Anne Tyler
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Anne Tyler was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 25, 1941. She graduated from Duke University at the age of 19 and completed graduate work in Russian studies at Columbia University. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a librarian and bibliographer. Her first novel, If Morning näytä lisää Ever Comes, was published in 1964. Her other works include Saint Maybe, Back When We Were Grownups, Digging to America, Noah's Compass, The Beginner's Goodbye, A Spool of Blue Thread, and Vinegar Girl. She has won several awards including the PEN Faulkner Award in 1983 for Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, the 1985 National Book Critics Circle Award for The Accidental Tourist, and the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Breathing Lessons. The Accidental Tourist was adapted into a 1988 movie starring William Hurt and Geena Davis. In 2018 her title, Clock Dance, made the bestsellers list. (Bowker Author Biography) Anne Tyler was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. "Back When We Were Grownups" is her 15th novel; her 11th, "Breathing Lessons", won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Letters. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland. (Publisher Provided) näytä vähemmän
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Tekijän teokset
Anne Tyler Omnibus: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Morgan's Passing, The Tin Can Tree, If Morning Ever Comes (1990) 100 kappaletta
Anne Tyler: Three Complete Novels: A Patchwork Planet * Ladder of Years * Saint Maybe (1998) 54 kappaletta
Best of the South: From the Second Decade of New Stories from the South (2005) — Selected and Introduced by — 47 kappaletta
Average Waves in Unprotected Waters / Knack for Languages / Holding Things Together (2004) 44 kappaletta
Anne Tyler Omnibus: If Morning Ever Comes, The Tin Can Tree, A Slipping-Down Life (1990) 32 kappaletta
Anne Tyler Omnibus: The Clock Winder, Celestial Navigation, Searching for Caleb (1990) 25 kappaletta
Anne Tyler Omnibus: Earthly Possessions, Morgan's Passing, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (1991) 12 kappaletta
The accidental tourist ; Back when we were grownups ; Breathing lessons ; A patchwork planet (1986) 4 kappaletta
Anne Tyler's Saint Maybe 3 kappaletta
The accidental tourist ; Breathing lessons ; Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant ; Saint maybe 2 kappaletta
The clock winder 1 kappale
Back when we were grownups ; Breathing lessons ; Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant ; Saint maybe 1 kappale
Toujours paartir 1 kappale
Beautiful Lies 1 kappale
Celestial navigation 1 kappale
Penelope Fitzgerald 1 kappale
Associated Works
The Writer on Her Work, Volume I: Contemporary Women Writers Reflect on their Art and Situation (1980) — Avustaja — 180 kappaletta
Det Bästas Bokval (2004) vol 232: Besökaren; Det sista löftet; Ord mot ord; Förr när vi var vuxna (2004) — Tekijä — 2 kappaletta
Best in Books: Sea Jade, Kennedy without Tears, If Morning Ever Comes, The Ziegfeld's Girl, A Vanishing America (1965) — Avustaja — 2 kappaletta
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Yleistieto
- Syntymäaika
- 1941-10-25
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Baltimore, Maryland, USA - Koulutus
- Duke University
Columbia University (Russian studies) - Ammatit
- librarian
bibliographer
novelist
short-story writer - Suhteet
- Modarressi, Taghi (husband)
Modarressi, Mitra (daughter)
Jones, Judith (editor) - Organisaatiot
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1983)
- Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1977)
Man Booker International Prize Finalist (2011) - Agentti
- Diarmuid Russell (Russell and Volkening)
Timothy Seldes
Jäseniä
Keskustelut
January 2019: Anne Tyler, Monthly Author Reads (elokuu 2021)
Anne Tyler: American Author Challenge 2016, 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (toukokuu 2016)
Detached woman works for family, brother commits suicide, but a happy ending., Name that Book (lokakuuta 2011)
Fiction- "Perfect" wife and mom walks away from family during beach vacation and begins a completely, Name that Book (syyskuu 2010)
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Booker Prize (1)
Female Author (2)
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Allie's Wishlist (1)
Southern Fiction (1)
Secrets Books (1)
USA Road Trip (1)
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