Kent Haruf (1943–2014)
Autor(a) de Plainsong
About the Author
Kent Haruf was born in Pueblo, Colorado on February 24, 1943. He received a BA from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1965 and an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa in 1973. His first novel, The Tie That Binds, was published in 1984 and won a Whiting Writers' Prize. His mostrar mais other works included Where You Once Belonged, Plainsong, Benediction, and Our Souls at Night. He spent 30 years teaching English and writing at several universities including Southern Illinois University and Nebraska Wesleyan University. He died on November 30, 2014 at the age of 71. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Kent Haruf
Any Man's Death 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Haruf, Kent
- Nome legal
- Hoerauf, Alan Kent
- Outros nomes
- Haruf, Kent
- Data de nascimento
- 1943-02-24
- Data de falecimento
- 2014-11-30
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Pueblo, Colorado, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Salida, Colorado, USA
- Causa da morte
- interstitial lung disease
- Locais de residência
- Pueblo, Colorado, USA
Salida, Colorado, USA - Educação
- Nebraska Wesleyan University (BA|1965)
University of Iowa (MFA|1973) - Ocupações
- professor
novelist - Organizações
- Peace Corps (Turkey, 1965-67)
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Southern Illinois University - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Wallace Stegner Award (2012)
John Dos Passos Prize (2006)
Colorado Book Award (2005)
National Book Award finalist (1999)
Whiting Writers' Award (1986)
Maria Thomas Award in fiction (1991) (mostrar todos 9)
Evil Companions Literary Award (2002)
Lange-Taylor Prize (2005)
PEN/Hemingway Foundation Special Citation (1985) - Agente
- Peter Matson (Sterling Lord Literistic)
Membros
Discussions
Kent Haruf: American Author Challenge (A Tribute) em 75 Books Challenge for 2015 (Dezembro 2015)
Críticas
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Favourite Books (2)
To Read (5)
Indie Next Picks (2)
A Novel Cure (2)
Five star books (2)
Teen Pregnancy (1)
Unread books (1)
Carole's List (4)
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 10
- Also by
- 4
- Membros
- 12,187
- Popularidade
- #1,926
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 663
- ISBN
- 178
- Línguas
- 10
- Marcado como favorito
- 49
- Acerca
- 1
- Pedras de toque
- 954
Haruf's latest book, published posthumously, deals with a real question - relationships as life partners leave the scene.
It is written in simple, plain spoken language, and was a joy to read.