James A. Michener

James Albert Michener (February 3rd 1907 - October 16th 1997) is a American writer .

Michener wrote that he did not know exactly his date and his birthplace. It was raised by his adoptive mother, Mabel Michener, with Doylestown in Pennsylvania.

Its literary career starts during the Second world war, during which he was lieutenant in the US Navy. Sent on the theater of operations of the Peaceful Southern, it exerted the maritime function of historian there. Its notes and impressions became its first book Tales off the South Pacific for which it received the Prix Pulitzer in 1948.

Michener writes nearly 40 novels. He is regarded as a writer of historical novels. He told historical events while inserting there characters of fiction in order to better do to feel the daily newspaper of the times and places. The geography and nature are characters with whole share of his work. He often began his novels with a long installation, even a personification of the Terroir.

The mystery which surrounds the birth of Michener is in the center of its literary work. In the majority of its novels, it leaves the origins to try to dissect the world of today, to include/understand the american company and the place which the United States in the world holds.

James Michener is an Amerindian sympathizer of the cause. He was one of the first to support it with force conviction. The Indian topic is recurring in its novels ( Cheasepeake , Colorado Saga and the Caribbean strongly testifies some).

The January 10th 1977, the US president Gerald Ford gave the to him medal of Freedom (principal civil distinction of the country) in thanks of its generous financial donations to many universities, libraries, museums and various charitable works. The totality of its gifts is estimated at nearly 100 million USD. In its honor, the municipality of Doylestown gave its name to the museum of art of the city.

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