Evan S. Connell
Evan Shelby Connell, Jr. (born August 17, 1924 in Kansas City , Missouri , † January 10, 2013 in Santa Fe , New Mexico ) was an American writer .
Life
Evan Shelby Connell Junior was the son of physician Evan S. Connell, Sr. (1890–1974), and Ruth Elton Connells. He graduated from Southwest High School in Kansas City in 1941 and then studied at Dartmouth College, and in 1947 did his bachelor's degree in English at the University of Kansas . He also studied creative writing at Columbia University and Stanford University .
With The Anatomy Lesson Connell published his first collection of short stories in 1957. The following year, Mrs. Bridge, his first novel, was translated into German as Lovable Mrs. Bridge in 1960 . Together with the 1969 published Mr. Bridge , both novels were filmed for the 1990 film drama Mr. & Mrs. Bridge . In addition, his 1985 history book Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn was adapted to the 1991 television film General Custer's Last Battle .
In 1988 he was accepted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters .
Works
- 1957: The Anatomy Lesson
- 1958: Mrs. Bridge
- 1960: Lovable Mrs. Bridge . Biederstein Verlag , 249 pages
- 2017: Fabulous Mrs. Bridge . Ebersbach & Simon, 256 pages, ISBN 978-3-86915-141-0
- 1960: The Patriot
- 1962: Notes From A Bottle Found On The Beach At Carmel
- 1965: At The Crossroads
- 1966: The Diary Of A Rapist
- 1970: Diary of a drive criminal . Rowohlt Verlag , 255 pages, ISBN 3-498-00830-7
- 1966: "Here it is", in Why Work Series, editor Gordon Lish
- 1969: Mr. Bridge
- 1973: Points For A Compass Rose
- 1974: The Connoisseur
- 1976: Double Honeymoon
- 1979: A Long Desire
- 1981: White Lantern
- 1985: Son Of The Morning Star: Custer And The Little Bighorn
- 1991: The Alchymist's Journal
- 1995: The Collected Stories of Evan S. Connell
- 2000: Deus Lo Volt
- 2001: The Aztec Treasure House: New and Selected Essays
- 2004: Francisco Goya: A Life
- 2005: Francisco Goya . Artemis and Winkler , Düsseldorf; 272 pages. ISBN 3-538-07207-8 .
- 2008: Lost in Uttar Pradesh.
Award (selection)
Individual evidence
literature
- Evan S. Connell Jr. , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 45/2012 from November 6, 2012, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Web links
- Evan S. Connell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Evan S. Connell in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Connell, Evan S. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Connell, Evan Shelby Junior (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kansas City , Missouri, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 2013 |
| Place of death | Santa Fe , New Mexico |