Pipefuls - Morley, Christopher

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Résumé :
Christopher Morley (1890-1957) was an American novelist, essayist, and journalist known for his wit, literary enthusiasm, and deep affection for books and reading. Born in Pennsylvania and educated at Haverford College and Oxford University, Morley worked as a journalist and editor while producing a wide range of essays, poems, and novels.He achieved early success with Parnassus on Wheels and its sequel The Haunted Bookshop, both of which celebrate the joy of books and the culture of readers. Morley was also a founding member of the Baker Street Irregulars, a society devoted to the study and appreciation of Sherlock Holmes.His writing reflects a lifelong passion for literature and the community of readers, and his works remain favorites among bibliophiles....

Biographie:
Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957) was an American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet. He also produced stage productions for a few years and gave college lectures. Morley began writing while still in college. He edited The Haverfordian and contributed articles to that college publication. He provided scripts for and acted in the college's drama program. In Oxford a volume of his poems, The Eighth Sin (1912), was published. After graduating from Oxford, Morley began his literary career at Doubleday, working as publicist and publisher's reader. In 1917 he got his start as an editor for Ladies' Home Journal (1917-1918), then as a newspaper reporter and newspaper columnist in Philadelphia for the Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger. Morley's first novel, Parnassus on Wheels, appeared in 1917. The protagonist, traveling bookseller Roger Mifflin, appeared again in his second novel, The Haunted Bookshop in 1919. In 1920 Morley returned to New York City to write a column (The Bowling Green) for the New York Evening Post. Author of more than 100 novels, books of essays and volumes of poetry, Morley is probably best known for his 1939 novel Kitty Foyle, which was made into an Academy Award-winning movie. Another well-known work is Thunder on the Left (1925).