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Harry Kemelman (1908–1996)

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Harry Kemelman was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1908. After studying English Literature at Boston University and earning an M.A. from Harvard University in 1931, Kemelman worked as a teacher in several Boston high schools, and later became a private businessman. During this time, he also mehr anzeigen pursued a career as a freelance writer. Kemelman is best known for his mystery-based rabbi books about David Small, a rabbi who solves murder cases. His early stories appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. His first rabbi novel, Friday the Rabbi Slept Late, received the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 1964. Some of Kemelman's other novels in the rabbi series include Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry, Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home, Monday the Rabbi Took Off, and Conversations with Rabbi Small. He died in 1996, at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen

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Am Freitag schlief der Rabbi lang (1964) 956 Exemplare
Am Samstag ass der Rabbi nichts (1966) 652 Exemplare
Am Montag flog der Rabbi ab (1972) 641 Exemplare
Am Sonntag blieb der Rabbi weg (1969) 621 Exemplare
Am Dienstag sah der Rabbi rot (1973) 616 Exemplare
Am Mittwoch wird der Rabbi naß. (1976) 592 Exemplare
Der Rabbi schoss am Donnerstag (1978) 560 Exemplare
Eines Tages geht der Rabbi. (1985) 459 Exemplare
Ein Kreuz für den Rabbi (1987) 439 Exemplare
Ein neuer Job für den Rabbi (1992) 421 Exemplare
Als der Rabbi die Stadt verließ (1996) 331 Exemplare
Conversations with Rabbi Small (1981) 295 Exemplare

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Geburtstag
1908-11-24
Todestag
1996-12-15
Geschlecht
male
Nationalität
USA
Geburtsort
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Sterbeort
Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
Wohnorte
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
Ausbildung
Boston University (BA ∙ Englisch)
Harvard University (MA)
Berufe
teacher
mystery writer
Professor of English
Kurzbiographie
Harry Kemelman was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents were Isaac Kemelman and his wife Dora Prizer.

After receiving a B.A. in English literature from Boston University and an M.A. in linguistics from Harvard, he taught at a number of public schools and also night classes at Northeastern University. During World War II, he worked for the U.S. Army Transportation Corps in Boston and later for the War Assets Administration. Following the war, he became a freelance writer and private businessman. In 1963, he was appointed assistant professor of English at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston. He was also an assistant professor at Boston State College in the 1960s.

His literary career began with short stories published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.

His debut book, Friday the Rabbi Slept Late (1964), became a massive bestseller, a difficult achievement for a religious-themed mystery, and won Kemelman the 1965 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. The popular Rabbi Small series continued for more than 30 years and comprised a total of 11 books. Friday the Rabbi Slept Late was adapted into a television film by NBC in 1976, and was the basis of a short-lived TV series, Lanigan's Rabbi, which aired on the network in 1977.

In 2003, Kemelman's classic short story "The Nine Mile Walk" was made into a feature film in Toledo, Spain.

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This is the fifth Rabbi Smal book I've read and the first time I solved the mystery on my own. Still an entertaining read though.
 
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bookonion | 8 weitere Rezensionen | Mar 10, 2024 |
I love books with Jewish characters (especially when written by Jews) and I enjoy indulging in pulp from time to time. Thursday the Rabbit Walked Out (the 7th of 7 books in this series, of which I've read them all) combines both. Although I don't love Rabbi Small (the crime solving, small town rabbi), nor do I have much in common with any of the other characters, these books always capture my attention.

A year from now I probably won't be able to tell any of the books apart, so I don't know where I'd rank this one in the series. As a stand-alone book it does just fine though. There's a murder, the police have trouble finding out who did it, and along comes David Small to solve the case, usually nonchalantly in the last few pages. Kimelman uses these books to teach about Judaism perhaps as much as he does to write about crime solving, and that's absolutely ok with me.

I think these books are for a very unique audience, but if you like Jewish pulp then I'd recommend checking them out. I think each one cost me like $2 or $3 used
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bookonion | 6 weitere Rezensionen | Mar 9, 2024 |
Rabbi Small takes a job teaching the basics of Judaism at a Christian college in Boston (which nevertheless has some Jewish students.) Of course, this gives the author a chance to explain a lot of things to the reader, as well as the students, and it's quite interesting. The mystery plot, which, as always, seems secondary, features early 70s radicals and would-be radicals who look pretty silly 50 years later. These aren't great books by any means, but there is a certain charm--and they don't go on forever. The rabbi's solution to the murder of the day is always based on things the reader has been exposed to. But it takes a rabbi to figure them out!… (mehr)
 
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datrappert | 8 weitere Rezensionen | Dec 8, 2023 |
The Rabbi, his wife, and young son head to Israel for three months--without pay! This gives the rabbi a chance to unravel an Israeli death and the author a chance to tell us all about Israel. Quite interesting and at least it's a change from the formula of the first three books, although there is still the usual band of synagogue idiots trying to replace the rabbi, this time with his slick substitute--who looks like a rabbi!
 
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