Ben Lucien Burman

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Ben Lucien Burman (born December 12, 1895 in Covington , Kentucky , † November 12, 1984 in New York ) was an American journalist and writer.

Life

With Big river to cross: Mississippi Life Today, Burman wrote a journalistic description of life on the Mississippi and with Blow for a landing a novel about the adventures on this river. He became particularly well-known through the animal fables about the fictional place Catfish Bend (Katzfischbucht). Burman was married to Alice Caddy Burman (1896–1977), who illustrated many of his novels. During the Second World War he reported from North Africa on the Vichy regime .

Burman died of a stroke in 1984.

Works

  • Blow for a landing (1938, German: The great river )
  • Big river to cross: Mississippi Life Today (1940)
  • The Street of the Laughing Camel (1959: Street of the Laughing Camel )
Catfish Bend series
  • High Water at Catfish Bend (1952, German: flood in the Katzfischbucht )
  • Seven Stars for Catfish Bend (1956, German: Seven Stars for Catfish Bay )
  • The Owl Hoots Twice at Catfish Bend (1961)
  • Blow a Wild Bugle for Catfish Bend (1967, German: Coyotes in Katzfischbucht )
  • High Treason at Catfish Bend (1977, German: High Treason in Katzfischbucht )
  • Strange Invasion of Catfish Bend (1980, German: Peace Festival in Katzfischbucht )
  • Thunderbolt at Catfish Bend (1984)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ben Lucien Burman and Alice Caddy Burman Papers, Manuscripts Collection 529, Manuscripts Department, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118-5682 online
  2. ↑ Obituary  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in The New York Times on November 13, 1984@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / select.nytimes.com  
personal data
SURNAME Burman, Ben Lucien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Covington , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1984
Place of death new York