Anna Quindlen

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Anna Quindlen (2008)

Anna Marie Quindlen (born July 8, 1952 in Philadelphia ) is an American journalist and writer.

Life

Anna Quindlen is the daughter of a father of Irish and a mother of Italian descent. She attended high school in South Brunswick, New Jersey, and Barnard College , where she received a BA in 1974. She is married to the lawyer Gerald Krovatin.

She began as a reporter for the New York Post and in 1977 in the local section of the New York Times , for which she took responsibility in 1983. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992 for her column Public and Private , which she was one of the first women at the newspaper to receive in 1990 . The newspaper articles they collected were repeatedly published in book form.

Anna Quindlen's mother died of cancer at the age of 40, when Anna was 19 years old. She circled the subject in her first novels, published since 1991. She gave up journalism in 1995 and devoted herself exclusively to the writing of books and the associated marketing activities. Between 1999 and 2009 she wrote a two-week column in Newsweek . Quindlin has published seven novels, eight non-fiction and two children's books (as of 2014) and was repeatedly on the New York Times bestseller list. Her Short Guide to a Happy Life (2000) sold over a million copies.

In contrast to their reading fans, literary criticism is critical of the conciliatory tone that Quindlen takes in her plots. Quindlen's novels were also the basis for film adaptations.

Among her multiple honors is an honorary doctorate from Pennsylvania State University in 2007. She was also elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996 .

Quindlen lives in New York.

Works (selection)

  • Alternate side . New York: Random House, 2018
    • The place in life . Novel. Translated from the English by Tanja Handels. Munich: Penguin 2018
  • Miller's Valley . New York: Random House, 2016
    • Our years in Miller's Valley . Novel. Translated from the English by Tanja Handels. Munich: Dt. Verl.-Anst. 2017
  • Still life with breadcrumbs . New York: Random House, 2014
    • A year in the country . Novel. Translated from the English by Tanja Handels. Munich: Dt. Verl.-Anst. 2015
  • Lots of candles, plenty of cake . New York: Random House, 2012
  • Every last one: a novel . New York: Random House, 2010
  • Rise and shine: a novel . New York: Random House, 2006
    • The price of freedom . Novel. Translated by Leon Mengden. Munich: btb 2008
  • Good dog. Stay . New York: Random House, 2007
    • My life with Beau: how a Labrador won my heart . From the American. by Christine Heinzius. Munich: Page & Turner 2008
  • Imagined London . Washington, DC: National Geographic, 2004
    • It's London book time, sir: a literary search for clues . From the English by Stefanie Kremer. Munich: Frederking and Thaler 2006
  • Blessings . New York: Random House, 2002
    • The fullness of life . Novel. From the American. by Almuth Carstens. Munich: Goldmann 2003
  • Black and blue . New York: Random House, 1998
    • Don't look back . Novel. German by Elke Hosfeld. Munich: Goldmann 1998
  • A short guide to a happy life . New York: Random House, 2000
  • One true thing . New York: Random House, 1994
    • The soul of it all . From the American. by Annette Meyer-Prien. Hamburg: Hoffmann and Campe, 1995
  • Thinking out loud: on the personal, the political, the public, and the private . New York: Random House, 1993
  • Object lessons . New York: Random House, 1991
    • Lifelines . Novel. From the American. by Annette Meyer-Prien. Munich: Goldmann 1996

Film adaptations

literature

  • Shelley O'Reilly: A student's guide to One true thing by Anna Quindlen . Ballarat, Vic. : Wizard Books, 2001

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anna Quindlen , website
  2. ↑ a b Rebecca Abrams : Hope springs , Financial Times , February 22, 2014, p. 13
personal data
SURNAME Quindlen, Anna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Quindlen, Anna Marie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia