Rona Jaffe

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Rona Jaffe (born June 12, 1931 in Brooklyn , New York City , † December 30, 2005 in London ) was an American bestselling author.

Life

Jaffe grew up as the only child of wealthy Jewish parents on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City . She wrote 16 books, including The Best of Everything , the film adaptation of which came into German cinemas in 1959 with Joan Crawford , among others, under the title All my dreams . She published her last novel The Road Taken in 2000.

The Rona Jaffe Foundation promotes with the Rona Jaffe Writers' Award promising young writers in the United States, such as 2007, the Turkish-American author Elif Batuman .

Rona Jaffe died of cancer on December 30, 2005 in London.

Bibliography (selection)

  • 1958 The Best of Everything
    • dt. All my dreams . Translated from the American by Johanna Thomas. Krüger, Hamburg 1959.
    • dt. The best of everything . Translated from the American by Susanne Höbel. Ullstein, Berlin 2012. ISBN 9783548290645 .
  • 1960 Away from Home
  • 1961 The Last of the Wizards
  • 1965 Mr. Right Is Dead
  • 1966 The Cherry in the Martini
  • 1969 The Fame Game
  • 1972 The Other Woman
  • 1974 Family Secrets
  • 1976 The Last Chance , The Dangerous Years (German translation)
  • 1979 Class Reunion , Die Schulfreundinnen (German translation)
  • 1981 Mazes and Monsters , filmed in 1982 as the labyrinth of monsters
  • 1985 After the Reunion
  • 1990 An American Love Story
  • 1995 The Cousins
  • 1997 Five Women
  • 2000 The Road Taken , Der Weg der Rose (German translation)
  • 2003 The Room-Mating Season

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personal data
SURNAME Jaffe, Rona
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 2005
Place of death London