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Matthew Hillsman Taylor Jr. (January 8, 1917 – November 2, 1994), known professionally as Peter Taylor, was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright. Born and raised in Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri , he wrote frequently about the urban South in his stories and novels.
22 de abr. de 2024 · Peter Taylor was an American short-story writer, novelist, and playwright known for his portraits of Tennessee gentry caught in a changing society. From 1936 to 1937 Taylor attended Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, then the center of a Southern literary renaissance led by poets Allen.
2 de nov. de 1994 · Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor was a U.S. author and writer. Considered to be one of the finest American short story writers, Taylor's fictional milieu is the urban South. His characters, usually middle or upper class people, often are living in a time of change and struggle to discover and define their roles in society.
Lecturalia. Peter Taylor. Otros nombres: Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor. País: Estados Unidos. Nacimiento: Trenton, 8 de enero de 1917. Defunción: Charlottesville, 2 de noviembre de 1994. Biografía de Peter Taylor. Escritor americano ganador del Pulitzer en 1987 por su novela Memphis. Premio Pulitzer de Novela (Ficción) 1987.
A Summons to Memphis is a 1986 novel by Peter Taylor that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1987. It is the recollection of Phillip Carver, a middle aged editor from New York City , who is summoned back to Memphis by his two conniving unmarried sisters to help them prevent the marriage of their elderly father to a younger woman.
4 de nov. de 1994 · Peter Taylor, a novelist and short-story writer whose work was often praised for its gentility and its emotional precision, died on Wednesday at the University of Virginia Hospital in ...
29 de jun. de 1986 · 3.64. 6,519 ratings480 reviews. One of the most celebrated novels of its time, the Pulitzer Prize winner A Summons to Memphis introduces the Carver family, natives of Nashville, residents, with the exception of Phillip, of Memphis, Tennessee. During the twilight of a Sunday afternoon in March, New York book editor Phillip Carver ...
