Louis Auchincloss (1917–2010)
Autor de El rector de Justin
Sobre El Autor
Louis Auchincloss was born on September 27, 1917 in New York. He attended Groton College and Yale University and received a law degree from the University of Virginia. He served in the U.S. Navy for four years during World War ll. A practicing attorney, Auchincloss wrote his first novel, "The mostrar más Indifferent Children," in 1947 under the pseudonym Andrew Lee, establishing a dual career as a successful lawyer and writer. Born into a socially prominent family, Auchincloss generally writes about society's upper class. Strong family connections, well-bred manners, and corporate boardrooms are subject matter in such novels as "Portrait in Brownstone" and "I Come As a Thief." He has also written several biographical and critical works on such notable writers as Edith Wharton and Henry James. Auchincloss was President of the Museum of the City of New York. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Créditos de la imagen: photo by Tom Cogill from Cullen Couch's 2005 article at UVA Lawyer
Obras de Louis Auchincloss
Family Fortunes: The Rector of Justin/the House of Five Talents/Portrait in Brownstone (1993) 31 copias
Civil Wars: Three Tales of Od New York. One of 175 copies in half-bound crushed morocco binding. 2 copias
SIGNED Louis Auchincloss DIARY OF A YUPPIE 1986 Franklin Library Leather 1stEd [Hardcover] unknown 1 copia
La Casa de los cinco talentos 1 copia
The Warden 1 copia
2006 1 copia
Pa's Darling 1 copia
Woodrow Wilson 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Contribuidor — 464 copias
Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Family (1944) — Introducción, algunas ediciones — 381 copias
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen (2009) — Contribuidor — 366 copias
Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (Expanded 10th-Anniversary Edition) (2008) — Contribuidor — 93 copias
The world of law; a treasury of great writing about and in the law, short stories, plays, essays, accounts, letters,… (1960) — Contribuidor — 54 copias
New World Writing: Third Mentor Selection - Poetry, Fiction, Drama, Criticism (1953) — Contribuidor — 6 copias
Best In Books: Mandate For Change, A Man Named John, Happy New Year Herbie, Renoir, My Father, The Mirror Crack'd, By… (1963) — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Best Legal Stories — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Auchincloss, Louis
- Nombre legal
- Auchincloss, Louis Stanton
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1917-09-27
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2010-01-26
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Lawrence, New York, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa de fallecimiento
- complications of a stroke
- Lugares de residencia
- New York, New York, USA
- Educación
- University of Virginia (LL.B.|1941)
Yale University
Groton School - Ocupaciones
- lawyer
novelist
historian
essayist - Relaciones
- Lawrence, Adele (wife)
Rives, Amelie (friend) - Organizaciones
- Sullivan & Cromwell
Hawkins, Delafield & Wood
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association (1941)
Century Association (mostrar todos 7)
United States Navy Reserve - Premios y honores
- National Medal of Arts (2005)
Phi Beta Kappa
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1997)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1965)
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Five star books (2)
Favourite Books (3)
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 91
- También por
- 31
- Miembros
- 4,264
- Popularidad
- #5,889
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 90
- ISBNs
- 276
- Idiomas
- 8
- Favorito
- 16