Calvin Trillin
Autor von About Alice
Über den Autor
Calvin Trillin attended public schools in Kansas City and went on to Yale University and graduated in 1957; he later served as a Fellow of the University. He was born on December 5, 1935. He worked as a reporter for Time magazine before joining the staff of The New Yorker in 1963. His reporting for mehr anzeigen The New Yorker on the racial integration of the University of Georgia was published in his first book, An Education in Georgia. Family, travel and food are also themes in Trillin's work. Three of his books American Fried; Alice, Let's Eat; and Third Helpings; were individually published and are also collected in the 1994 compendium The Tummy Trilogy. He has also written a collection of short stories Barnett Frummer Is An Unbloomed Flower (1969) and three comic novels, Runestruck (1977), Floater (1980), and Tepper Isn't Going Out (2001). Among his recent work, is Dogfight: The 2012 Presidential Campaign in Verse. He was awarded the Thurber Prize for American Humor for Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff, in 2012. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Calvin Trillin
Jackson, 1964: And Other Dispatches from Fifty Years of Reporting on Race in America (2016) 112 Exemplare
An Education in Georgia: Charlayne Hunter, Hamilton Holmes, and the Integration of the University of Georgia (1964) 27 Exemplare
The Red and the White 7 Exemplare
Vtg Uncivil Liberties - Calvin Trillin 1 Exemplar
Zugehörige Werke
Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker (2001) — Mitwirkender — 710 Exemplare
The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion (2011) — Mitwirkender — 245 Exemplare
There's No Toilet Paper on the Road Less Traveled: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (1998) — Mitwirkender — 210 Exemplare
McSorley's Wonderful Saloon: New Yorker Geschichten (1943) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 187 Exemplare
Know the Past, Find the Future: The New York Public Library at 100 (2011) — Mitwirkender — 116 Exemplare
Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement (2001) — Mitwirkender — 92 Exemplare
Howe and Hummel: Their True and Scandalous History (1947) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben — 51 Exemplare
Crimes of New York: Stories of Crooks, Killers, and Corruption from the World's Toughest City (Adrenaline Classics) (2003) — Mitwirkender — 22 Exemplare
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Wissenswertes
- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Trillin, Calvin
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Trillin, Calvin Marshall
- Andere Namen
- Trillin, Buddy
- Geburtstag
- 1935-12-05
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- Wohnorte
- Kansas City, Missouri, USA
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
New York, New York, USA - Ausbildung
- Yale University (B.A.|1957)
- Berufe
- actor
journalist
humorist
food writer
novelist
poet - Beziehungen
- Trillin, Alice (wife)
- Organisationen
- Time
The New Yorker
The Nation
United States Army - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Thurber Prize for American Humor (2012)
- Kurzbiographie
- A longtime staff writer at The New Yorker, Calvin Trillin is also The Nation's deadline poet. He lives in Greenwich Village, which he describes as "a neighborhood where people from the suburbs come on weekends to test their car alarms."
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The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press von Calvin Trillin
For years I’ve enjoyed Calvin Trillin’s columns, but I’ve only ever read one of his books, a moving tribute to his wife Alice, “About Alice,” a tiny (76 pages) book that will challenge anyone’s tear ducts. And this from a man I’ve never considered particularly emotional. The book is just that moving. “The Lede” is a compilation of Trillin’s columns, mostly from his home publication The New Yorker. They are often funny, always interesting, and usually educational. Calvin Trillin is one of those individuals who qualifies as a bona fide national treasure.… (mehr)
I really wanted to like this a lot more. It is occasionally clever, with a few chuckles. But most of it was really just recounting the events of the 2012 presidential campaign with the gimmick that it's in rhyme most of the time. Nothing to do with portraying the participants as dogs, which was a really lost opportunity in selecting breeds and personality traits. Some minor charm, but ultimately disappointing.
When it comes to movies, there's a certain kind of movie that my partner and I say is really great on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Usually not an Oscar winner, often not even widely known but one that brings a smile to your face and makes you glad you spent the time to relax and enjoy it.
This book is the literary equivalent. "Comfortable" to read and brought a smile to my face.
This book is the literary equivalent. "Comfortable" to read and brought a smile to my face.
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