Louis Auchincloss

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Louis Auchincloss (2005) with the National Medal of Arts , flanked by the presidential couple Laura and George W. Bush .

Louis Stanton Auchincloss (born September 27, 1917 in Lawrence , New York , † January 26, 2010 in Manhattan , New York ) was an American writer .

Life

Auchincloss came from an upper class family who owed their wealth to the founder of the family empire, Hugh Auchincloss, a Scottish merchant from Paisley . He grew up in Manhattan and attended the prestigious private school St. Bernard's School , then the elite Groton School , which was founded in 1884 by Endicott Peabody and enjoyed the support of Theodore Roosevelt . From 1935, Auchincloss studied law at Yale University , where he gave his interest in English and French literature a lot and published the Yale Literary Magazine . In 1938 he dropped out of Yale without a degree and continued it at the University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville . He then worked for the law firm Sullivan and Cromwell, writing novels, short stories and non-fiction books while working as a lawyer.

Works

Auchincloss has been extremely productive as a writer. In 30 novels and 15 short stories, he described the world of high society from which he himself came. He became best known through the multi-generation sagas The House of Five Talents , Portrait in Brownstone and East Side Story, and The Rector , a story about a schoolmaster, obviously inspired by his own time at Endicott Peabody's Groton School and The Society of the Rich , a crime thriller from the world of pinstripes. In 1965 Auchincloss was admitted to the American Academy of Arts and Letters , in 1997 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , and in 2005 he received the National Medal of Arts .

In German translation

  • A Woman with Opportunities (Her Infinite Variety), Dumont 2009, ISBN 3-8321-8079-6
  • East Side Story (East Side Story), Dumont 2007, ISBN 3-8321-8029-X
  • The Manhattan Monologues , List 2007, ISBN 3-548-60727-6
  • Die Gesellschaft der Rich (The Embezzler), Rowohlt 1984, ISBN 3-499-11328-7
  • Die Profitmacher (The World of Profit), Zsolnay 1971
  • The rector (The Rector of Justin), Zsolnay 1965
  • The House of the five talents (The House of Five Talents), Wunderlich 1961

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SURNAME Auchincloss, Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Auchincloss, Louis Stanton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Lawrence
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 2010
Place of death Manhattan , New York