Leo Rosten (1907–1997)
Autor von The Joys of Yiddish
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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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A guide to the religions of America; the famous Look magazine series on religion, plus facts, figures, tables, charts,… (1955) 165 Exemplare
H*y*m*a*n K*a*p*l*a*n, Samaritan 2 Exemplare
The Strangest Places 2 Exemplare
Sleep My Love (Century Book #66) 1 Exemplar
oy oy oy! 1 Exemplar
Leo Rosten's Book Of Laughter 1 Exemplar
The Bathroom Reader 1 Exemplar
Adventure in Washington 1 Exemplar
Pan Kaplan má třídu rád 1 Exemplar
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Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker (2001) — Mitwirkender — 713 Exemplare
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: Captain Newman, M.D. | When the Cheering Stopped | Spy Who Came in From the Cold | Song… (1965) 11 Exemplare
Our lives : American labor stories — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Rosten, Leo
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Rosten, Leo Calvin
- Andere Namen
- Ross, Leonard Q.
- Geburtstag
- 1907-04-11
- Todestag
- 1997-02-19
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- Russian Empire (birth)
USA - Land (für Karte)
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Lodz, Poland
- Sterbeort
- New York, New York, USA
- Wohnorte
- Lodz, Russian Empire (now Poland)
New York, New York, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA - Ausbildung
- University of Chicago
London School of Economics - Berufe
- teacher
screenwriter
lexicographer
novelist
humorist
journalist - Beziehungen
- Rosten, Carrie (granddaughter)
Mead, Margaret (sister-in-law)
Steig, William (brother-in-law)
Bateson, Mary Catherine (niece) - Organisationen
- Look
- Kurzbiographie
- 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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