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Hortense Calisher
Hortense Calisher (1911–2009) was born in New York City. The daughter of a young German-Jewish immigrant mother and a somewhat older Jewish father from Virginia, she graduated from...visualizza altroHortense Calisher (1911–2009) was born in New York City. The daughter of a young German-Jewish immigrant mother and a somewhat older Jewish father from Virginia, she graduated from Barnard College in 1932 and worked as a sales clerk before marrying and moving to Nyack, New York, to raise her family. Her first book, a collection of short stories titled In the Absence of Angels, appeared in 1951. She went on to publish two dozen more works of fiction and memoir, writing into her nineties.A past president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and of PEN, the worldwide association of writers, she was a National Book Award finalist three times, won an O. Henry Award for “The Night Club in the Woods” and the 1986 Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for The Bobby Soxer, and was awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in 1952 and 1955.visualizza meno
Libri di Hortense Calisher
Kissing Cousins: A Memory The New Yorkers: A Novel Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5Journal from Ellipsia: A Novel Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5False Entry: A Novel Valutazione: 3 su 5 stelle3/5The Bobby-Soxer: A Novel Valutazione: 0 su 5 stelle0 valutazioniThe Collected Stories of Hortense Calisher Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5Herself: An Autobiographical Work Valutazione: 2 su 5 stelle2/5Age: A Love Story Valutazione: 3 su 5 stelle3/5In the Absence of Angels: Stories Valutazione: 0 su 5 stelle0 valutazioniTale for the Mirror: A Novella and Other Stories Valutazione: 0 su 5 stelle0 valutazioniIn the Absence of Angels: Stories Valutazione: 0 su 5 stelle0 valutazioni