Matthew Pearl
Matthew Pearl (born October 2, 1977 in New York City ) is an American literary scholar and writer .
Life
Pearl studied after school at the University School of Nova Southeastern University , Harvard College and law at the Law School of Yale University . After graduating, he became a lecturer in creative writing and literature at Emerson College and Harvard University.
In his novels he often deals with well-known authors and their works such as Dante Alighieri and the Divine Comedy , Edgar Allan Poe and the detective character Dupin or Charles Dickens created by him . In 2003 his novel The Dante Club was also published in German translation under the title Der Dante-Club . Other novels by him are The Poe Shadow (The Hour of the Raven, 2007) as well as The Last Dickens (The Final Chapter, 2011) and The Technologists (2012).
Web links and sources
- Literature by and about Matthew Pearl in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of Matthew Pearl
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| SURNAME | Pearl, Matthew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer and literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd October 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |