Henry Morton Robinson
Henry Morton Robinson (born September 7, 1898 in Boston , Massachusetts , USA , † January 13, 1961 in New York , NY ) was an American writer.
Life
Robinson was born in a poor neighborhood as the oldest of eleven children. He served in the Navy during World War I, then completed a degree and from 1924 was a lecturer at Columbia University . Later he was editor-in-chief of Reader's Digest . His best-known work is Der Kardinal (1950) about the career of the priest Stephen Fermoyle.
Works (German titles)
- The cardinal. Frankfurt / M. : Ullstein, 1995, unabridged edition ISBN 3-548-23606-5
- Written in the snow. 2nd edition Bergisch Gladbach: Bastei-Verlag Lübbe 1975 (Bastei Lübbe; 12036: Exclusive) ISBN 3-404-00204-0
- The closed round. Wiesbaden: Rhine. Verl.-Anst. [1963]
- Water of life. (Book club licensed editions also under the titles The Whiskey King and The Whiskey Baron )
Film adaptations
- 1963 - The Cardinal
literature
- Robinson, Henry Morton . In: Gero von Wilpert (ed.): Lexikon der Weltliteratur , Vol. 1: Authors, 3rd edition, Alfred Kröner Verlag, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-80703-3 , p. 1280.
Web links
- Literature by and about Henry Morton Robinson in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robinson, Henry Morton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boston |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1961 |
| Place of death | new York |