Resultados para "Max" en Arte y literatura

Os talentos que ele cultivou se tornaram conhecidos do mundo todo: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe e vários outros. No entanto, Maxwell Perkins permaneceu um mistério, uma presença nos bastidores que servia a esses autores não só como editor, mas também como crítico, administrador de suas carreiras, financiador, terapeuta, confessionário e amigo.

Der erfahrene Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold nimmt uns mit auf eine faktenreiche Kulturreise und erläutert verständlich, unterhaltsam und strukturiert Basiswissen zum weltweit beachteten schweizer Schriftsteller Max Frisch. Max Frisch (1911 - 1991) ist in Zürich geboren und neben Friedrich Dürrenmatt einer der bekanntesten schweizer Schriftsteller.

Max Brooks, the New York Times best-selling author of The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z, talks to Audible about his latest release, Minecraft: The Island. As a true fan of the world of Minecraft, Brooks discusses his creative journey and the highlights of writing this highly inventive take on a classic and hugely celebrated game.

Joining us in the Audible Studios to talk about his latest book, Life 3.0, is renowned physicist and cosmologist Max Tegmark. A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and scientific director of the Foundational Questions Institute, Tegmark cofounded the Future of Life institute and has been instrumental in advising on AI research. His latest book, Life 3.0, looks at the new age of artificial intelligence and the consequences of it.

Who is Elmyr? Simply put, Elmyr de Hory is known by many as the most notorious art forger of all time. He believed that if a forgery hangs in a museum for long enough - as he claimed many of his works did - it eventually becomes real. Yet, as with many fraudsters, much of the myth is exaggeration or invention.

Written and narrated by his longtime friend and collaborator, Sripad Jagannatha Das (Geoffrey Giuliano), this biography provides an in-depth look at Max's journey from a young artist in Nazi Germany to becoming a prominent figure in the pop art movement of the 1960s and beyond. Das's firsthand knowledge and personal anecdotes make this audiobook a must-listen for fans of Peter Max and anyone interested in the art world of the 20th century.

Here is a captivating audiobook exploring the close relationship between Peter Max and Swami Satchidananda. Narrated by Raj Rass and Sripad Jagannatha Das, go on a journey through the lives of two remarkable individuals who formed an unlikely and enduring friendship. Peter Max is a world-renowned artist known for his vibrant abstract works of art. Swami Satchidananda, on the other hand, was a kindly spiritual leader and yoga master who dedicated his life to spreading the teachings of yoga and meditation in the West. These two great souls formed a deep connection that lasted decades.

Max Allan Collins became Spillane's friend and collaborator, continuing the Mike Hammer series for years after the author's death, building upon unfinished manuscripts the writer left behind. Now, with coauthor James Traylor, Collins has produced the first comprehensive and authoritative profile of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master. It is a must-listen for any fan of the author—or of the generations of crime writers that were influenced by his work.

Bernard Marks and Martha Alford met by chance. No real reason for it, just a series of fluky coincidences. The odds were long that they would hit it off. That wasn’t in the cards they’d been dealt at birth. “It’ll never last,” people whispered after they got engaged. “Poor probability of success” was the general consensus when they married. But Bernie and Martha ignored the naysayers. Gamblers in love, they rolled the dice.

A beautifully written memoir that explores the life of a tattoo artist and what tattooing and art mean in our lives.

Maxwell Perkins, meglio noto come "Max" Perkins è forse il più famoso editore di letteratura nella storia degli Stati Uniti. La sua tenacia e il suo fiuto letterario infallibile lo portarono a scoprire talenti del calibro di Ernest Hemingway, Francis Scott Fitzgerald e Thomas Wolfe, fra molti altri. Perkins rimase sempre a fianco dei suoi autori, difendendoli e motivandoli fino a riuscire nell'impresa di tirar fuori il meglio di ognuno.

Max Verstappen. La biografía. Conoce a la nueva estrella de la Fórmula uno Pocos pilotos han sacudido a la Fórmula 1 de la misma manera que Max Verstappen. Siendo ya el piloto más joven en la historia de la F1, con solo 17 años, su carrera debut para Red Bull en el Gran Premio de España de...

Including an introduction read by the author, Max Hastings. 'A superb account of journalists, soldiers and the experience of modern battle, written by one of the greatest war reporters of our time' – Robert Harris, author of An Officer and a Spy ‘Gripping and compulsively readable’ –...

Including an introduction read by the author, Max Hastings. 'Much excellent gossip, some of it wildly indiscreet . . . Hastings is a brilliant reporter' – Sunday Telegraph 'The acuity of his insights make this book a wholly compelling read' – Observer In February 2002 Max Hastings retired...

Martin Opitz (1628 nobilitiert mit Namensmehrung zu Opitz von Boberfeld) war der Begründer der Schlesischen Dichterschule, deutscher Dichter und ein bedeutender Theoretiker des Barock und des Späthumanismus.

1624 veröffentlichte Opitz sein Hauptwerk, das Buch von der Deutschen Poeterey. Hierin beschreibt er Regeln und Grundsätze einer neu zu begründenden hochdeutschen Dichtkunst, die sich nicht an den überlieferten antiken Versmaßen ausrichten, sondern vielmehr eine eigene, der deutschen Sprache gemäße metrische Form finden solle.

From his childhood in a remote town in New Zealand's North Island to the wilds of the Arctic and Antarctic, life has been an incredible journey for filmmaker Max Quinn. How he got himself into this field is a story in itself, but A Life of Extremes is so much more. It's a journey that lovers of natural history, travel, adventure, and filmmaking will revel in as he takes you to some of the harshest environments in which anyone could be expected to work. For this book is the absorbing life of a polar filmmaker.

Since 1949, when Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Max Frankel began to write for The New York Times, readers have looked to his work as a lens through which they could witness America's role in a rapidly changing world. In this vivid and unforgettable memoir, Frankel chronicles the times of his...

Fünfzig Jahre nach ihrem Tod fordern Ingeborg Bachmanns Briefe eine neue Perspektive auf Leben und Werk dieser Autorin, die uns heute aktueller denn je erscheint. Andrea Stolls Biografie beleuchtet das unübersehbare Spektrum Bachmannscher Ambivalenzen von seinen Ursprüngen her und führt uns vor Augen, wie diese ikonische Dichterin in eine Spirale von Selbstinszenierung und Selbstzerstörung geraten konnte.

Etwa 470 Briefe umfasst der Briefwechsel zwischen dem großen Berliner Maler Max Liebermann und dem Direktor der Hamburger Kunsthalle Alfred Lichtwark. Lichtwark, der als einer der Ersten Liebermanns Kunst förderte, hatte einen starken Einfluss auf den Maler. Liebermann wiederum war dem Mentor dankbar für die persönliche Beratung und Freundschaft. Als Liebermann seinen Landsitz in Berlin-Wannsee errichtete, plante er die Gartengestaltung in einer ausführlichen Korrespondenz mit Lichtwark. Er selbst entwickelte für die Gartenlandschaft eine Grundidee und arbeitete sie mit seinem Freund zu einem vielgestaltigen modernen Garten aus.

This book reveals, for the first time, the story behind the writing of ‘Desiderata’. Beloved by millions, the poem was first published in 1927, but its true origins, along with the life of its author, have largely been lost to literary history. This account by actor and author Tim Dalgleish includes not only the story of ‘Desiderata’ but two additional, previously unpublished, chapters from a forthcoming biography of Max Ehrmann. This new material helps bring Max Ehrmann, the author of 'Desiderata', out of the shadows.