V. S. Pritchett (1900–1997)
Autor de The Oxford Book of Short Stories
Sobre El Autor
Born in Ipswich and educated at Alleyn's School, Dulwich, and Dulwich College, novelist and critic V. S. Pritchett worked in the leather trade and later as a commercial traveler and shop assistant. After World War II, he was literary editor of the New Statesman and Nation and has frequently mostrar más contributed to American periodicals and the N.Y. Times Book Review. He is a distinguished short story writer who has often appeared in the New Yorker. Pritchett has also collaborated with the photographer Evelyn Hofer on three charming and excellent portraits of London, New York, and Dublin. Pritchett, who has been lauded for his fine literary criticism, has also written about many other writers. He received numerous awards including the 1969 Heinemann Award, the 1974 PEN Award, the 1990 W. H. Smith Literary Award, and the 1993 Golden Pen Award. He died from a stroke on March 20, 1997. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras de V. S. Pritchett
Why Do I Write?: An Exchange of Views Between Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene and V.S.Pritchett (English Literature… (1948) 6 copias
This England 5 copias
The Camberwell Beauty 1 copia
The Voice [short story] 1 copia
You Make Your own Life 1 copia
Clare Drummer 1 copia
The Humming Poet 1 copia
Just a Little More [short story] — Autor — 1 copia
This England [1937] 1 copia
Handsome Is As Handsome Does 1 copia
The Spree 1 copia
The Saint 1 copia
A Story of Don Juan 1 copia
Many Are Disappointed 1 copia
A New World 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Tres hombres en una barca (por no mencionar al perro) (1889) — Introducción, algunas ediciones — 7,636 copias
The Second Penguin Book of English Short Stories (1972) — Contribuidor, algunas ediciones — 118 copias
Selected Shorts: Food Fictions (Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story) (2007) — Contribuidor — 11 copias
Modern books and writers : the catalogue of an exhibition held at Seven Albemarle Street, April to September 1951 (1951) — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Pritchett, V. S.
- Nombre legal
- Pritchett, Sir Victor Sawdon
- Otros nombres
- VSP
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1900-12-16
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1997-03-20
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- London, England, UK
- Causa de fallecimiento
- stroke
- Lugares de residencia
- Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
USA
London, England, UK
Woodford, Essex, England, UK
Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK
Sedbergh, England, UK - Educación
- St John's School, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Alleyn’s School
Dulwich College, London, England, UK - Ocupaciones
- novelist
short-story writer
critic - Relaciones
- Pritchett, Oliver (son)
Pritchett, Matt (grandson)
Pritchett, Georgia (granddaughter) - Organizaciones
- PEN International
The New Statesman
UK Ministry of Information (WWII)
BBC - Premios y honores
- Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature (1987)
Commander, Order of the British Empire (1968)
Knight Bachelor (1975)
Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (1993)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (1958)
Foreign Honorary member, American Academy of Arts and Letters (1971) (mostrar todos 10)
PEN Award (1974)
Heinemann Award for Literature (1969)
Golden PEN Award (1994)
W. H. Smith Literary Award (1990)
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- Obras
- 82
- También por
- 57
- Miembros
- 2,816
- Popularidad
- #9,114
- Valoración
- 4.3
- Reseñas
- 25
- ISBNs
- 194
- Idiomas
- 7
- Favorito
- 6