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Erskine Preston Caldwell (* 17. Dezember 1903 bei Moreland, Georgia; † 11. April 1987 in Paradise Valley, Arizona) war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller . Als literarisch bedeutsam gilt insbesondere Caldwells Frühwerk. Hohe Auflagen erzielte Gottes kleiner Acker ( God's little Acre) und Die Tabakstraße ( Tobacco Road ).
Erskine Preston Caldwell (December 17, 1903 – April 11, 1987) was an American novelist and short story writer. [7] [8] His writings about poverty, racism and social problems in his native Southern United States , in novels such as Tobacco Road (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933) won him critical acclaim.
Erskine Preston Caldwell (ur. 17 grudnia 1903 w White Oak koło Moreland w stanie Georgia [1], zm. 11 kwietnia 1987 w Paradise Valley w stanie Arizona) – pisarz i publicysta amerykański. Autor licznych powieści i nowel ukazujących swoistość kulturową Południa USA, znany także z wnikliwych reportaży i krytycznej publicystyki społecznej. Życiorys.
God's Little Acre is a 1933 novel by Erskine Caldwell about a dysfunctional farming family in Georgia obsessed with sex and wealth. The novel's sexual themes were so controversial that the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice asked a New York state court to censor it.
- Erskine Preston Caldwell
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7. Apr. 2024 · Erskine Caldwell was an American author whose unadorned novels and stories about the rural poor of the American South mix violence and sex in grotesque tragicomedy. His works achieved a worldwide readership and were particularly esteemed in France and the Soviet Union. Caldwell’s father was a home.
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Die Tabakstraße, englischer Originaltitel Tobacco Road, ist ein 1932 beim Verlag Charles Scribner’s Sons erschienener Roman des US-amerikanischen Schriftstellers Erskine Caldwell. Er handelt in grotesk-tragischer Weise vom Leben einer völlig verarmten Pächterfamilie im US-amerikanischen Bundesstaat Georgia während der ...
Tobacco Road is a 1932 novel by Erskine Caldwell about a dysfunctional family of Georgia sharecroppers during the Great Depression. Although often portrayed as a work of social realism, the novel contains many elements of black comedy and sensationalism which made it a subject of controversy following its publication.
