Robert Stone (1) (1937–2015)
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Robert Stone was born in Brooklyn, New York on August 21, 1937. His parents never married and his father was not part of his life. His mother had schizophrenia and was frequently hospitalized. From the ages of 6 to 10, he lived in an orphanage run by the Marist brothers. In 1954, he dropped out of visa mer high school and joined the Navy, where he earned his high school equivalency diploma. In the 1960's, he briefly attended New York University, worked as a copy boy for the New York Daily News, and attended the Wallace Stegner writing workshop at Standford University. His first novel, A Hall of Mirrors, won a William Faulkner Foundation award for best first novel of 1967 and was adapted into a movie entitled WUSA starring Paul Newman. His other books include Children of Light, Outerbridge Reach, Damascus Gate, Bear and His Daughter, Fun with Problems, Bay of Souls, and Death of the Black-Haired Girl. He also wrote a memoir entitled Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties. He won numerous awards including the National Book Award in 1975 for Dog Soldier, which was adapted into a movie entitled Who'll Stop the Rain starring Nick Nolte and Tuesday Weld, and a PEN/Faulkner Award for A Flag for Sunrise. He died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on January 10, 2015 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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- Stone, Robert Anthony
- Födelsedag
- 1937-08-21
- Avled
- 2015-01-10
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Dödsort
- Key West, Florida, USA
- Bostadsorter
- New York, New York, USA
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Palo Alto, California, USA
London, England, UK
Chesterfield, Massachusetts, USA - Utbildning
- New York University
Stanford University (Wallace Stegner workshop) - Yrken
- writer
- Relationer
- Stegner, Wallace (teacher)
- Organisationer
- U.S. Navy
New York Daily News - Priser och utmärkelser
- national book award (1974)
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Robert Stone: Dog Soldiers, A Flag for Sunrise,… av Robert Stone
One of the few LOA volumes that is remarkably depressing while boring at the same time. The 3 stories contained in this volume demonstrates the inability of LOA to revive certain literary works. Supposedly it is meant to be an insight of the drug hazed & revolt over the Vietnam War, but fails miserably. The author of these works left much to be desired.
lots of poignant scenes. i donated my copy to a library my university was setting up. there was that wonderful pathetic passage about "the weak straining to look agreeable to the strong" or something like that. also that passage about mary magdalene and jesus was quite humorous, in a bleak and sad way.
Covers a lot of events, dropped a lot of names, recommend it.
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