Biography: writers

First published in 1954, in this quintessential autobiography Ben Hecht recounts his childhood, education, and career as journalist, playwright, and screenwriter, describes famous political and literary acquaintances, and examines U.

'Like Lorna Sage's Bad Blood .

'Perfect' Lena Dunham 'This year's literary sensation' Evening StandardHow far would you travel to become a writer?

Raymond Chandler fue, junto con Dashiell Hammett, el renovador y el maestro indiscutido del género policiaco.

'It will be seen in these pages that I have lived several lives in one: first, the life of slavery; secondly, the life of a fugitive from slavery; thirdly, the life of comparative freedom; fourthly, the life of conflict and battle; and, fifthly, the life of victory, if not complete, at least assured.

»Homer ist im besten Sinne des Wortes divers.

When Alice Jolly's second child was stillborn and all subsequent attempts to have another baby failed, she began to consider every possible option, no matter how unorthodox.

Published to coincide with the release of the film Bright Star, written and directed by Oscar Winner Jane Campion (The Piano, In the Cut), starring Abbie Cornish (Elizabeth: The Golden Age) and Ben Whishaw (Brideshead Revisited, Perfume)John Keats died aged just twenty-five.

Goethe von einer ganz neuen Seite kennenlernen: als engagierten Theatermann.

Telling Tales is a nostalgic and beautifully written account of growing up on a small family farm which vividly evokes a way of life that, although so recent, is now all but forgotten.

I keep coming back to John Marsden.

Part of Croft-Cooke's series of autobiographical works, The Sensual World.

A renowned scholar of the English language, Tolkien is today celebrated as the father of the high fantasy genre.

Johann Wolfang von Goethe – Dichterfürst und FreigeistWer deutsche Literatur und die große Philosophie der Aufklärung verstehen will, der sollte Goethes Leben und Werke gut kennen.

In June of 1961, A.

Mark Hellinger, beloved newspaperman, whose Broadway column was read daily by 22,000,000 people, and whose years as a Hollywood producer were marked by such outstanding successes as "e;High Sierra,"e; "e;The Killers,"e; and "e;Naked City,"e; died in 1947 in his forty-fifth year.

 Onze textos entre l''autobiografia i l''assaig.

Nicholson Baker, who writes like no one else in America (Newsweek), here assembles his best short pieces from the last fifteen years.

The authorized biography of playwright and novelist, Sir James Barrie.

Colin Wilson is the bete-noir of the Oxbridge literary establishment.

»Poe las Hoffmann.

When Alexandra "e;Bo"e; Fuller was in Zambia a few years ago visiting her parents, she asked her father about a nearby banana farmer who was known for being a "e;tough bugger"e;.

1816 was the fateful year when the Romantic poet Shelley and his lover Mary shared a hectic creative and sexual menage in Switzerland with Lord Byron.

The Golden Sovereign, first published in 1957, concludes Mr.

November 1963: Easy's settled into a steady gig as a school custodian.

Published to coincide with the film release of 'The Great Gatsby', Collins Classics brings you F.

Alice Munro, recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, is undoubtedly among Canada's greatest living writers.

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.

A meditation on dying by a writer who has been compared to Proust, was much praised by Salman Rushdie and is perhaps most famous for producing very little.

Bestselling author Torey Hayden's novel poignantly tells of a daughter's attempt to grow up in the shadow of her mother's haunted past.

A collection of charming and celebrated writings about cats, from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Benjamin Péret y México, permite al lector conocer una etapa de la vida de este sobresaliente escritor surrealista.

"Luna llena en Mazunte.

Virginia Woolf.

Dehmel gilt als typischer Vertreter des Naturalismus, der sich aber aufgrund seiner literarischen Begabung der Poesie zuwandte und nicht der Prosaliteratur wie viele seiner Zeitgenossen.

Este libro analiza la obra de Gabriel García Márquez en la relación con la historia de Colombia a partir de las guerras civiles y la consolidación del cacicazgo en el poder.

Todas las cosas y ninguna es un recorrido por la huella que Fernando Molano Vargas dejó en la sensibilidad de lectoras y lectores de, a esta altura, varias generaciones.