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William Raymond Manchester

auteur

Amerikaans geb. 1 april 1922, Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.[1,4] overl. 1 juni 2004, Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.[2] actief 1945–2004

William Raymond Manchester (1922–2004) was een vooraanstaande Amerikaanse auteur, journalist en historicus. Hij diende bij het United States Marine Corps tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog, waar hij gewond raakte in de Battle of Okinawa. Na de oorlog bouwde hij een onderscheidende carrière op in de journalistiek, onder meer voor The Baltimore Sun, en werd later professor aan Wesleyan University. Manchester staat vooral bekend om zijn uitgebreide biografische werk over belangrijke figuren uit de 20e eeuw, waaronder Winston Churchill (The Last Lion), Douglas MacArthur (American Caesar) en John F. Kennedy (The Death of a President). Zijn schrijfstijl werd vaak gekenmerkt door een persoonlijke narratieve benadering en gedetailleerd historisch onderzoek. In 2001 ontving hij de National Humanities Medal voor zijn bijdragen aan de Amerikaanse literatuur.

  • biografie
  • Tweede Wereldoorlog
  • politieke geschiedenis
  • journalistiek

Boeken

  1. William Raymond Manchester, Jean Lacouture, Fred Ritchin In our time: The world as seen by Magnum Photographers 1854
    In our time: The world as seen by Magnum Photographers
    William Raymond Manchester, Jean Lacouture, Fred Ritchin
    € 45,00

Werk van William Raymond Manchester

  • 1951 Disturber of the Peace: The Life of H.L. Mencken boek
  • 1953 The City of Anger boek Novel
  • 1956 Shadow of the Monsoon boek
  • 1959 A Rockefeller Family Portrait: From John D. to Nelson boek
  • 1959 Beard the Lion (Cairo Intrigue) boek Novel
  • 1961 The Long Gainer boek Novel
  • 1964 Portrait of a President: John F. Kennedy in profile boek
  • 1967 The Death of a President: November 20–25 boek
  • 1968 The Arms of Krupp: The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Dynasty that Armed Germany at War boek
  • 1974 The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932–1972 boek
  • 1976 Controversy and Other Essays in Journalism boek
  • 1978 American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880–1964 boek
  • 1980 On Mencken boek Essays
  • 1980 Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War boek
  • 1983 One Brief Shining Moment: Remembering Kennedy boek
  • 1983 The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874–1932 boek
  • 1987 Okinawa: The Bloodiest Battle of All boek Essay
  • 1988 The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932–1940 boek
  • 1989 In Our Time: The World as Seen by Magnum Photographers W. W. Norton & Co Inc · boek · ISBN 0-393-02767-8 Editor/Contributor
  • 1992 A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance—Portrait of an Age boek · ISBN 0-316-54556-2
  • 1994 Magellan boek
  • 2001 No End Save Victory boek
  • 2012 The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940–1965 boek Co-authored with Paul Reid

Prijzen

  • 2001 National Humanities Medal
  • Abraham Lincoln Literary Award

Referenties

  1. William Manchester (April 1, 1922 – June 1, 2004) was an American author, biographer, and historian. link
  2. William Manchester (1922–2004) was an American author, biographer, and historian. link
  3. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal and the Abraham Lincoln Literary Award. link
  4. Manchester was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts. link
  5. He was promoted to sergeant in July and awarded the Purple Heart. link
  6. He met journalist H. L. Mencken, who became his friend and mentor. link
  7. In 1955, Manchester became an editor for Wesleyan University and the Wesleyan University Press. link
  8. In 1947, Manchester joined the Officer Candidate School but was dropped before receiving a commission. link
  9. Manchester used personal anecdotes from his service on Okinawa in his descriptions of battles. link
  10. A 2017 article in the intellectual review The American Spectator asserted that none of this was true. link
  11. In 1964, Manchester was commissioned by the Kennedy family to write the book. link
  12. Jacqueline Kennedy filed a lawsuit to prevent its publication. link
  13. The suit was settled in 1967. link
  14. Paul Krassner published a piece entitled 'The Parts That Were Left Out of the Kennedy Book'. link
  15. It was re-issued in October 2013. link
  16. He was also the recipient of the Abraham Lincoln Literary Award. link
  17. Manchester married Julia Brown Marshall (known as Judy) on March 27, 1948. link
  18. Manchester died at the age of 82 on June 1, 2004. link
  19. Manchester is interred at Indian Hill Cemetery in Middletown, Connecticut. link