Harry Kemelman (1908–1996)
Auteur van Die vrijdag sliep de rabbi lang
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Harry Kemelman was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1908. After studying English Literature at Boston University and earning an M.A. from Harvard University in 1931, Kemelman worked as a teacher in several Boston high schools, and later became a private businessman. During this time, he also toon meer pursued a career as a freelance writer. Kemelman is best known for his mystery-based rabbi books about David Small, a rabbi who solves murder cases. His early stories appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. His first rabbi novel, Friday the Rabbi Slept Late, received the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 1964. Some of Kemelman's other novels in the rabbi series include Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry, Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home, Monday the Rabbi Took Off, and Conversations with Rabbi Small. He died in 1996, at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Rabbi omnibus: Die vrijdag sliep de rabbi lang; Zaterdag kreeg de rabbi honger; Zondag bleef de rabbi thuis (1964) 136 exemplaren
Three days with the Rabbi : Monday the Rabbi took off, Tuesday the Rabbi saw red, Wednesday the Rabbi got wet (1976) 62 exemplaren
Die Woche des Rabbi: Sieben Rabbi-Krimis: Am Freitag schlief der Rabbi lang /Am Samstag aß der Rabbi nichts /Am… (2007) 7 exemplaren
The Nine Mile Walk [short story] 2 exemplaren
One Day the Rabbi Might Leave 1 exemplaar
The Straw Man [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Man on the Ladder [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Bread and Butter Case [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Whistling Tea Kettle [short story] 1 exemplaar
Time and Time Again [short story] 1 exemplaar
End Play [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Ten O'Clock Scholar [short story] 1 exemplaar
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- Geboortedatum
- 1908-11-24
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1996-12-15
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA - Opleiding
- Boston University (BA, English)
Harvard University (MA) - Beroepen
- teacher
mystery writer
Professor of English - Korte biografie
- Harry Kemelman was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents were Isaac Kemelman and his wife Dora Prizer.
After receiving a B.A. in English literature from Boston University and an M.A. in linguistics from Harvard, he taught at a number of public schools and also night classes at Northeastern University. During World War II, he worked for the U.S. Army Transportation Corps in Boston and later for the War Assets Administration. Following the war, he became a freelance writer and private businessman. In 1963, he was appointed assistant professor of English at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston. He was also an assistant professor at Boston State College in the 1960s.
His literary career began with short stories published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
His debut book, Friday the Rabbi Slept Late (1964), became a massive bestseller, a difficult achievement for a religious-themed mystery, and won Kemelman the 1965 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. The popular Rabbi Small series continued for more than 30 years and comprised a total of 11 books. Friday the Rabbi Slept Late was adapted into a television film by NBC in 1976, and was the basis of a short-lived TV series, Lanigan's Rabbi, which aired on the network in 1977.
In 2003, Kemelman's classic short story "The Nine Mile Walk" was made into a feature film in Toledo, Spain.
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