Literary Almanac : The Best of the Printed Word, 1900 to the Present

A handy, compact guide to the high points of book life throughout the 20th century. Nobel prizes, Pulitzer prizes in all major cat., Booker prizes, National Book awards, as well as Newbery & Caldecott medalists, are listed herein. Births & deaths of notable authors are shown, as well as important publishing events of each year -- some important at the time & now almost forgotten. Many original book covers are reproduced, & notable quotations of authors & critics grace each year's entry. There is a list of the birth names of many famous authors who used different ones; & a list of alternate occupations, showing the bread-winning strategies of everyone from Sherwood Anderson to William Carlos Williams, that may surprise you. Illustrated.Straus, Tamara is the author of 'Literary Almanac : The Best of the Printed Word, 1900 to the Present', published 2004 under ISBN 9780756770884 and ISBN 0756770882.