Leo Rosten (1907–1997)
Forfatter af The Joys of Yiddish
Om forfatteren
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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Værker af Leo Rosten
A guide to the religions of America; the famous Look magazine series on religion, plus facts, figures, tables, charts,… (1955) 162 eksemplarer
H*y*m*a*n K*a*p*l*a*n, Samaritan 2 eksemplarer
The Strangest Places 2 eksemplarer
The education of H*y*m*a*n* K*a*p*l*a*n 1 eksemplar
Pan Kaplan má třídu rád 1 eksemplar
Adventure in Washington 1 eksemplar
A guide to the religions of America 1 eksemplar
Leo Rosten's Book Of Laughter 1 eksemplar
Sleep My Love (Century Book #66) 1 eksemplar
De médico e de louco (Seleções - Captain Newman) 1 eksemplar
oy oy oy! 1 eksemplar
The Bathroom Reader 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker (2001) — Bidragyder — 706 eksemplarer
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: Captain Newman, M.D. | When the Cheering Stopped | Spy Who Came in From the Cold | Song… (1965) 11 eksemplarer
Our lives : American labor stories — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer
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- Kanonisk navn
- Rosten, Leo
- Juridisk navn
- Rosten, Leo Calvin
- Andre navne
- Ross, Leonard Q.
- Fødselsdato
- 1907-04-11
- Dødsdag
- 1997-02-19
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Russian Empire (birth)
USA - Fødested
- Lodz, Poland
- Dødssted
- New York, New York, USA
- Bopæl
- Lodz, Russian Empire (now Poland)
New York, New York, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA - Uddannelse
- University of Chicago
London School of Economics - Erhverv
- teacher
screenwriter
lexicographer
novelist
humorist
journalist - Relationer
- Rosten, Carrie (granddaughter)
Mead, Margaret (sister-in-law)
Steig, William (brother-in-law)
Bateson, Mary Catherine (niece) - Organisationer
- Look
- Kort biografi
- 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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- Popularitet
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- ISBN
- 102
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- 6
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