Anita Shreve
Anita Shreve (born October 7, 1946 in Dedham , Massachusetts , † March 29, 2018 in Newfields , New Hampshire ) was an American writer .
Life
The daughter of a pilot and a housewife graduated from Dedham High School and graduated from Tufts University . She began writing while teaching in Reading , Massachusetts .
One of her first published stories was Past the Island, Drifting (published in 1975), for which she was awarded the 1976 O. Henry Prize .
Among other jobs, Shreve worked as a journalist in Nairobi , Kenya for three years . In the 1990s she taught creative writing at Amherst College . The novel The Pilot's Wife was featured in Oprah's Book Club as Book of the Month in March 1999 . Since then, Shreve's novels have sold millions of copies.
The novel Resistance was filmed under the same title in 2003, starring Bill Paxton and Julia Ormond .
Anita Shreve died in March 2018 at the age of 71.
Works
fiction
Original title / title of the German edition
- Past the Island, drifting. 1975.
- Eden Close. 1989 / Locked Paradise. 1990, ISBN 3-7263-6620-2 .
- Strange Fits of Passion. 1991. / Tied in silk.
- Where or When. 1993.
- Resistance. 1995 / In the heart of winter. 2000, ISBN 3-492-27015-8 .
- The Weight of Water. / The weight of the water. 1997 (Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 1998)
- The Pilot's Wife. 1998 / The pilot's wife. Novel. 1998, ISBN 3-492-04068-3 .
- Fortune's Rocks. 1999 / Olympia. 2000, ISBN 3-492-04206-6 .
- The Last Time They Met. 2001 / The white sound of the waves. 2003, ISBN 3-492-04351-8 .
- Sea glass. 2002 / the only kiss. 2003, ISBN 3-492-04467-0 .
- All He Ever Wanted. 2003 / everything he wanted. 2004, ISBN 3-492-04513-8 .
- Light on Snow. 2004 / silence over the snow. Novel. 2005, ISBN 3-492-04755-6 .
- A Wedding In December. 2005 / A wedding in December. 2007, ISBN 978-3-492-04753-1 .
- Body surfing. 2007 / The night on the beach. Novel. 2010, ISBN 978-3-492-25880-7 .
- Testimony. 2008 / Because they loved each other. 2010, ISBN 978-3-492-05285-6 .
- A Change in Altitude. 2009 / the first year of their marriage. From US image by Mechtild Sandberg, Piper, Munich, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-492-05404-1 .
- Rescue. 2010 / In the life of my family , translated by Mechtild Sandberg-Ciletti, Piper 2013, ISBN 978-3-492-05405-8 .
- The echo of the lost things. Translator: Mechtild Sandberg-Ciletti, Piper Munich, Berlin, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-492-05654-0 .
- Stella Bain. 2013 / The Echo of Lost Things , translated by Mechtild Ciletti, Piper, 2015, ISBN 978-3-492-05654-0 .
- The Stars Are Fire. 2017 / When the night is on fire , translated by Mechtild Ciletti, Pendo, 2019, ISBN 978-3-86612-464-6 .
Non-fiction
- Remaking Motherhood: How Working Mothers are Shaping Our Children's Future. 1987.
- Women Together, Women Alone: The Legacy of the Consciousness-Raising Movement. 1989.
Filmography
- The Way of Water (screenplay) 2000
- The Pilot's Wife (screenplay) 2002
- Resistance (screenplay) 2003
Web links
- Anita Shreve in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Best-selling author Anita Shreve is dead , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, March 30, 2018, accessed on March 31, 2018
- ↑ o.henry winners list (English)
- ↑ The Pilots Wife at Oprahs bookclub (English)
- ↑ chat queen Oprah shelves her TV book club (English)
- ↑ IMDB entry Resistance (2003)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shreve, Anita |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dedham , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | 29th March 2018 |
| Place of death | Newfields , New Hampshire |