Anita Shreve (1946–2018)
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Anita Shreve grew up in Dedham, Massachusetts. After receiving a bachelor's degree in English from Tufts University, she taught high school English for five years before becoming a full-time author. She worked for an English-language magazine in Nairobi and wrote for everything from Cosmopolitan toon meer magazine to The New York Times. Her nonfiction books included Remaking Motherhood and Women Together, Women Alone. Her novels included Eden Close, Strange Fits of Passion, Where or When, Fortune's Rocks, Rescue, Stella Bain, and The Stars are Fire. Several of her books were made into movies including The Pilot's Wife, Resistance, and The Weight of Water. She died from cancer on March 29, 2018 at the age of 71. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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The Fortune's Rocks Quartet: Fortune's Rocks, Sea Glass, The Pilot's Wife, Body Surfing (2010) 8 exemplaren
Anita Shreve 10 Books Collection Including The Weight of Water, All He Ever Wanted, The Pilot's Wife, Eden Close,… (2010) 4 exemplaren
Unwind 1 exemplaar
Der weiĆe Klang de Wellen 1 exemplaar
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- Gangbare naam
- Shreve, Anita
- Officiƫle naam
- Shreve, Anita Hale
- Geboortedatum
- 1946-10-07
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2018-03-29
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Newfields, New Hampshire, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- breast cancer
- Woonplaatsen
- Nairobi, Kenya
Longmeadow, Massachusetts, USA
Dedham, Massachusetts, USA - Opleiding
- Tufts University (BA|1968)
Dedham High School - Beroepen
- teacher (English, high school)
journalist
writer - Organisaties
- Chi Omega
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- New England Book Award (Fiction, 1998)
O. Henry Prize (1976) - Agent
- William Morris Agency
- Korte biografie
- Anita Hale Shreve was an American writer, chiefly known for her novels. One of her first published stories, Past the Island, Drifting (published in 1975), was awarded an O. Henry Prize in 1976.
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