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FA 21 10.3 Back to School
Here is a link for an author whose book I hope to finally read this season!Amadeo Rea Professor UCSD https://www.facebook.com/Ethnoornitho...
Here are some helpful links. Some or the lists are nor exclusively writers but there are at least a few on every list.https://www.theguardian.com/education...
https://bestlifeonline.com/famous-peo...
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/world-...
https://www.bustle.com/articles/23246...
https://www.tes.com/news/are-these-be...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...Jane Smiley
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Silas House
Lee Smith
Kingsley Amis
Ann Brontë
Charlotte Brontë
Emily Brontë
Ralph Waldo Emerson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_W...
Henry David Thoreau
Sharyn McCrumb
Bill Crider
Pat Conroy
Louisa May Alcott
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_...
Alice Walker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_W...
John Irving
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_W...
Willa Cather
Robert Penn Warren
William Faulkner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
Iris Murdoch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Mu...
Two authors I may read for this task aren’t referred to as teachers in their Goodreads profiles but are elsewhere.Kate Atkinson: “ After leaving the university, she took on a variety of jobs, from home help to legal secretary and teacher.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_...
Philip Pullman: “Pullman married Judith Speller in 1970 and began teaching children aged 9 to 13 at Bishop Kirk Middle School in Summertown, North Oxford and writing school plays.”
“Pullman taught part-time at Westminster College, Oxford, between 1988 and 1996, continuing to write children's stories.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phili...
Nnedi Okorafor is currently a professor of practice at ASU: https://news.asu.edu/20210720-award-w...
Mark Thompson "In 2015, Thompson took up a position as Reader in Modern History at the University of East Anglia (half time). He lives in Oxford, where he supervises a small number of undergraduate and graduate students at the Faculty of History."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Th...
Stephen Graham Jones, https://www.demontheory.net/bio/He will work for 10.4 combo as well (Native American)
Stewart O'Nan "His family and he then moved to Edmond, Oklahoma, and he taught at the University of Central Oklahoma and the University of New Mexico."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart...
(next-to-last sentence in Background section)
I am really enjoying The Names of the Dead. I had chosen it for the Boomer task, then 5 combos came rolling in!
Walter Pater Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_..."After graduating, Pater remained in Oxford and taught Classics and Philosophy to private students."
and
"he was offered a classical fellowship in 1864 at Brasenose on the strength of his ability to teach modern German philosophy, and he settled down to a university career."
Ian Rankin taught at the University of Edinburgh.“He has taught at the university and retains an involvement with the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_R...
Could Terry Pratchett be considered for this task ? In his wikipedia page it says "He was made an adjunct Professor in the School of English at Trinity College Dublin in 2010, with a role in postgraduate education in creative writing and popular literature."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_P...
Marie wrote: "Could Terry Pratchett be considered for this task ? In his wikipedia page it says "He was made an adjunct Professor in the School of English at Trinity College Dublin in 2010, with a ..."Yes, he would qualify for this task.
From the "About the Author" page in The Basel killings:"Hansjörg Schneider, born in Aarau, Switzerland, in 1938, has worked as a teacher and journalist..."
Can he be approved?
Yes, that comes up in a google search.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Yes, that comes up in a google search."Great, thanks!
And actually, just noting your finds in this thread with a link is good enough.
For author Flore Vesco: in her Wikipedia Biography (sorry, in french), it says "She has teached french litterature in middle school"https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flore_V...
J.K. Rowling worked as an English language teacher.“An advertisement in The Guardian led Rowling to move to Porto, Portugal, to teach English as a foreign language. She taught at night and began writing in the day while listening to Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K....
Isabel WilkersonShe also taught at Emory, Princeton, Northwestern, and Boston University.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_...
Tien wrote: "Brian Flynn - "a lecturer in elocution and speech"does that count?"
This looks like too much of a stretch for this task.
From the Mysteries Challenge discussion thread, I posted:Was he the fellow you asked about for 10.3 that he was a lecturer? I found this:
but instead he served as a Special Constable on the Home Front. Flynn worked for the local government while teaching “Accountancy, Languages, Maths and Elocution to men, women, boys and girls” in the evenings,
which would have him fit that 10.3 for you.
https://jiescribano.wordpress.com/202...
Thanks for looking into this for me, Elizabeth. I obviously didn't look hard enough and yay, now I can fit this book in a task :)
Tien wrote: "Thanks for looking into this for me, Elizabeth. I obviously didn't look hard enough and yay, now I can fit this book in a task :)"It was your saying you couldn't find out much about him. That always piques my curiosity. ;-)
hahaha, I should say that more often then - it's always a challenge hey to see what you can find online
Anthony C Winklerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony...
From 3rd paragraph of "Early life and career": "Upon graduation, he taught briefly at Pasadena City College..."
Also he taught for a year in his native country of Jamaica, an experience which is the subject of Going Home To Teach.
Robert BarronFrom his GR bio: "He was visiting professor at the University of Notre Dame in 2002 and at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in 2007. He was also twice scholar in residence at the Pontifical North American College at the Vatican."
Okay?
Yes as to visiting professor
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Yes as to visiting professor"Thank you!
Bea wrote: "or Maisie Mosco? (helped teach literacy to returning war veterans)"Yes, teachers qualify for this task.
Kate Grenvillehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Gr...
"She has also been a teacher of creative writing." (4th sentence in paragraph headed "Life")
Clarence Ellishttps://www.thenaturelibrary.com/page...
"He studied history at Bangor University and served on the Western Front before beginning a career in further education." (4th paragraph)
Wiley CashHe teaches fiction writing and literature at the University of North Carolina-Asheville.
https://www.wileycash.com/about
Margaret Atwoodhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margare...
During the 1980s, Atwood continued to teach, serving as the MFA Honorary Chair the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, 1985; the Berg Professor of English, New York University, 1986; Writer-in-Residence, Macquarie University, Australia, 1987; and Writer-in-Residence, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, 1989.[42] Regarding her stints with teaching, she has noted, "Success for me meant no longer having to teach at university."
Philip Rothhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_...
"Roth taught creative writing at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, University of Iowa and Princeton University. He later continued his academic career at the University of Pennsylvania, where he taught comparative literature before retiring from teaching in 1991."
Arthur Miller.After graduation (circa 1936), he began to work as a psychiatric aide and also a copywriter before accepting faculty posts at New York University and University of New Hampshire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_...
Dennis Lehane from Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_...
“ Teaching career
Since becoming a literary success, Lehane has taught at several colleges. He taught fiction writing and serves as a member of the board of directors for the Solstice Low-Residency MFA Program at Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.[21] He has also taught advanced fiction writing at Harvard University, where his classes quickly filled up”
Lee Child. On 30 June 2008, it was announced that Grant would be taking up a Visiting Professorship at the University of Sheffield from November 2008. In 2009, Grant funded 52 Jack Reacher scholarships for students at the university.[19]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Child
Jance J.A. was a teacher. See Before becoming an author, she worked as a school librarian on a Native American reservation (Tohono O'Odham), and as a teacher and insurance agent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._A._J...
David Treuerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_T...
He has taught English at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He also taught Creative Writing for a semester at Scripps College in Claremont, California, as the Mary Routt Chair of Writing. In 2010 Treuer moved to the University of Southern California where he is a Professor of Literature and teaches in the Creative Writing & Literature PhD program.
Robert ShapardHe teaches literature and fiction writing at the University of Hawaii.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...
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