词条 | William Wright (author) |
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| name = William Wright | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = William Connor Wright Jr. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|10|22}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|6|4|1930|10|22}} | death_place = Branford, Connecticut, United States | resting_place = | occupation = Editor, playwright, author | language = English | nationality = American | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = Yale University | period = | genre = Non-fiction | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relative(s) = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = }} William Connor Wright Jr. (October 22, 1930 – June 4, 2016) was an American author, editor and playwright. He is best known for his non fiction writing covering a wildly divergent list of subjects: from the April in Paris Ball at the Waldorf-Astoria to genetics and behavior to true crime and grand opera. The great Harvard naturalist and author, E. O. Wilson, said of Wright's Born that Way, Genes, Behavior, Personality: "It takes an independent writer and free spirit to tell the story straight, and thank God Wright has done it." In addition to Lillian Hellman, the Image and the Woman, Wright's books include The Von Bulow Affair, and two books with and about Luciano Pavarotti: Pavarotti, My Own Story and Pavarotti, My World.[1] BiographyWright was born in Philadelphia, the son of William Connor Wright Sr. and Josephine Hartshorne Wright. He graduated from the Germantown Friends School and earned his B.A. at Yale University. In the U.S. Army, he completed training in Chinese at the Language School in Monterey, California and served as an Army translator and interpreter in Japan, Okinawa and on the {{USS|Oriskany|CV-34|6}}. CareerAfter his Army service, Wright was an editor at Holiday magazine when it was located in Philadelphia and published the likes of John Steinbeck, V.S. Pritchett and Lawrence Durrell. When Holiday became a casualty of the Curtis Publishing Company's disintegration, Wright accepted a bizarre offer from composer Gian Carlo Menotti to become manager of Menotti's Spoleto Festival, then held only in Italy. Wright's job was to oversee the production of some ten events put on by the festival's U.S. side. Each of his events was successful, but the overall festival was a financial disaster. Unnerved, Wright resigned. After struggling for five years writing magazine articles, Wright accepted an offer to become the editor of Chicago magazine, which he did from 1969 to 1971. Although the magazine was well received by both Chicagoans and advertisers, his tenure was cut short when the magazine was closed down for making jibes at the elder Mayor Richard Daley. Although offered editorial positions at three other publications, Wright turned to writing full-time and continued to do so until a few years before his death, mostly authoring non-fiction books. WorksBooks
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/08/books/william-wright-biographer-of-lillian-hellman-dies-at-85.html|title=William Wright, Biographer of Lillian Hellman, Dies at 85|date=8 June 2016|work=The New York Times|accessdate=8 June 2016}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, William}}2. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/17/books/books-of-the-times-the-showgirl-and-her-many-princes.html |title=The Showgirl and Her (Many) Princes |date=17 May 2000 |publisher=New York Times }} 3. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/23/books/books-of-the-times-the-love-hate-theme-in-albee-s-life-and-work.html |title=The Love-Hate Themes in Albee’s Life and Work |date=23 August 1999 |publisher=New York Times }} 4. ^{{cite web| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E0DD1239F930A35752C1A960958260 | title=Why Lillian Hellman Remains Fascinating |date= 3 November 1996 |publisher=New York Times }} 10 : 1930 births|2016 deaths|American biographers|20th-century American dramatists and playwrights|American magazine editors|United States Army personnel|Writers from Philadelphia|Yale University alumni|20th-century American non-fiction writers|Germantown Friends School alumni |
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