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Hilary Masters (1928–2015)

Auteur van Last Stands: Notes From Memory

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Hilary Masters (February 3, 1928 - June 14, 2015) was an American writer. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of poet Edgar Lee Masters. He attended Davidson College from 1944-1946, then served in the U.S. Navy from 1946 -1947 as a naval correspondent. He completed his BA at Brown toon meer University in 1952. His books included Post: A Fable, In Rooms of Memory: Essays, Last Stands: Notes From Memory and How the Indians Buried Their Dead: Stories. He died in his home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at age 87. toon minder

Werken van Hilary Masters

Last Stands: Notes From Memory (1982) 35 exemplaren
In Rooms of Memory: Essays (2009) 11 exemplaren
Post (2011) 7 exemplaren
Clemmons : a novel (1985) 6 exemplaren
Elegy for Sam Emerson (2006) 6 exemplaren
Cooper (1987) 5 exemplaren
In Montaigne's Tower: Essays (2000) 4 exemplaren
Strickland: A Romance (1989) 2 exemplaren
Home is the exile (2015) 2 exemplaren
An American Marriage (1969) 1 exemplaar

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The Best American Essays 1999 (1999) — Medewerker — 184 exemplaren
Pittsburgh Noir (2011) — Medewerker — 64 exemplaren

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Officiƫle naam
Masters, Hilary Thomas
Geboortedatum
1928-02-03
Overlijdensdatum
2015-06-14
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Plaats van overlijden
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Woonplaatsen
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Opleiding
Davidson College
Brown University (BA|1952)
Beroepen
university professor
writing teacher
journalist
theatrical press agent
novelist
memoirist
Relaties
Masters, Edgar Lee (father)
George, Kathleen (wife)
Organisaties
United States Navy (naval correspondent)
Prijzen en onderscheidingen
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 2003)
Korte biografie
Hilary Masters was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of poet Edgar Lee Masters, and his wife Ellen Frances Coyne Masters. He attended Davidson College and did military service in the U.S. Navy just after World War II as a naval correspondent. He completed his bachelor's degree at Brown University in 1952. He went to work for Bennett & Pleasant, a firm of New York press agents, and then became an independent theatrical press agent for Off Broadway and summer theaters during 1953 to 1956. That year, he returned to journalism with the Hyde Park Record in New York. In the 1960s he ran as a Democratic candidate for a New York Assembly seat, and worked as a freelance photographer.
For 32 years, he was a professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He wrote novels, short stories, essays and a memoir, Last Stands: Notes from Memory (1982). In 1994, he married as his second wife writer Kathleen George.

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This is a memoir of growing up the son of Edgar Lee Masters by his 2nd wife. There are clear-eyed portrayals of loony people: the ex-cavalry man grandfather who raised his, his grandmother, and his parents. It is a sad book & feels very truthful.
 
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franoscar | Jan 4, 2008 |

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Werken
13
Ook door
2
Leden
94
Populariteit
#199,202
Waardering
3.8
Besprekingen
1
ISBNs
22

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