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William Styron (1925–2006)

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William Clark Styron was born in Newport News, Virginia on June 11, 1925. He attended Duke University and took courses at the New School for Social Research in New York City, which started him on his writing career. He was a Marine lieutenant during World War II and while serving during the Korean vis mere War, was recalled from active duty because of faulty eyesight. After leaving the service, he helped start a magazine called the Paris Review and remained as an advisory editor. His first novel, Lie Down in Darkness, was published in 1951. His other books include The Long March and Set This House on Fire. He won several awards including the Pulitzer Prize for The Confessions of Nat Turner and the American Book Award for Sophie's Choice, which was made into a movie in 1982. His short story, A Tidewater Morning, was the basis for the movie Shadrach, which Styron wrote the screenplay for with his daughter. He also wrote several nonfiction books including The Quiet Dust and Other Writings and Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness. He died on November 1, 2006 at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af William Styron

Sophies valg (1979) 5,968 eksemplarer
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness (1990) 3,016 eksemplarer
Nat Turner : En oprørers bekendelser (1967) 2,713 eksemplarer
Lie Down in Darkness (1951) 934 eksemplarer
Set This House on Fire (1960) 406 eksemplarer
The Long March (1962) 252 eksemplarer
This Quiet Dust and Other Writings (1982) 148 eksemplarer
The Long March | In the Clap Shack (1873) 58 eksemplarer
Selected Letters of William Styron (2012) 34 eksemplarer
Sophie's Choice, Volume 1 (1984) 33 eksemplarer

Associated Works

Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression (2001) — Bidragyder — 490 eksemplarer
The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature (1999) — Bidragyder — 175 eksemplarer
The Best American Essays 1996 (1996) — Bidragyder — 132 eksemplarer
The Literature of the American South: A Norton Anthology (1997) — Bidragyder — 98 eksemplarer
The Granta Book of the American Long Story (1822) — Bidragyder — 98 eksemplarer
William Styron's Nat Turner: Ten Black Writers Respond (1968) — Original novel — 71 eksemplarer
Great Esquire Fiction (1983) — Bidragyder — 70 eksemplarer
The Vintage Anthology of Science Fantasy. (1966) — Bidragyder — 65 eksemplarer
Fathers and Daughters: In Their Own Words (1994) — Introduktion — 53 eksemplarer
A Death in Canaan (1656) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver52 eksemplarer
Mark Twain [2001 TV movie] (2001) — Self — 47 eksemplarer
The Good Parts: The Best Erotic Writing in Modern Fiction (2000) — Bidragyder — 34 eksemplarer
Partisan Review (1998) — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver33 eksemplarer
The Best American Short Stories 1979 (1979) — Bidragyder — 25 eksemplarer
A Portrait of Southern Writers: Photographs (2000) — Bidragyder — 13 eksemplarer
The Big Love (1986) — Introduktion — 10 eksemplarer
A Roman Collection: Stories, Poems, and Other Good Pieces (1980) — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
Law & Disorder: The Chicago Convention and Its Aftermath (1968) — Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
Short Fiction: Shape and Substance (1971) — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer

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