Bryce Courtenay (1933–2012)
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Bryce Courtenay was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 14, 1933. He studied journalism in London and then settled in Australia in 1958. Instead of becoming a journalist, he went into advertising and became a successful creative director. He won most of the local and international vis mere advertising awards and a gold medal for Best Documentary at the 1984 New York Film Festival. He started writing after he turned 50. His first novel, The Power of One, was adapted into a 1992 film starring Morgan Freeman and Stephen Dorff. His other novels include Jessica, The Potato Factory, Tommo and Hawk, Solomon's Song, Tandia, and Jack of Diamonds. In 1993, he wrote the non-fiction book April Fool's Day, which is a personal account of the death of his son Damon after he contracted AIDs from a routine blood transfusion. Courtenay died of stomach cancer on November 22, 2012 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Bryce Courtenay
The Power of One, Part 1 1 eksemplar
La Potencia de Uno 1 eksemplar
Jessica de Bryce Courtenay ( 20 juin 2000 ) 1 eksemplar
The Family Frying Pan 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Yowies: Nap the Honeygum Yowie and the Fiery Flame-Fanning Grumkin (1895) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver — 17 eksemplarer
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Almen Viden
- Fødselsdato
- 1933-08-14
- Dødsdag
- 2012-11-22
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Sud-àfrica
Austràlia - Land (til kort)
- Austràlia
- Fødested
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Dødssted
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Bopæl
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Lebombo Mountains, Limpopo Province, South Africa - Uddannelse
- King Edward VII School, Johannesburg
- Erhverv
- novelist
advertising executive - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- British Book Award (Newcomer of the Year, 1990)
Order of Australia (Member, 1995)
University of Newcastle (Honorary Doctorate)
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Whitethorn af Bryce Courtenay
Coming-of-age
I tried. I gave it 180 pages (out of about 500), but the whole concept left me cold, and there are plenty of other books I could be reading.
What a wise and other-worldly eleven (or twelve, who knows?) year old is Sylvia. THe wonderful singing voice I can accept, but the trick with birds? It all became too much for me. And the Pied Piper of Hamelin; a crusade that might or might not (probably not) have happened; and miracles, or at least events being mistaken for miracles.
Enough.
What a wise and other-worldly eleven (or twelve, who knows?) year old is Sylvia. THe wonderful singing voice I can accept, but the trick with birds? It all became too much for me. And the Pied Piper of Hamelin; a crusade that might or might not (probably not) have happened; and miracles, or at least events being mistaken for miracles.
Enough.
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- Værker
- 36
- Also by
- 1
- Medlemmer
- 12,745
- Popularitet
- #1,838
- Vurdering
- 4.0
- Anmeldelser
- 260
- ISBN
- 595
- Sprog
- 10
- Udvalgt
- 24