Alistair Cooke (1908–2004)
Forfatter af Amerika
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Alistair Cooke is a journalist and broadcaster. Cooke was born in Manchester, England on November 20, 1908. He obtained his education at Cambridge, Yale, and Harvard. His career is based on his observations of American life and culture. Cooke worked as a correspondent for NBC and as a special vis mere correspondent for the London Times and the Guardian. He is perhaps most famous for his BBC weekly broadcast, "Letter From America," which has been successful for over fifty years because of its sophisticated wit. Cooke became well-known in the United States as host for Omnibus for nine years and later as host of the Masterpiece Theatre. He has also written numerous books including the bestsellers Alistair Cooke's America, Six Men, and Fun and Games with Alistair Cooke. In 1973, Cooke was made an honorary Knight of the British Empire. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Image credit: Marion S. Trikosko (1974)
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Værker af Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke's American Journey: Life on the Home Front in the Second World War (2006) — Forfatter — 104 eksemplarer
General Eisenhower on the military Churchill: a conversation with Alistair Cooke (1970) 23 eksemplarer
The Alistair Cooke Collection Volume One: Letters from America, Talk About America, and The Americans (2018) 5 eksemplarer
Christmas Eve 4 eksemplarer
Letters from America: The Americans, Letters from America and Talk About America (1981) 3 eksemplarer
Alistair Cooke's Edwardian essays : from the Masterpiece Theatre presentation of "Upstairs, Downstairs" 3 eksemplarer
A Commencement Address 2 eksemplarer
Omnibus: King Lear 2 eksemplarer
Getting To Know You: The Fulbright Address 1986 2 eksemplarer
Letters from America, 1946–1951 1 eksemplar
Christmas Eve 1 eksemplar
All at Sea 1 eksemplar
Alistair Cooke's American Journey 1 eksemplar
Talk About America, 1951–1968 1 eksemplar
AMERICA OBSERVED From the 1940's to the 1980's 1 eksemplar
Reporting America 1 eksemplar
Rare SIGNED ~ The Patient Has the Floor by Alistair Cooke (1986) The Franklin Library (1777) 1 eksemplar
Six Friends 1 eksemplar
Masterpiece Theatre's Family Collection 1 eksemplar
The Vintage Menchken 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Above Washington: A Collection of Nostalgic and Contemporary Aerial Photographs of the District of Columbia (1979) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver — 170 eksemplarer
Above San Francisco: A New Collection of Nostalgic and Contemporary Aerial Photographs of the Bay Area (1975) — Forord — 129 eksemplarer
The World of George Price: A 55 Year Retrospective (1988) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver — 36 eksemplarer
Ten Years of Holiday: Selected by the Editors of Holiday Magazine (1956) — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
The Bedside 'Guardian' 15: A Selection from The Guardian 1965-1966 (1966) — Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
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Almen Viden
- Andre navne
- Cooke, Alfred (birth name)
- Fødselsdato
- 1908-11-20
- Dødsdag
- 2004-03-30
- Begravelsessted
- ashes scattered in Central Park, New York, New York, USA
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
USA (naturalized|1941) - Fødested
- Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
- Dødssted
- New York, New York, USA
- Dødsårsag
- cancer
- Bopæl
- Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
London, England, UK
New York, New York, USA
Cambridge, England, UK - Uddannelse
- Jesus College, Cambridge
- Erhverv
- reporter
radio presenter
television presenter - Relationer
- Cooke, John Byrne (son)
Quiller-Couch, Arthur (teacher)
Pick, Hella (colleague) - Organisationer
- BBC
PBS
Guardian
The Times
CBS
NBC - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Order of the British Empire (Knight Commander, 1973)
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- 4,009
- Popularitet
- #6,298
- Vurdering
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- Anmeldelser
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- ISBN
- 186
- Sprog
- 7
- Udvalgt
- 3
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Alfred Cooke - eller som han skiftede navn til - Alistair Cooke emigrerede til USA fra England i 1937 og skrev masser af artikler om USA set med en englænders øjne. Han blev ret gammel, 95 Ã¥r, og blev ufrivilligt indblandet i en sag om ligrøveri efter sin død, for nogle tyveknægte fjernede knoglevæv fra hans og flere andres lig inden kremering. Knoglevævet blev solgt videre til brug i patienter, hvilket var en dum ide for Alistair døde af kræft og det havde spredt sig til knoglerne.… (mere)