David Remnick
Autor de La Tumba de Lenin : los últimos dias del imperio soviético
Sobre El Autor
David Remnick was born on October 29, 1958 in Hackensack, N.J. and educated at Princeton University. He began his career at the Washington Post in 1982. In 1992, he became a staff writer for the New Yorker. Remnick's book, Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire, won the 1994 Pulitzer mostrar más Prize in General Non-Fiction. The work deals with the last days of the Soviet Union, which Remnick witnessed firsthand as foreign correspondent to Moscow from the Washington Post. Remnick is the author of numerous other works including The Devil Problem (And Other True Stories) published in 1996, Resurrection, The Struggle for a New Russia in 1997, and King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero, published in 1998. His most recent title, The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama, was published in 2010. (Bowker Author Biography) David Remnick is the editor of "The New Yorker". He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for "Lenin's Tomb" & is also the author of "King of the World", about Muhammad Ali; "Resurrection", & "The Devil Problem & Other True Stories". He lives in New York City with his wife & three children. (Publisher Provided) mostrar menos
Créditos de la imagen: David Remnick (photo courtesy of Princeton University)
Series
Obras de David Remnick
The New Yorker April 15, 2019 3 copias
New Yorker 2018 June 25 2 copias
The New Yorker (FEB. 26, 2018) 2 copias
The Joshua Generation 2 copias
The New Yorker - Health, Medicine & The Body Issue - April 3, 2017 - Volume XCIII, NO. 7 (2017) 2 copias
Markante mensen, briljante biografieën : Ali, Chanel, Churchill, Einstein, Jobs, Lennon, Mandela, Schmidt (2021) 2 copias
The New Yorker - The Fiction Issue - Border Crossings - June 10 & 17, 2019 - Volume XCV, NO. 16 1 copia
New Yorker - February 22, 2016. Kadir Nelson Cover. Don DeLillo; Political Party-Crashing; China's Golden… (2016) 1 copia
The New Yorker - July 11 & 18, 2016. Kedir Nelson Cover. Mike Will; Icelandic Politics; Donald Trump; Brexit; Heather… (2016) 1 copia
Moscow: The New Revolution 1 copia
New Yorker - April 11, 2016. Hanuka Cover-"Take the L Train". Ragner Kjartansson; Hannah Lash; Cal Trillin; Alps Hike;… (2016) 1 copia
New Yorker - Dec. 5, 2016. Art Without Walls; Pedro Almodovar; Taking Trolls to Court; Emily Dickinson; Michelle… (2016) 1 copia
The New Yorker, August 3, 2015 1 copia
The New Yorker, May 4, 2015 1 copia
The New Yorker, August 29, 2011 1 copia
The New Yorker, March 28, 2011 1 copia
The New Yorker, March 1, 2010 1 copia
The New Yorker, March 6, 2017 1 copia
The New Yorker - September 19, 2016 - The Style Issue. Statue of Liberty Patina; Alessandro Michele (Gucci); Cover Look… (2016) 1 copia
The New Yorker - September 5, 2016. Upright Citizens Brigade; Hood by Air; Ukraine; Aleppo; Yuja Wang; Wandelweiser… (2016) 1 copia
The New Yorker - The Fiction Issue - American Jobs - June 5 & 12, 2017 - Volume XCIII, NO. 16 1 copia
The New Yorker Nov. 24, 2014 1 copia
The New Yorker, Dec. 14, 2009 1 copia
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The Complete New Yorker: Eighty Years of the Nation's Greatest Magazine (Book & 8 DVD-ROMs) (2005) — Introducción — 549 copias
Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of Ideas (1997) — Contribuidor — 429 copias
Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer (2004) — Introducción — 237 copias
Know the Past, Find the Future: The New York Public Library at 100 (2011) — Contribuidor — 118 copias
Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World (2018) — Contribuidor — 76 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1958-10-29
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Hillsdale, New Jersey, USA
- Educación
- Princeton University (BA - Comparative Literature)
- Ocupaciones
- journalist
editor
writer - Organizaciones
- The Washington Post
The New Yorker
American Academy of Arts and Letters (2016) - Agente
- Kathy Robbins
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- Obras
- 148
- También por
- 14
- Miembros
- 6,014
- Popularidad
- #4,095
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 88
- ISBNs
- 174
- Idiomas
- 10
- Favorito
- 8
The stories cover a broad expanse in time and distance. There are a series of fiction stories at the end of the book and those offered a wide variety as well. I learned much--from the origin of buffalo wings to the practice of creating raw cheeses (by a nun with a Ph.D. in the subject and the world's foremost expert on this subject). The articles on the exotic fruit expert and famed buyer of same, and a reflection on the difference between white and red wine and the concept that often experts can't even tell the difference in blind tests were also quite interesting. Both of those stories had a tie-in to my home state (California), and in the case of the fruit buyer even referred to a family in California (who are kind of produce royalty) which includes (by marriage) a cousin of mine, whose amazing mansion I can still recall visiting as a child.
A thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining read!… (más)