Richard yates biography
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Yates, Richard
| Yates was born on 3rd February in Yonkers, New York. |
| Yates was three years old, and subsequently spent much of his ungdom moving around New York with his family. |
| This was where his interest in writing and journalism began. |
| Yates signed up toward the end of World War Two and served in France and Germany. |
| Upon returning to New York, Yates worked as a reporter, ghost writer and publicity writer. |
| After contracting tuberculosis, Yates was entitled to a disability pension from the army, which he used to move. He spent several years in europe, writing stories, before moving back to New York. |
| The pair separated and Yates remained in New York. |
| Revolutionary Road is Yates’ first and be • Book A tragic honesty : the life and work of Richard Yates By Bailey, Blake. (based on Goodreads ratings) Published by Picador, New York ISBN Bib Id Edition1st ed. Descriptionxii, p. : ill. ; 24 cm. More Details LCCN
ISBN (hbk.) : $ Title A tragic honesty : the life and work of Richard Yates Description xii, p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. []) and index. Availability
• Richard Yates (novelist)American writer (–) Richard Walden Yates (February 3, – November 7, ) was an American fiction writer identified with the mid-century "Age of Anxiety." His first novel, Revolutionary Road, was a finalist for the National Book Award, while his first short story collection, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness, brought comparisons to James Joyce. Critical acclaim for his writing, however, was not reflected in commercial success during his lifetime. Interest in Yates has revived somewhat since his death, partly because of an influential essay by Stewart O'Nan in the Boston Review, a biography by Blake Bailey and the Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning film Revolutionary Road starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. Life and career[edit]Yates was born in Yonkers, New York, the son of Vincent Yates and Ruth Walden Maurer.[1] He came from an unstable home; his parents divorced when he was three and much of his childhood was sp |