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Robert Lipsyte

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Robert Lipsyte is a legendary sports reporter, award-winning young adult novelist and an outspoken critic of the sports world. Lipsyte has often expressed his controversial opinion that the nation's fixation on competitive athletics is detrimental. He feels that sports should be recreational, not toon meer an industry that offers the often false hope of stardom. As a young reporter, Lipsyte covered boxing for The New York Times. He drew on this background for his first book, "The Contender" (1967), a highly acclaimed coming-of-age story in which an orphaned teenager matures through the training discipline of boxing. In 1971, Lipsyte left the Times to concentrate on writing books. His other sports books for young people include "Free To Be Muhammad Ali" (1978) and the "Superstar Lineup" series documenting the lives of famous sports heroes. The author's other novels for adolescents include the semi-autobiographical "Fifties Trilogy: One Fat Summer" (1977), "Summer Rules" (1981) and "Summerboy" (1982). Lipsyte has also written for adults in such books as "SportsWorld: An American Dreamland" (1975) and for television, notably "Saturday Night With Howard Cosell". He received an Emmy Award for hosting the PBS show "The Eleventh Hour"" (1990). Robert Michael Lipsyte was born January 16, 1938 in New York City and earned an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia in 1959. He has been a radio commentator, a television news correspondent, and a journalism teacher. He successfully fought cancer in the late 1970's. Lipsyte's career has come full circle; he once again is writing a sports column for The New York Times and books for young adults. "The Chief" (1993) is the long-awaited sequel to "The Contender". (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

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Werken van Robert Lipsyte

The Contender (1967) 1,032 exemplaren
Raiders Night (2006) 196 exemplaren
The Brave (1991) 155 exemplaren
Yellow Flag (2007) 125 exemplaren
The Chief (2004) 85 exemplaren
Warrior Angel (2003) 69 exemplaren
Center Field (2010) 67 exemplaren
The Twinning Project (1750) 34 exemplaren
The Chemo Kid (1992) 33 exemplaren
The Summerboy (1982) 21 exemplaren

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Geboortedatum
1938-01-16
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
New York, New York, USA
Woonplaatsen
Closter, New Jersey, USA
Beroepen
sports journalist
author
Relaties
Lipsyte, Sam (son)
Prijzen en onderscheidingen
Margaret A. Edwards Award (2001)

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Loved this book as a teenager. A nice coming of age book.
 
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Quick and easy read that is enjoyable and provides a good message. Through hard work and determination, the main character Alfred (literally) fights his way to the top and along the way, learns more about the world and himself from his trainer Donatelli.
 
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2,372
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