Paul West (1) (1930–2015)
Auteur de The Secret Lives of Words
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Paul West, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
A propos de l'auteur
Paul West was born in Eckington, Derbyshire, England on February 23, 1930. He received a degree in English with first-class honors at the University of Birmingham and a master's degree from Columbia University. He did his compulsory military service with the Royal Air Force and then took a teaching afficher plus post in English literature at Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada. He began teaching at Pennsylvania State University in 1963 and retired from there in 1995. He wrote numerous novels including Alley Jaggers, Bela Lugosi's White Christmas, Tenement of Clay, The Rat Man of Paris, Terrestrials, Lord Byron's Doctor, Sporting with Amaryllis, The Women of Whitechapel and Jack the Ripper, Love's Mansion, Red in Tooth and Claw, The Ice Lens, and The Invisible Riviera. He also wrote several memoirs including Words for a Deaf Daughter, Out of My Depths: A Swimmer in the Universe, A Stroke of Genius: Illness and Self-Discovery, My Mother's Music, My Father's War, The Shadow Factory, and Oxford Days. He died from pneumonia on October 18, 2015 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Photo by Liz Butler, found at Wikipedia author page
Séries
Œuvres de Paul West
The snow leopard 2 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contributeur — 452 exemplaires
Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from the New York Times (2001) — Contributeur — 446 exemplaires
A Convergence of Birds: Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by Joseph Cornell (2001) — Contributeur — 193 exemplaires
Rediscoveries II: Important Writers Select Their Favorite Works of Neglected Fiction (1988) — Contributeur — 30 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- West, Paul
- Date de naissance
- 1930-02-23
- Date de décès
- 2015-10-18
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Royaume-Uni
- Lieu de naissance
- Eckington, Derbyshire, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Ithaca, New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Eckington, Derbyshire, England, UK
Ithaca, New York, USA - Études
- Oxford University
Columbia University - Professions
- novelist
poet - Relations
- Ackerman, Diane (wife)
- Prix et distinctions
- Lannan Literary Award (1993)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (1985)
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Library TBR (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 52
- Aussi par
- 11
- Membres
- 1,150
- Popularité
- #22,332
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 7
- ISBN
- 105
- Langues
- 1
- Favoris
- 1