Russell Banks (1940–2023)
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The oldest of four children, Russell Banks spent his childhood and adolescence in New Hampshire and Eastern Massachusetts. His blue collar, working class background is strongly reflected in his writing. The first in his family to attend college, Banks studied at Colgate University and later toon meer graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill. While he was establishing himself as a writer, Banks spent time as a plumber, shoe salesman, and a window dresser. Banks's titles include Searching for Survivors, Family Life, Hamilton Stark, The New World, The Book of Jamaica, Trailerpark, The Relation of My Imprisonment, Continental Drift, Success Stories, Affliction, The Sweet Hereafter and Dreaming Up America. Banks has also written numerous poems, stories, and essays. Banks is the recipient of several awards and prizes. Among his accolades are the St. Lawrence Award for Short Fiction, the John Dos Passos Award, and the Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1986, Continental Drift was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Werken van Russell Banks
Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story (in The Best American Short Stories of the Eighties - RAVENEL) 2 exemplaren
Martin Luther: renegade and prophet 2 exemplaren
Russel Banks : Coffret en 3 volumes : Sous le règne de Bone ; De beaux lendemains ; American Darling (2008) 1 exemplaar
The Moor (in Birthday Stories - MURAKAMI) 1 exemplaar
Plains of Abraham 1 exemplaar
On the Road [screenplay] 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Banks, Russell Earl
- Geboortedatum
- 1940-03-28
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2023-01-07
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Newton, Massachusetts, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- cancer
- Woonplaatsen
- Newton, Massachusetts, USA
New York State, USA - Opleiding
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Beroepen
- auteur
dichter - Relaties
- Twichell, Chase (echtg.)
- Organisaties
- International Parliament of Writers (President)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1998) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- John Dos Passos Prize (1985)
State Author of New York/Edith Wharton Citation of Merit (2004-06)
Artist-in-Residence, University of Maryland
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1986) - Agent
- Ellen Levine
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