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Patrick Dennis (1921–1976)

Auteur van Auntie Mame

25+ Werken 3,056 Leden 85 Besprekingen Favoriet van 12 leden

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(eng) a.k.a. Edward Everett Tanner, III

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Werken van Patrick Dennis

Auntie Mame (1955) 1,809 exemplaren
Little Me (1961) 227 exemplaren
The Joyous Season (1965) 140 exemplaren
Genius (1962) 94 exemplaren
Guestward Ho! (1956) 44 exemplaren
How firm a foundation (1968) 31 exemplaren
Tony (1966) 30 exemplaren
The Pink Hotel (1900) 26 exemplaren
First Lady (1964) 26 exemplaren
Paradise (1971) 24 exemplaren
3-D (1972) 22 exemplaren
The loving couple (1956) 16 exemplaren
Love and Mrs. Sargent (1961) 16 exemplaren

Gerelateerde werken

Auntie Mame [1958 film] (1958) — Original Novel — 161 exemplaren
Auntie Mame (1957) — Original novel — 107 exemplaren
Reading for Pleasure (1957) — Medewerker — 51 exemplaren
Chances Are [1989 film] (1989) — Actor — 45 exemplaren
Mame [1974 film] (1991) — Original novel — 40 exemplaren
Mame: Original 1966 Broadway Cast Recording (1966) — Original story — 22 exemplaren
Joe [1970 film] (1970) — Actor — 4 exemplaren

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Gangbare naam
Dennis, Patrick
Officiële naam
Tanner, Edward Everett, III
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
Rowans, Virginia
Geboortedatum
1921-05-18
Overlijdensdatum
1976-11-06
Graflocatie
James Episcopal Church Graveyard, St. James, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, USA
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA
Land (voor op de kaart)
USA
Geboorteplaats
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Plaats van overlijden
New York, New York, USA
Oorzaak van overlijden
pancreatic cancer
Woonplaatsen
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Opleiding
Evanston Township High School, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Beroepen
butler
author
Relaties
Stickney, Louise (wife)
Tanner, Michael (son)
Organisaties
American Field Service (WWII)
Korte biografie
Patrick Dennis (1921-1976) was the author of sixteen books including the enormously popular bestselling camp classic “Auntie Mame”. He was born Edward Everett Tanner III in Evanston, Illinois in 1921. He began using his nom de plume when he attended Evanston High. Though he struggled with his homosexual urges his entire life, in 1948 he married Louise Stickney and fathered two children.

After writing two novels under a pseudonym, in 1955 Dennis exploded onto the literary scene with “Auntie Mame” – a comic masterpiece that spent 112 weeks on the bestseller list. Written in a mere 90 days, the novel is the witty tale of Chicago born ‘Patrick Dennis' recalling his experiences growing up as the ward of his free-spirited aunt. The advent of ‘Mame Dennis' on popular culture helped him to almost single-handedly introduce mainstream America to high camp. The novel spawned a sequel and was adapted for stage and screen and later revamped as a musical. In 1956, with “Auntie Mame”; “The Loving Couple: His (and Her) Story”; and “Guestward, Ho!” all in release, Patrick Dennis became the first writer to have three books on the New York Times bestseller list simultaneously.

Soon Dennis became a fixture in the New York gay scene. He wrote sixteen books in all, but by the early 1970s they had all gone out of print. Ironically, not unlike the legendary ‘Auntie Mame' he created, Dennis squandered a fortune in royalties with lavish living. Undaunted, he chose to reinvent himself. Using his real name, Edward Tanner, he found employment as a domestic, even working for a while in Chicago as a butler to McDonald's founder, Ray Kroc. His employers had no idea the man on their staff was really world famous author Patrick Dennis.

In the mid-1970s Dennis grew ill, and in 1976, the man who brought ‘Mame Dennis Burnside' to life died from pancreatic cancer at age 55.
Ontwarringsbericht
a.k.a. Edward Everett Tanner, III

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Every bit as funny and more as the original. One of the best books I’ve read and one of the best characters ever created.
 
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caseybp | 10 andere besprekingen | Dec 29, 2023 |
 
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Kiri | 58 andere besprekingen | Dec 24, 2023 |
Zia Mame è indubbiamente uno dei romanzi più divertenti che abbia mai letto nella mia vita. È formato da undici episodi che narrano di fasi diverse della vita di Patrick, rimasto orfano, con l'eccentrica Zia Mame, sua unica parente rimasta in vita e in grado – più o meno – di prendersi cura di lui.

Eppure Zia Mame non è semplicemente stramba: è un mix di intelligenza, sprezzo per le convenzioni sociali ipocrite, orrore per la vecchiaia e prodigiose capacità di infilarsi in situazioni assurde per poi riuscire a uscirne pressoché indenne. Come Zia Mame c'è solo Zia Mame: semper fidelis (se state pensando che alcuni si rivolteranno nella tomba nel veder associare questa locuzione latina al personaggio di Zia Mame, sappiate che lo spero fortemente).

Ho adorato Zia Mame per la sua gioia di vivere in barba ai tracolli e alle occhiate storte di chi non approva. D'altra parte, Zia Mame ha un'opinione ben precisa di coloro che mettono tradizioni e principi sul piedistallo: cornacchie malate, gattemorte... e via di complimenti! Il povero, piccolo Patrick finirà a giocare alla Famiglia dei Pesci, nudo, in una stanza illuminata da tubi ai raggi ultravioletti... ma non potrà dire di non essersi divertito un mondo!

E questo sarà solo l'inizio. Non posso dire che tutti gli episodi abbiano la stessa verve comica, ma bisogna anche tener conto del fatto che il romanzo è del 1955: forse qualche scena l'abbiamo vista una volta di troppo perché possa strapparci più di un sorriso, ma non per questo Zia Mame diventa noioso. Solo un filo meno divertente.

Infatti, bisogna tener di conto della scoppiettante personalità di Zia Mame: è difficile annoiarsi in presenza di una dama di gran classe, molto equivoca e poco incline alla continenza. Provare per credere!
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lasiepedimore | 58 andere besprekingen | Sep 13, 2023 |
An orphaned Patrick Dennis goes to live with his Auntie Mame in the 1920s.

Not as funny as I remember from when I read it 50-odd years ago but it still does have its moments.
 
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Robertgreaves | 58 andere besprekingen | May 27, 2023 |

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