Leo Rosten (1907–1997)
Autor de The Joys of Yiddish
Sobre El Autor
He was the author of The Return of H*Y*M*A*N K*P*L*A*N, Captain Newman, M.D., and countless other books, articles, and screenplays. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Obras de Leo Rosten
A guide to the religions of America; the famous Look magazine series on religion, plus facts, figures, tables, charts,… (1955) 162 copias
H*y*m*a*n K*a*p*l*a*n, Samaritan 2 copias
The Strangest Places 2 copias
Pan Kaplan má třídu rád 1 copia
Adventure in Washington 1 copia
Leo Rosten's Book Of Laughter 1 copia
Sleep My Love (Century Book #66) 1 copia
oy oy oy! 1 copia
The Bathroom Reader 1 copia
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Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker (2001) — Contribuidor — 706 copias
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Our lives : American labor stories — Contribuidor — 6 copias
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Rosten, Leo
- Nombre legal
- Rosten, Leo Calvin
- Otros nombres
- Ross, Leonard Q.
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1907-04-11
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1997-02-19
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Russian Empire (birth)
USA - Lugar de nacimiento
- Lodz, Poland
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- New York, New York, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Lodz, Russian Empire (now Poland)
New York, New York, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA - Educación
- University of Chicago
London School of Economics - Ocupaciones
- teacher
screenwriter
lexicographer
novelist
humorist
journalist - Relaciones
- Rosten, Carrie (granddaughter)
Mead, Margaret (sister-in-law)
Steig, William (brother-in-law)
Bateson, Mary Catherine (niece) - Organizaciones
- Look
- Biografía breve
- Leo Rosten was born in Łódź, Poland, and emigrated to the USA at age three, settling in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1930 and earned a Ph.D. in 1937, followed by postgraduate study at the London School of Economics. During the Great Depression, he worked as a screenwriter and held a series of government information jobs during World War II. In 1949, he joined the staff of Look magazine, where he worked until 1971. As Leonard Q. Ross, he began his publishing career with the novel The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N (1937), based on his experiences teaching English to new immigrants. He edited a series of articles for Look that became the basis of A Guide to the Religions of America (1955) and The Story Behind the Painting (1962). Rosten enjoyed instant success with The Joys of Yiddish (1968), a comic lexicon that introduced millions of Americans to Yiddish words and idioms such as chutzpah and nosh that are now widely used. He followed it with The Joys of Yinglish (1989). He produced dozens of other works over more than 60 years of writing.
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- Obras
- 46
- También por
- 28
- Miembros
- 3,582
- Popularidad
- #7,075
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 50
- ISBNs
- 102
- Idiomas
- 6
- Favorito
- 3