Irving D. Tressler

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Irving Dart Tressler (born August 12, 1908 in Madison , Wisconsin , † February 16, 1944 in Shorewood Hills , Wisconsin) was an American writer and journalist .

Life

Tressler was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin , which he graduated in 1930 with a Bachelor of Arts on Door County sketches . From 1934 to 1936 he was with editor of the magazine Life . From 1936 to 1939 he was the author of the monthly Scribner's Magazine Quiz. His articles have appeared in a variety of magazines. He was also the author of several books, including the 1937 bestseller How to Lose Friends and Alienate People , which has also been translated into Spanish ( Como perder amigos y crearse enemistades ) and Portuguese ( Como perder amigos e aborrecer pessoas ). This is a parody of the bestseller How to Win Friends ( How to Win Friends ) by Dale Carnegie . The English-language title of the parody was used by British journalist Toby Young for his 2002 bestseller How to Lose Friends & Alienate People , which was filmed in 2008 under the title New York for Beginners ( How to Lose Friends & Alienate People ). Tressler committed suicide on February 16, 1944, in Shorewood Hills , Wisconsin, at the age of 35 after feeling very depressed about his poor health.

Works

  • 1937: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People , Stackpole Sons, New York
    • 1946: Como perder amigos e aborrecer pessoas , Editora Assunção, (translation into Brazilian Portuguese by Célio de Lima Carvalho, 27 editions so far)
    • 1951: Como perder amigos y crearse enemistades , Albatros, Mexico (Spanish translation by Carlos R. Cámara)
  • 1938: The Tressler Quiz , Stackpole Sons, New York
  • 1939: With Malice To All , Stackpole Sons, New York
  • 1940: Horse and buggy daze , Howell, Soskin and Company, New York
  • 1941: Readers digest very little; or, A treasury of the world's greatest litter , Howell, Soskin and Company, New York

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Automotive Industries, Volume 79, Issues 14-26, Chilton Company, 1938, p. 523 [1]
  2. ^ Story, Volume 26, 1945, p. 4 [2]
  3. ^ Loser takes it all The List, October 2, 2008
  4. ^ The Times Recorder of Zanesville , Ohio , February 17, 1944, p. 11 Author Suicides; in Health Blamed MADISON, Wis. ( Memento of the original from October 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.newspapers.com
personal data
SURNAME Tressler, Irving D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tressler, Irving Dart (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Madison , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1944
Place of death Shorewood Hills , Wisconsin