Mark Harris (Author)

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Mark Harris , actually Mark Harris Finkelstein (born November 19, 1922 in Mount Vernon , USA , † May 30, 2007 in Santa Barbara , California ), was an American author .

Life

After serving in the United States Army during World War II , he worked as a journalist in New York City , St. Louis , and Chicago before going to the University of Denver , where he graduated in 1951. He received his Ph. D. from the University of Minnesota in 1956 and then taught at various universities. From 1980 to 2001, he was a professor of English at Arizona State University . His first novel, Trumpet to the World , was published in 1946.

Harris died of Alzheimer's in 2007 in Santa Barbara . He left behind his wife Josephine Horen, two sons and a daughter.

Works

Novels

  • Trumpet to the World (1946)
  • The Southpaw (1953)
  • Bang the Drum Slowly (1956) filmed in 1973 under the title The Last Game
  • Something about a Soldier (1957)
  • A Ticket for a Seamstitch (1957)
  • Wake Up, Stupid (1959)
  • The Goy (1970)
  • Killing Everybody (1973)
  • It Looked Like For Ever (1979)
  • Lying In Bed (1984)
  • Speed (1990)
  • The Tale Maker (1994)

Non-fiction

  • City of Discontent: An Interpretive Biography of Vachel Lindsay (1952)
  • Mark the Glove Boy, or The Last Days of Richard Nixon (1964)
  • Twentyone Twice: A Journal (1966)
  • Best Father Ever Invented: The Autobiography Of Mark Harris (1976)
  • Saul Bellow : Drumlin Woodchuck (1980)
  • Diamond - The Baseball Writings of Mark Harris (1994)

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personal data
SURNAME Harris, Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harris Finkelstein, Mark (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Mount Vernon (New York)
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 2007
Place of death Santa Barbara (California)