James A. Michener

James A. Michener
James A. Michener
Nacimiento	3 de febrero 1907 Doylestown, Condado de Bucks, Pennsylvania,
Nacionalidad	estadounidense
Ocupación	novelista

James Albert Michener ( * 3 de febrero de 1907 - 16 de octubre de 1997) fue un escritor y novelista estadounidense. Combatió con el ejército durante la segunda guerra mundial, de cuya experiencia nació su obra "Sucedió en el Pacifico" publicada en 1947.

Entre sus obras posteriores y además de las ya citadas se destacan: "sayonara" (1954), "caravanas" (1963) e "iberia" (1968)

Libros - Ficción

• Tales of the South Pacific (1946)
• Return to Paradise (1947)
• The Fires of Spring (1949)
• Voice of Asia (1951)
• The Bridges at Toko-ri (1953)
• Sayonara (1954)
• Hawaii (1959)
• Caravans (1963)
• The Source (1965)
• The Drifters (1971)
• Centennial (1974)
• Chesapeake (1978)
• The Watermen (1978)
• La alianza (1980)
• Space (1982)
• Poland (1983)
• Texas (1985)
• Legacy (1987)
• Alaska (1988)
• Caribbean (1989)
• Journey (1989)
• The Eagle and The Raven (1990)
• The Novel (1991)
• South Pacific (1992)
• Mexico (1992)
• My Lost Mexico (1992)
• Recessional (1994)
• Miracle in Seville (1995)
• This Noble Land (1996)
• Matecumbe: A Lost Florida Novel (2007)

Libros - No Ficción

• The Voice of Asia (1951)
• Rascals in Paradise (1957)
• The Future of the Social Studies ("The Problem of the Social Studies") (1939) Editor
• The Floating World (1954)
• The Bridge at Andau (1957)
• Japanese Prints: From the Early Masters to the Modern (1959)
• Report of the County Chairman (1961)
• The Modern Japanese Print: An Appreciation (1968)
• Iberia (1968) travelogue
• Presidential Lottery (1969)
• The Quality of Life (1970)
• Kent State: What Happened and Why (1971)
• Michener Miscellany - 1950/1970 (1973)
• Sports in America (1976)
• About Centennial: Some Notes on the Novel (1978)
• James A Michener's USA: The People and the Land (1981)
• Collectors, Forgers - And A Writer: A Memoir (1983)
• Michener Anthology (1985)
• Six Days in Havana (1989)
• Pilgrimage: A Memoir of Poland and Rome (1990)
• The World is My Home (1992) Michener's autobiography.
• Creatures of the Kingdom (1993)
• Literary Reflections (1993)
• William Penn (1994)
• Ventures in Editing (1995)
• Three Great Novels of World War II (1996)
• A Century of Sonnets (1997)

Adaptaciones

• The Bridges at Toko-Ri, filme de 1953
• Return to Paradise, filme de 1953
• Men of the Fighting Lady, filme de 1954
• Until They Sail, 1957 filme basado en una corta historia incluida en Return to Paradise
• South Pacific, filme de 1958
• Adventures in Paradise, 1959-1962 television series
• Democratic Campaign, filme de 1962
• Hawaii, filme de 1966
• The Hawaiians, filme de 1970
• Centennial, 1978 TV miniseries
• South Pacific, película 2001 de TV

Notas

• Michener and Me: A Memoir por Herman Silverman; 1999, 2003. Memoria de un amigo de Michener.
• Edward Rutherfurd

Enlaces externos

• Wikiquote alberga frases célebres de o sobre James A. Michener. Wikiquote
• Publica libros
• Biblioteca James A. Michener, Universidad de Northern Colorado
• James A. Michener Society
• James A. Michener Special Collection: David A. Groseclose
• James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
• Michener Center for Writers
• Michener: His Influence and Ethics by Edward Rutherfurd
• Working with James A. Michener - The Making of The Covenant
• Biographical Entry at the Texas State Cemetery