Geniuses Together - American Writers in Paris in the 1920s

Informationen zum Autor Humphrey Carpenter was born and educated in Oxford, and attended the Dragon School and Keble College. He was a well-known biographer and children's writer, and worked previously as a producer at the BBC. He wrote biographies of J. R. R. Tolkien, W. H. Auden, Benjamin Britten, Ezra Pound, C. S. Lewis and Dennis Potter. Among his many books for children were the best-selling Mr Majeika series. He also wrote several plays for the theatre and radio. A keen musician, he was a member of a 1930s-style jazz band, Vile Bodies, which was resident at the Ritz Hotel in London for a number of years. He died in 2005. Klappentext Tells the story of the longest-ever literary party! which went on in Montparnasse! on the Left Bank! throughout the 1920s. This book offers portraits of Gertrude Stein! Natalie Clifford Barney and Sylvia Beach! who moved to Paris before the First World War and provided vital introductions for the exiles of the 1920s. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of the longest-ever literary party, which went on in Montparnasse, on the Left Bank, throughout the 1920s. This book offers portraits of Gertrude Stein, Natalie Clifford Barney and Sylvia Beach, who moved to Paris before the First World War and provided vital introductions for the exiles of the 1920s.

Product details

• Authors: Humphrey Carpenter
• Assisted by: Humphre Carpenter (Editor), Humphrey Carpenter (Editor)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.02.2009
• EAN: 9780571249138
• ISBN: 978-0-571-24913-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, Biography: writers