William H. Gass (1924–2017)
Auteur van The Tunnel
Over de Auteur
William Howard Gass was born in Fargo, North Dakota on July 30, 1924. During World War II, he served as an ensign in the Navy. He received an A.B. in philosophy from Kenyon College in 1947 and a PhD in philosophy from Cornell University in 1954. He taught at several universities including The toon meer College of Wooster, Purdue University, and Washington University in St. Louis. He wrote novels, collections of short stories and novellas, and collections of criticism. His novels included Omensetter's Luck, Middle C, and The Tunnel, which received the American Book Award. His other works of fiction included In the Heart of the Heart of the Country, Willie Master's Lonesome Wife, Cartesian Sonata and Other Novellas, and Eyes: Novellas and Stories. His collections of criticism included Tests of Time; A Temple of Texts, which won the 2007 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism; and Habitations of the Word and Finding a Form, which both won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. His essay collections included Fiction and the Figures of Life, The World Within the Word, and Reading Rilke. He died from congestive heart failure on December 6, 2017 at the age of 93. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: Joyce Ravid
Werken van William H. Gass
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country & Other Stories (1968) — Auteur — 736 exemplaren, 8 besprekingen
Conversations with William H. Gass (Literary Conversations Series) (2003) — Medewerker — 16 exemplaren
The First Winter of My Married Life 5 exemplaren
Fifty literary pillars : a temple of texts : an exhibition to inaugurate the International Writers Center 4 exemplaren
The Dual Muse: The Writer as Artist, The Artist as Writer: Catalogue of the Exhibition. Introduction by Cornelia… (1997) 2 exemplaren
Book as a Container of Consciousness, The 1 exemplaar
Other Aliens (Conjunctions) 1 exemplaar
The Master of Secret Revenges 1 exemplaar
Emma Enters a Sentence of Elizabeth Bishop's 1 exemplaar
Bed And Breakfast 1 exemplaar
"La vie treshorrific: Rabelais Revisited" 1 exemplaar
Learning to Talk 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Gass, William H.
- Officiële naam
- Gass, William Howard
- Geboortedatum
- 1924-07-30
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2017-12-06
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Fargo, North Dakota, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- University City, Missouri, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Warren, Ohio, USA
- Opleiding
- Ohio Wesleyan University
Kenyon College (BA|1947 - Philosophy)
Cornell University (PhD|1954 - Philosophy)
Warren G. Harding High School - Beroepen
- distinguished professor
novelist
short story writer
essayist
critic - Relaties
- Gass, Mary (wife)
- Organisaties
- Washington University in St. Louis
Purdue University
College of Wooster
United States Navy (WWII) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- PEN/Nabokov Award (2000)
Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award (1997)
Pushcart Prize (1976, 1983, 1987, 1992)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1975)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1982)
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1983) (toon alle 7)
National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism (1985, 1996, 2002)
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Willie Masters' lonesome wife door William H. Gass
Het plezier van de taal getransponeerd op een vrouwenlichaam: de tekst wordt het naar liefde verlangende lijf van Willy Masters eenzame eega, die op haar beurt de oneindig duistere geheimen van de vrouwelijke geest aan haar sluwe minnaar probeert diets te maken door met taal te spelen en hem ingenieuze Molly Bloom-achtige interieure monologen naar het hoofd te slingeren. Bij momenten verbluffend, soms duizelingwekkend, steeds speels. Indertijd controversiële klassieker van het Amerikaanse postmodernisme, gelardeerd met paginagrote naaktfoto's en gezet in een visueel erg rijke typografie.… (meer)
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- Populariteit
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- Waardering
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- Besprekingen
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- ISBNs
- 113
- Talen
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- Favoriet
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