Owen Wister ( English Owen Wister ; July 14, 1860 , Philadelphia , USA - July 21, 1938 , Saunderstown , USA) - American writer. The author of books in the genre of Western .
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| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Philadelphia |
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| Place of death | Saunderstown |
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| Occupation | writer |
| Genre | Western |
| Language of Works | English |
Content
Biography
Owen Wister was born July 14, 1860 in Philadelphia. His father, Owen Jones Wister, was a successful doctor . His mother Sarah Butler Wister was the daughter of actress Francis Ann (Fanny) Kemble.
After graduating from high school, St. Paul ( Concord ) Owen Wister entered Harvard University , where he studied with the future US President Theodore Roosevelt . Wister graduated from university in 1882. At first he wanted to become a musician and spent two years at the Paris Conservatory. Then he worked for a short time in a New York bank. In 1888, he graduated from Harvard Law School and practiced in Philadelphia.
In 1885, Wister first arrived in the West, in Wyoming . Like his friend Roosevelt, Wister was fascinated by the culture and nature of this region. In 1893, during a trip to Yellowstone, he met the artist Frederick Remington , who created paintings on the themes of the Wild West.
Wister began his literary career in 1891. His most famous work is a novel in the genre of westerns The Virginian (The Virginian, 1902), which tells about a cowboy who came to Wyoming from the South. The main character, nicknamed Virginina falls in love with teacher Molly Wood and enters into a confrontation with a local villain. In addition, Wister published several more collections of poems and stories, as well as biographies of US presidents Ulysses Grant and Theodore Roosevelt.
Wister was a member of several literary societies and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1898, Wister married Mary Channing. The couple had six children. Wister's wife died in 1913.
Analysis
The novel "Virginie" is called the "literary landmark" [4] . From this novel “they usually count the history of the Western genre” [5] . He was screened several times, and the phrase of the main character, “Smile when you call me that!” (When you call me that, smile!) Became winged [6] . Wister, along with other writers, made the cowboy "a respected figure of serious prose" [7] and at the same time turned him into an "American folk hero and a popular fictional character" [8] .
Of the other works of Wister highlight the story "Padre Ignacio" (Padre Ignazio, 1900) - about a Catholic priest who heads the parish in the West. This story lays down the “ideological mood and style of a genuine Western” [5] .
Memory
- Since 1978, the Owen Wister Review literary magazine has been published at the University of Wyoming . Until 1996, it was published twice a year, and from 1997 it became an annual.
- In Grand Teton National Park there is Mount Wister , named after the writer. Near the house in La Mesa , which Wister built, but never lived in it, there is Wister Drive Street.
- In the same city there is a lane, named after Virginina, and Molly-Wood Avenue. Since 1991, the annual Owen Wister Award has been awarded for his contribution to Western development.
Screenshots
- 1914 - Virginiana
- 1923 - Virginiana
- 1929 - Virginie , starring Gary Cooper
- 1946 - Virginie , starring Joel McCree
- 1962-1971 - the Virginian
- 2000 - Virginie , starring Bill Pullman
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF ID : 2011 open data platform .
- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Literary history of the United States of America. Volume II. - M .: Progress, 1978. - p. 436.
- ↑ 1 2 A.V. Vashchenko. C. 607.
- ↑ A.V. Vashchenko. C. 609.
- ↑ Literary history of the United States of America. Volume II. - M .: Progress, 1978. - P. 436-437.
- ↑ Owen Wister . Encyclopædia Britannica .
Literature
- A.V. Vashchenko. Western / US Literature History. Volume V. Literature beginning of XX century. - M .: IMLI RAN, 2009.
- Cobbs, JL Owen Wister. Boston: Twayne, 1984.
- Payne, D. Owen Wister: Chronickler of the West, Gentelman of the East. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1985.
Links
- Owen Wister's books on the Project Gutenberg website
- Owen Wister's books on the Internet Archive