Booth Tarkington

Newton Booth Tarkington (29. jul 1869 – 19. maj 1946) bio je američki književnik najpoznatiji po romanima The Magnificent Ambersons i Alice Adams. Također je poznat kao jedan od četvorice američkih romanopisaca - ostali su Philipa Rotha, William Faulkner i John Updike - koji je uspio osvojiti Pulitzerovu nagradu za fikciju više od jednom.

Booth Tarkington
Biografske informacije
Rođenje(1869-07-29)29. 7. 1869.
Indianapolis, Indiana, SAD
Smrt19. 5. 1946. (dob: 76)
Indianapolis, Indiana, SAD
Obrazovanje
Zanimanjeknjiževnik
Opus
1899–1946
Književne vrsteroman, drama
Znamenita djela
Nagrade

Bibilografija

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Julia; korice njujorškog izdanja Gentle Julia iz 1922. godine
  • 1899: The Gentleman from Indiana
  • 1900: Monsieur Beaucaire
    kasnije adaptiran u predstavu, operetu i dva filma: 1924 i 1946
  • 1901: Old Grey Eagle
  • 1903: Cherry
    u nastavcima u časopisu Harper's Magazine, januar/februar 1901.
  • 1902: The Two Vanrevels (1902)
  • 1904: Poe's Run: and other poems … to which is appended the book of the chronicles of the Elis (ko-autor; M'Cready Sykes)
  • 1905: In the Arena: Stories of Political Life
  • 1905: The Beautiful Lady
  • 1905: The Conquest of Canaan
  • 1907: The Guest of Quesnay
  • 1907: His Own People
  • 1908: The Man from Home (drama, ko-autor: Harry Leon Wilson)
  • 1909: Beasley's Christmas Party
  • 1910: Your Humble Servant (drama, ko-autor: Harry Leon Wilson)
  • 1912: Beauty and the Jacobin, an Interlude of the French Revolution
  • 1913: The Flirt
  • 1914: Penrod
  • 1915: The Turmoil
    prvi tom trilogije Growth
  • 1916: Penrod and Sam
  • 1916: Seventeen
  • 1916: The Spring Concert
  • 1917: The Rich Man's War
  • 1918: The Magnificent Ambersons
    Pobjednik Pulitzerove nagrade za 1919. godine
    adaptiran u istoimeni film u režiji Orsona Wellesa i televizijski film
    drugi tom trilogije Growth
  • 1919: The Gibson Upright (drama; ko-autor: Harry Leon Wilson)
  • 1919: Ramsey Milholland
  • 1919: War Stories (antologija priča kojoj je Tarkington priložio jednu)
  • 1921: The Country Cousins: A Comedy in Four Acts (drama)
  • 1921: Clarence: A Comedy in Four Acts (drama)
  • 1921: Harlequin and Columbine
  • 1921: Alice Adams
    dobitnik Pulitzerove nagrade za 1922. godinu
    adaptiran za film 1923. i 1935. godine
  • 1921: The Intimate Strangers: A Comedy in Three Acts (drama)
  • 1922: Gentle Julia
    ekraniziran 1923. i 1936.
  • 1922: The Wren: A Comedy in Three Acts (drama)
  • 1922: The Ghost Story
  • 1923: The Fascinating Stranger and Other Stories
  • 1924: The Midlander (preimenovan u National Avenue 1927)
    treći tom trilogije Growth
  • 1925: Women
  • 1926: Looking Forward, and Others
    sadrži "Looking Forward to the Great Adventure", "Nipskillions", "The Hopeful Pessimist", "Stars in the Dust-heap", "The Golden Age" i "Happiness Now"
  • 1927: The Plutocrat
  • 1928: Claire Ambler
  • 1928: The World Does Move
  • 1929: Penrod Jashber
  • 1930: Mirthful Haven
  • 1932: Mary's Neck
  • 1933: Presenting Lily Mars
    adaptiran u film 1943
  • 1934: Rumbin Galleries (ljubavni roman)
  • 1934: Little Orvie
  • 1936: Horse and Buggy Days
    objavljen u Cosmopolitani, septembar 1936.
  • 1939: Some Old Portraits (eseji o umjetnosti 17. vijeka)
  • 1941: The Fighting Littles
  • 1941: The Heritage of Hatcher Ide
  • 1943: Kate Fennigate
  • 1945: Image of Josephine
  • 1947: The Show Piece

Vanjske veze

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