William Keepers Maxwell Jr. (August 16, 1908 – July 31, 2000) was an American editor, novelist, short story writer, essayist, children's author, and memoirist. He served as a fiction editor at The New Yorker from 1936 to 1975. An editor devoted to his writers, Maxwell became a mentor and confidant to many authors.
William Maxwell, (born Aug. 16, 1908, Lincoln, Ill., U.S.—died July 31, 2000, New York, N.Y.), American editor and author of spare, evocativeshort stories and novels about small-town life in the American Midwestin the early 20th century.
31 de jul. de 2000 · William Keepers Maxwell Jr. was an American novelist, and fiction editor at the New Yorker. He studied at the University of Illinois and Harvard University. Maxwell wrote six highly acclaimed novels, a number of short stories and essays, children's stories, and a memoir, Ancestors (1972).
William Maxwell. William Maxwell nasceu em 1908, em Lincoln, no Illinois. Aos 14 anos, sua família mudou-se para Chicago. Lá ele continuou sua educação, mais tarde ingressando na Universidade de Illinois.
23 de ago. de 2021 · THE AMERICANS In William Maxwell’s Fiction, a Vivid, Varied Tableau of Midwestern Life Though his novels and short stories — published over six decades, beginning in 1934 — are set in an older,...
A partir das suposições das crianças e das paixões destrutivas dos pais, Maxwell cria aqui um clássico luminoso sobre o amor e a perda. O autor. William Maxwell nasceu em 1908, em Lincoln, Illinois, e morreu em 2000, em Nova Iorque. Escreveu seis romances e três colectâneas de contos.
William Maxwell (1581-1641), [1] ou (1619-1669), [2] foi um escritor escocês e médico, magnetizador "in ordinary" [nota 1] do rei Carlos I. É conhecido por sua obra De Medicina Magnetica de 1679. Maxwell ainda é denotado como seguidor de Robert Fludd .