Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989)
Auteur van De waanzinnige veertiende eeuw
Over de Auteur
Barbara W. Tuchman achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmermann Telegram, and international fame with The Guns of August--a huge bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. There followed other successes, including The Proud Tower, Stilwell and the American Experience in China (also toon meer awarded the Pulitzer Prize), A Distant Mirror, The March of Folly, and The First Salute. toon minder
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Werken van Barbara W. Tuchman
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A World of Ideas : Conversations With Thoughtful Men and Women About American Life Today and the Ideas Shaping Our… (1989) — Interviewee — 548 exemplaren
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Medewerker — 463 exemplaren
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Medewerker — 131 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Tuchman, Barbara W.
- Officiële naam
- Wertheim Tuchman, Barbara
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Tuchman, Barbara
- Geboortedatum
- 1912-01-30
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1989-02-06
- Graflocatie
- Temple Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, USA
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- New York, New York, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- stroke
- Woonplaatsen
- New York, New York, USA
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Cos Cob, Connecticut, USA - Opleiding
- Radcliffe College (BA|1933)
Walden School - Beroepen
- historica
Journalist
Writer - Organisaties
- Society of American Historians
Authors Guild
Office of War Information - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Jefferson Lecture (1980)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Letters (1971, president 1979)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1978)
Pulitzer Prize (1963, 1972)
National Book Award in History (1980)
St Louis Literary Award (1971) (toon alle 8)
Order of Leopold First Class
American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal (1978) - Agent
- William Loverd
- Korte biografie
- Writies about : Middle Ages, Renaissance, 1900
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Discussies
April-June Theme Read: War and Regions in Conflict in Reading Globally (februari 10)
GROUP READ: The Guns of August in 2013 Category Challenge (september 2013)
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THE WAR ROOM (3)
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1970s (1)
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- Werken
- 23
- Ook door
- 7
- Leden
- 26,363
- Populariteit
- #794
- Waardering
- 4.1
- Besprekingen
- 414
- ISBNs
- 403
- Talen
- 18
- Favoriet
- 129