A Harvard college graduate, Lemann graduated magna cum laude in 1976. Lemann married twice, lived near New York City with his wife, Dominique Browing and their two sons when he wrote “The Promised Land.” They divorced and he later married Judith Anne Shulevitz in 1999. They have a son and daughter. The Book “The Promised Land the Great Black Migration and How It Changed America,” is a National Best Seller written in 1991. It was published in the Untied States by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto .
John dos Passos A little biography. Born John Roderigo Madison en 1896, John dos Passos was a writer, although he was well studied in other arts like architecture and painting. He lived in Europe until he was five years old, which resulted in him having learned French as his first language. When he was five he and his mother came back to America, where young John started showing that he was no regular boy. He graduated from school early, and entered Harvard in 1912, after a year spent traveling to Europe, but now as a young adult.
Barthelme was drafted into the Korean War in 1953, arriving in Korea on July 27, the very day the cease-fire ending the war was signed. He served briefly as the editor of an Army newspaper before returning to the U.S. and his job at the Houston Post. Once back, he continued his studies at the University of Houston, studying philosophy. Although he continued to take classes until 1957, he never received a d...moreDonald Barthelme was a short story writer and novelist whose minimalist style placed him among the leading innovative writers of modern fiction who was born in Philadelphia on April 7, 1931. His father was a professor of architectural design at the University of Houston, where Barthelme would later major in journalism.
EXPRESSIONISTIC TECNIQUES IN THE NOVEL Arthur Millerwas born on October 17, 1915, in New York City, the son of Isidore and Augusta Miller. His father lost his wealth during the Great Depression of the 1920s and the family, like many others, suffered economic hardship and could not afford to send him to college. Miller worked for two years in an automobile parts warehouse, earning enough money to attend the University of Michigan in 1934, where he studied history and economics. He graduated in 1938.Arthur MillerBenefitting from the U.S. Government's Federal Theatre Project, began learning about the craft of the theatre, working with such skilled writers and directors as Clifford Odets(Waiting for Lefty) and Elia Kazan (the famous film and theatre director who later produced Miller's best-known work, Death of a Salesman). His first Broadway production, The Man Who Had All the Luck, opened in 1944 and ran for only four performances.
Disney’s Father – Elias – acquired shares in the O-Zell jelly factory in Chicago and moved his family back to the city in 1917. Disney began his freshman year at McKinley High School and took night courses at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. By this time he became the cartoonist for the school newspaper. Walt had hopes of joining the army, and had dropped out of high school at 16 years old. However, he had been rejected for being under aged.
Elie did not learn that his two older sisters were alive until after the war. After the war Elie moved to Paris, where he studied literature, philosophy, and psychology at the Sorbonne. He came to the United States in 1956 and he was hit by a taxicab in New York City, and was stuck in a wheelchair for a year. Then he eventually decided to stay in the U.S. In 1986 Elie won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in improving the living conditions, and helping Jews out all around the world. The first book I read was Dawn.
In 1911, he was exposed for the first time by the works of the cubists Braque and Picasso, at an exhibition in Amsterdam. He later moved to Paris in 1912, where he lived and studied. In 1938, he moved to London for two years where he became befriended with a couple of artist. Mondrian moved to New York in October of 1940, where he concluded his career with monumental works. Piet Mondrian died of pneumonia in 1944 at a New York hospital.
In 1913 he moved to Bordeaux, as a teacher of English in the Berlitz School of language: one year later he was a private teacher in a prosperous family in the Pyrenees. He enlisted in the Artists Rifles on the 21st of October 1915 there followed 14 months training in England. He was drafted to France in 1917 the worst war winter. His total war experience will be a short four months, from which only five weeks in the front line. On this is based all his war poetry.
Professor West Wednesday, April 15, 2015 ! ! Style Analysis “A Rose For Emily” One thing William Faulkner did with the style of writing for this short story was how he made it seem like they were reliving her life, only backwards. It started off with her death, but slowly went back till she was about 30 years old. It explains that every year, the Aldermen and Mayors sent her a tax form, which she sent back, unclaimed, about a week later.
Introduction F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, “The Great Gatsby”, is one of the few novels he wrote in 1925. The novel takes place during the 1920’s following the 1st World War. It is written about a young man named Nick, from the east he moved to the west to learn about the bond business. He ends up moving next to a mysterious man named Gatsby who ends up giving him the lesion of his life. After love circles with Gatsby and his cousin Daisy, lastly Jordan and gossip resulting with killings end up discussed over his experience resulting going back east.