Justin Kaplan (1925–2014)
Autor von Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography
Über den Autor
Justin Kaplan was born in Manhattan, New York on September 5, 1925. He received a bachelor's degree in English from Harvard University, followed by graduate work in the field there, but he left before earning a doctorate to work as a freelance writer and book editor. His first book, Mr. Clemens and mehr anzeigen Mark Twain, won the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1967 and a National Book Award. His other works include Lincoln Steffens: A Biography, When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age, and Walt Whitman: A Life, which won a National Book Award. He also wrote books with his wife Anne Bernays including The Language of Names and Back Then: Two Lives in 1950s New York. He was the editor of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. He died from complications of Parkinson's disease on March 2, 2014 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
Werke von Justin Kaplan
When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age (2006) — Autor — 391 Exemplare
Mark Twain, a Profile 3 Exemplare
With malice toward women; a handbook for women-haters drawn from the best minds of all time (1952) 2 Exemplare
"Half Song-Thrush, Half Aliigator 1 Exemplar
Aristotle 1 Exemplar
Mark Twain 1 Exemplar
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The Complete Texts of Great Dialogues of Plato (0004) — Herausgeber, einige Ausgaben — 890 Exemplare
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Mitwirkender — 452 Exemplare
The Pocket Aristotle: Selections from physics, psychology, metaphysics, Nicomachean ethics, politics, poetics (1958) — Herausgeber, einige Ausgaben; Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 414 Exemplare
Forgotten Heroes: Inspiring American Portraits from Our Leading Historians (1999) — Mitwirkender — 109 Exemplare
Literary Genius: 25 Classic Writers Who Define English & American Literature (2007) — Mitwirkender — 90 Exemplare
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Wissenswertes
- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Kaplan, Justin
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Kaplan, Justin Daniel
- Geburtstag
- 1925-09-05
- Todestag
- 2014-03-02
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- New York, New York, USA
- Sterbeort
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Wohnorte
- New York, New York, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - Ausbildung
- Harvard College (AB|English|1944)
- Berufe
- editor
biographer - Beziehungen
- Bernays, Anne (spouse)
- Organisationen
- Simon & Schuster
Bartlett's - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1985)
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