Leo Rosten (1907–1997)
Auteur van The Joys of Yiddish
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He was the author of The Return of H*Y*M*A*N K*P*L*A*N, Captain Newman, M.D., and countless other books, articles, and screenplays. (Bowker Author Biography)
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A guide to the religions of America; the famous Look magazine series on religion, plus facts, figures, tables, charts,… (1955) 162 exemplaren
H*y*m*a*n K*a*p*l*a*n, Samaritan 2 exemplaren
The Strangest Places 2 exemplaren
The education of H*y*m*a*n* K*a*p*l*a*n 1 exemplaar
Pan Kaplan má třídu rád 1 exemplaar
Adventure in Washington 1 exemplaar
A guide to the religions of America 1 exemplaar
Leo Rosten's Book Of Laughter 1 exemplaar
Sleep My Love (Century Book #66) 1 exemplaar
De médico e de louco (Seleções - Captain Newman) 1 exemplaar
oy oy oy! 1 exemplaar
The Bathroom Reader 1 exemplaar
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Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker (2001) — Medewerker — 706 exemplaren
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: Captain Newman, M.D. | When the Cheering Stopped | Spy Who Came in From the Cold | Song… (1965) 11 exemplaren
Our lives : American labor stories — Medewerker — 6 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Rosten, Leo
- Officiële naam
- Rosten, Leo Calvin
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Ross, Leonard Q.
- Geboortedatum
- 1907-04-11
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1997-02-19
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Russian Empire (birth)
USA - Geboorteplaats
- Lodz, Poland
- Plaats van overlijden
- New York, New York, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Lodz, Russian Empire (now Poland)
New York, New York, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA - Opleiding
- University of Chicago
London School of Economics - Beroepen
- teacher
screenwriter
lexicographer
novelist
humorist
journalist - Relaties
- Rosten, Carrie (granddaughter)
Mead, Margaret (sister-in-law)
Steig, William (brother-in-law)
Bateson, Mary Catherine (niece) - Organisaties
- Look
- Korte biografie
- Leo Rosten was born in Łódź, Poland, and emigrated to the USA at age three, settling in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1930 and earned a Ph.D. in 1937, followed by postgraduate study at the London School of Economics. During the Great Depression, he worked as a screenwriter and held a series of government information jobs during World War II. In 1949, he joined the staff of Look magazine, where he worked until 1971. As Leonard Q. Ross, he began his publishing career with the novel The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N (1937), based on his experiences teaching English to new immigrants. He edited a series of articles for Look that became the basis of A Guide to the Religions of America (1955) and The Story Behind the Painting (1962). Rosten enjoyed instant success with The Joys of Yiddish (1968), a comic lexicon that introduced millions of Americans to Yiddish words and idioms such as chutzpah and nosh that are now widely used. He followed it with The Joys of Yinglish (1989). He produced dozens of other works over more than 60 years of writing.
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