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Alan Isler (September 12, 1934 – March 29, 2010) was an American novelist and professor. He left his native England for the United States at age 18, served in the US Army from 1954 to 1956, received a doctorate in English Literature from Columbia University and taught Renaissance Literature at Queens College, City University of New York from 1967 to 1995. In 1994 he won the National Jewish Book Award and the JQ Wingate Prize for his first novel “The Prince of West End Avenue”, which was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He has subsequently published four other works: “Kraven Images” (1996); “The Bacon Fancier”, also known as “Op.Non.Cit.”, (1999); “Clerical Errors” (2002); and “The Living Proof” (2005).

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  • Alan Isler (12. září 1934, Londýn – 29. března 2010) byl anglický spisovatel. V roce 1952 emigroval do Spojených států amerických a v období 1967 až 1995 vyučoval anglickou literaturu na na . Jeho první román Hamlet z West End Avenue vyhrál v roce 1994 ocenění . V následujícím roce se kniha zařadila mezi dvanáct nominovaných na Man Bookerovu cenu. V roce 1996 získal literární cenu . Poslední léta svého života žil v New Yorku a . (cs)
  • Alan Isler (* 1934 in London; † 29. März 2010) war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller britischer Herkunft. (de)
  • Alan Isler (September 12, 1934 – March 29, 2010) was an American novelist and professor. He left his native England for the United States at age 18, served in the US Army from 1954 to 1956, received a doctorate in English Literature from Columbia University and taught Renaissance Literature at Queens College, City University of New York from 1967 to 1995. In 1994 he won the National Jewish Book Award and the JQ Wingate Prize for his first novel “The Prince of West End Avenue”, which was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He has subsequently published four other works: “Kraven Images” (1996); “The Bacon Fancier”, also known as “Op.Non.Cit.”, (1999); “Clerical Errors” (2002); and “The Living Proof” (2005). His writing is dense but comical, referential and intellectual in the tradition of Nabokov, and often concerned with the bitter-sweet condition of the solitary Jew in a Gentile world. Alan Isler died after a long illness on March 29, 2010. (en)
  • Alan Isler (Londra, 12 settembre 1934 – New York, 29 marzo 2010) è stato uno scrittore statunitense. (it)
  • Алан Ислер (англ. Alan D. Isler; 12 сентября 1934, Лондон — 29 марта 2010, Нью-Йорк, Нью-Йорк) — американский писатель. (ru)
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  • Alan Isler (12. září 1934, Londýn – 29. března 2010) byl anglický spisovatel. V roce 1952 emigroval do Spojených států amerických a v období 1967 až 1995 vyučoval anglickou literaturu na na . Jeho první román Hamlet z West End Avenue vyhrál v roce 1994 ocenění . V následujícím roce se kniha zařadila mezi dvanáct nominovaných na Man Bookerovu cenu. V roce 1996 získal literární cenu . Poslední léta svého života žil v New Yorku a . (cs)
  • Alan Isler (* 1934 in London; † 29. März 2010) war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller britischer Herkunft. (de)
  • Alan Isler (Londra, 12 settembre 1934 – New York, 29 marzo 2010) è stato uno scrittore statunitense. (it)
  • Алан Ислер (англ. Alan D. Isler; 12 сентября 1934, Лондон — 29 марта 2010, Нью-Йорк, Нью-Йорк) — американский писатель. (ru)
  • Alan Isler (September 12, 1934 – March 29, 2010) was an American novelist and professor. He left his native England for the United States at age 18, served in the US Army from 1954 to 1956, received a doctorate in English Literature from Columbia University and taught Renaissance Literature at Queens College, City University of New York from 1967 to 1995. In 1994 he won the National Jewish Book Award and the JQ Wingate Prize for his first novel “The Prince of West End Avenue”, which was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He has subsequently published four other works: “Kraven Images” (1996); “The Bacon Fancier”, also known as “Op.Non.Cit.”, (1999); “Clerical Errors” (2002); and “The Living Proof” (2005). (en)
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  • Alan Isler (cs)
  • Alan Isler (de)
  • Alan Isler (en)
  • Alan Isler (it)
  • Ислер, Алан (ru)
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