Los Angeles Times Book Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1987) Winner
Kenneth S. Lynn
ケネス・シュイラー・リン
Kenneth Schuyler Lynn
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1923-06-17 （Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.）
- Died
- 2001-06-24 age 78
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Cleveland (birth) → Cambridge, MA (Harvard) → Baltimore (Johns Hopkins University)
Career
- Occupations
- author, historian, professor
- Active Years
- 1948-2001
- Affiliations
- Johns Hopkins University
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard College | — | — | — | — | United States |
Harvard College
Country:
United States
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Mark Twain (biography)
BiographyA biographical study of Mark Twain's life and work. Lynn's approach links the personal life of the author with broader social contexts.
American literaturebiographysocial context
Charlie Chaplin (biography)
BiographyA biographical study of Charlie Chaplin, focusing on his life and films with attention to creative process and historical background.
film historybiographycultural history
Ernest Hemingway (biography)
BiographyA biography examining Hemingway's life, struggles as a writer, and connections between personal experience and literary output.
modernismbiographypsychology of the writer
Theodore Dreiser (biography)
BiographyStudy of Theodore Dreiser's life and work, examining connections to social realism and the author's intellectual background.
social realismbiographyAmerican literary history
William Dean Howells / Harriet Beecher Stowe (biographical studies)
Biography / Literary studyStudies of important American literary figures William Dean Howells and Harriet Beecher Stowe, situating them socially and literarily in their times.
American literaturesocial historybiography
Bibliography
- Complete bibliography not compiled here
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly, detailed biographical narrativeanalysis linking psychological portrait and social context
- Recurring Motifs
- relation between individual and eraanalysis of writers' inner livesemphasis on social context
Legacy
As a 20th-century American biographer and historian, Lynn is known for studies of figures such as Hemingway, Chaplin, and Mark Twain. His scholarly, document-based approach linked individual life histories with broader social history.
Trivia
- Born in Cleveland.
- Graduated from Harvard College and taught at Johns Hopkins University for 20 years.
- Died in 2001 at age 78.