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Rona Jaffe (1931–2005)

Auteur van The Best of Everything

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Rona Jaffe was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 12, 1931. She graduated from Radcliffe College in 1951 and began her writing career as an assistant editor at Fawcett Gold Medal Books in 1952. Her first novel, The Best of Everything, was published in 1958 and was later adapted into a film starring toon meer Joan Crawford. Her works include Class Reunion, The Room-Mating Season, The Last Chance, Family Secrets, The Cousins, Five Women, and Mazes and Monsters. During the late 1960s, she was hired to write cultural pieces for Cosmopolitan. She founded The Rona Jaffe Foundation, which presents annual awards to promising women writers of literary fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction including the Rona Jaffe Prizes in Creative Writing at Radcliffe and the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Awards. She died from cancer on December 30, 2005 at the age of 74. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

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Werken van Rona Jaffe

The Best of Everything (1958) 647 exemplaren
Class Reunion (1979) 221 exemplaren
Mazes and Monsters (1981) 206 exemplaren
After the Reunion (1985) 124 exemplaren
The Road Taken (2000) 118 exemplaren
The Room-Mating Season (2003) 105 exemplaren
An American Love Story (1990) 87 exemplaren
Five Women (1997) 79 exemplaren
The Last Chance (1976) 61 exemplaren
The Cousins (1995) 60 exemplaren
The Other Woman (1972) 30 exemplaren
Family Secrets (1974) 30 exemplaren
Fame Game (1969) 27 exemplaren
Mr. Right Is Dead (1965) 20 exemplaren
Away from Home (1960) 18 exemplaren
The Cherry In the Martini (1966) 10 exemplaren
The Last of the Wizards (2001) 5 exemplaren
Rivers and Lakes (1988) 2 exemplaren
The Pale Horseman 1 exemplaar
Recent History 1 exemplaar
Reunion 1 exemplaar

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The Experience of the American Woman (1978) — Medewerker — 46 exemplaren
Mazes and Monsters [1982 film] (1987) — Original novel — 43 exemplaren
The Best of Everything [1959 film] (1959) — Original novel — 12 exemplaren
The Best from Cosmopolitan — Medewerker — 4 exemplaren

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Gangbare naam
Jaffe, Rona
Geboortedatum
1931-06-12
Overlijdensdatum
2005-12-30
Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Plaats van overlijden
London, England, UK
Oorzaak van overlijden
cancer
Woonplaatsen
New York, New York, USA
Opleiding
Radcliffe College
Beroepen
editor
novelist
Organisaties
Fawcett Publications
Korte biografie
Rona Jaffe, a lifelong New Yorker, grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. She was working as an editor with Fawcett Publications in 1958 when she published her first novel, The Best of Everything, which became a bestseller and was later adapted into a film. The novel electrified readers and reviewers with its authentic description of the struggles of ambitious, intelligent women in the working world and in their relationships with men. She was the author of 16 books, many of which also became bestsellers. She founded The Rona Jaffe Foundation, which presents annual awards to promising women writers of literary fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

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Werken
23
Ook door
4
Leden
1,855
Populariteit
#13,874
Waardering
½ 3.4
Besprekingen
63
ISBNs
152
Talen
10
Favoriet
3

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