| LC control no. | n 50026224 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008 |
| Variant(s) | Terkel, Louis, 1912-2008 Terkel, Louis, 1912- |
| Birth date | 1912-05-16 |
| Death date | 2008-10-31 |
| Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Profession or occupation | Author Historian |
| Found in | His Giants of jazz, 1957. New York times WWW site, Nov. 3, 2008 (in obituary published Oct. 31: Studs Terkel; b. Louis Terkel, May 16, 1912, the Bronx; d. Friday [Oct. 31, 2008], Chicago, aged 96; Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose searching interviews with ordinary Americans helped establish oral history as a serious genre, and who for decades was the voluble host of a popular radio show in Chicago; in the late 1930s, while acting in the theater, adopted the name Studs, from another colorful Chicagoan, James T. Farrell's fictional Studs Lonigan) English Wikipedia website, viewed Dec. 27, 2011 (Louis "Studs" Terkel (May 16, 1912-October 31, 2008) was an American author, historian, actor, and broadcaster. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1985 for The Good War, and is best remembered for his oral histories of common Americans, and for hosting a long-running radio show in Chicago; infobox: Born: Louis Terkel, 16 May 1912, New York City, New York, US; Died: 31 October 2008 (aged 96), Chicago, Illinois, US; Occupation: Author, Historian, Radio Personality, Actor; Alma mater: University of Chicago (J.D., 1934); Spouse(s): Ida Goldberg (1939-1999)) |
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