Number 4, Fall 2011 (2011) — Contributeur — 23 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Safire, William
- Nom légal
- Safir, William Lewis
- Autres noms
- Safir, William
- Date de naissance
- 1929-12-17
- Date de décès
- 2009-09-27
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- New York, New York, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Rockville, Maryland, USA
- Cause du décès
- Safire died from pancreatic cancer
- Études
- Syracuse University (dropped out)
- Professions
- public relations
speechwriter
columnist
reporter
lexicographer
novelist - Relations
- Julius, Helene Belmar (wife)
- Organisations
- The New York Times
Dana Foundation
United States Army - Prix et distinctions
- Pulitzer Prize (Commentary ∙ 1978)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2006)
Guardian of Zion Award (2005)
Membres
Discussions
William Safire à Legacy Libraries (Avril 2021)
Critiques
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Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 41
- Aussi par
- 6
- Membres
- 4,605
- Popularité
- #5,464
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 29
- ISBN
- 128
- Langues
- 5
- Favoris
- 3