Geniuses Together: American Writers in Paris in the 1920s - Hardcover

Carpenter, Humphrey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395464161 ISBN 13: 9780395464168

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1988

Synopsis

A biographical account of the 1920s Paris literary scene focuses mainly on Hemmingway, but also includes portraits of other now-famous personalities who became an integral part of the wild Paris cafe culture

About this title

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0395464161
• ISBN 13: 9780395464168
• Binding: Hardcover