James D. Houston (1933–2009)
Forfatter af Farewell to Manzanar
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James D. Houston is the author of "Continental Drift" & six other novels, & of several nonfiction works, including "Farewell to Manzanar", coauthored with his wife, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston. (Publisher Provided) James D. Houston was born in San Francisco, California on November 10, 1933. He vis mere received a bachelor's degree in drama from San Jose State College and a master's degree in American literature at Stanford University. During his lifetime, he wrote nine novels as well as nonfiction books and essays. His works include Bird of Another Heaven, Snow Mountain Passage, and Farewell to Manzanar. His second novel, Gig, won the Joseph Henry Jackson Award for Fiction. He taught writing part-time at numerous universities including the University of California at Santa Cruz, the University of Hawaii, the University of Oregon, the University of Michigan, George Mason University, and San Jose State University. He died due to complications of cancer on April 16, 2009 at the age of 75. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af James D. Houston
The Men in My Life: And Other More or Less True Recollections of Kinship (A Graywolf Discovery) (1900) 18 eksemplarer
West Coast Fiction: Modern Writing from California, Oregon, and Washington (1979) — Redaktør; Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
One Can Think About Life After the Fish Is in the Canoe and Other Coastal Sketches / Beyond Manzanar: Views of… (1985) 6 eksemplarer
Gas Mask 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Treasure Island Trek; Children's Author & Illustrator Festival Saturday Oct, 18, 1969 — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver — 1 eksemplar
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- Kanonisk navn
- Houston, James D.
- Juridisk navn
- Houston, James Dudley
- Fødselsdato
- 1933-11-10
- Dødsdag
- 2009-04-16
- Begravelsessted
- Santa Cruz, California.
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Bopæl
- San Francisco, California, USA
Santa Cruz, California, USA - Uddannelse
- San Jose State University
Stanford University - Relationer
- Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki (wife)
- Organisationer
- US Air Force
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award (1999)
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- 13
- Medlemmer
- 3,235
- Popularitet
- #7,906
- Vurdering
- 3.7
- Anmeldelser
- 49
- ISBN
- 81
- Sprog
- 2