Steve Tesich

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Steve Tesich (born September 29, 1942 as Stojan Tešić in Užice , Yugoslavia , † July 1, 1996 in Sydney , Canada ) was a Serbian-American writer and screenwriter.

He came to East Chicago, Indiana / USA at the age of fourteen and studied Russian literature at the universities of Indiana and Columbia. Tesich wrote numerous novels, plays and scripts , including the Oscar- winning script for the film Four Crazy Types - We Can All Can Do It, No One Can Make It For Garp and How He Saw the World . Tesich's novel, end credits , was published in German in 1999 (and again in 2006). His first work, Summer Crossing , was published in 1982 ( A last summer ; published in 2005 in German by the Swiss publisher Kein & Aber). Steve Tesich died of a heart attack in 1996 at the age of 53.

2005 has Serbian Ministry of the Diaspora a Stojan Stiv Tešić called -Literaturpreis to life is what bestowed annually on ethnic Serbs writers who publish their works in another language.

Filmography

Novels

"One Last Summer" , ISBN 3-548-60678-4

A novel of development: the youthful, inexperienced first-person narrator Daniel spends an aimless time after graduating from school until he meets his first love, the exotic Rachel. However, her unfathomable character and her love for an older man do not allow Daniel to bind her to him. When his father, suffering from cancer and with whom he had a deep love-hate relationship, dies, he withdraws and begins to write fictional diaries of people he knows in order to understand their motives. After saying goodbye to Rachel, Daniel gives himself a new name and goes out into the world.

"Credits" , ISBN 3-548-60677-6

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personal data
SURNAME Tesich, Steve
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Serbian writer and screenwriter in the USA
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Užice , Yugoslavia
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 1996
Place of death Sydney , Canada