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Walter Tevis
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American writer (1928–1984)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1928
- Died
- 1984
- Works
- 42
Top works
- Mockingbird
- מוקינגבירד
- Gambito de Dama
- Gambito de Dama
- The Sport of crime
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · San Francisco, California, USA
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 146
- Total plays
- 14,051
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields
· 1983 · cited 30,371x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,370x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,328x
- The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 13,248x
- A logical calculus of the ideas immanent in nervous activity
· 1943 · cited 13,041x
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Quotes
- “He was, if not happy, too busy to be unhappy.”
- “Are you from Venus? Jupiter? Philadelphia?”
- “He thought, looking at the cat, if only you were the intelligent species on this world. And then, smiling wryly, maybe you are.”
- “The large picture of the heron on the far wall began to fade. When it was gone it was replaced by the head of a handsome man with the falsely serious stare in his eyes that is cultivated by politicians, faith healers, and evangelists.”
- ““We must remember that the United States, regardless of what the uninformed may say, is not a second-rate power. We must remember that freedom will conquer, we must…”Suddenly Newton realized that the man speaking was the President of the United States, and he was speaking the bombast of the hopeless.”
- “Bryce thought for a minute. Then he laughed at his situation: using a Martian, in a bar, for a confessor. But perhaps it was appropriate.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Walter Stone Tevis Jr. , February 28, 1928, San Francisco , California, U.S.
- Died
- August 9, 1984 (1984-08-09) (aged 56), New York City , New York, U.S.
- Occupation
- Novelist , short story writer
- Period
- 1955–1984
- Genre
- Fiction , science fiction
- Spouse
- Jamie Griggs Tevis, Eleanora Tevis
- Children
- William Tevis, Julie Tevis
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.waltertevis.org
- Image
- 27queensgambitbook-articleLarge.webp
Show 4 more facts
- date of death
- 1984-08-08
- date of birth
- 1928-02-28
- name in native language
- Walter Tevis
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
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Article
Walter Stone Tevis Jr. (/ˈtɛvɪs/; February 28, 1928 – August 9, 1984) was an American novelist and screenwriter. Three of his six novels were adapted into major films: The Hustler, The Color of Money and The Man Who Fell to Earth. A fourth, The Queen’s Gambit, was adapted into a miniseries with the same title and shown on Netflix in 2020. His books have been translated into at least 18 languages.
Early life