james a michener

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Definition of james a michener in English English dictionary

born Feb. 3, 1907?, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Oct. 16, 1997, Austin, Texas U.S. novelist and short-story writer. Michener was a foundling discovered in Doylestown, Pa., and he was raised as a Quaker. From 1944 to 1946 he was a naval historian in the South Pacific, the setting of his early fiction; his Tales of the South Pacific (1947, Pulitzer Prize) was adapted as the Broadway musical South Pacific (1949; film, 1958). He is best known for epic and detailed novels drawing on extensive research, including Hawaii (1959; film, 1966), Iberia (1968), Centennial (1974), Chesapeake (1978), Space (1982), and Mexico (1992)

Hyphenation

James a Mich·e·ner

Turkish pronunciation

ceymz ı mîçnır

Pronunciation

/ˈʤāmz ə ˈməʧnər/ /ˈʤeɪmz ə ˈmɪʧnɜr/