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John McPhee

John Angus McPhee, né le à Princeton (New Jersey), est un journaliste et romancier américain. Il a remporté le prix Pulitzer de l'essai en 1999 pour Annals of the Former World. Il est aussi considéré comme l'un des pionniers de l'essai fictionnel (creative nonfiction en anglais)[1], qui est à distinguer du nouveau journalisme.

John McPhee
Visage d'un homme portant lunettes, barbu et souriant.
John Mcphee en novembre 2009
Biographie
Naissance
Nationalité
Formation
Université de Princeton
Deerfield Academy (en)
Magdalene College
Lycée de Princeton (en)
Activités
Écrivain, universitaire
RĂ©dacteur Ă 
Enfants
Laura McPhee (en)
Martha McPhee (en)
Autres informations
A travaillé pour
Membre de
Distinctions
Ĺ’uvres principales
Annals of the Former World (d), The Control of Nature (d), Coming into the Country (d), Encounters with the Archdruid (d), The Pine Barrens (d)

Ĺ’uvres

en français
  • Rencontres avec l'archidruide (Encounters with the Archdruid, 1972), traduit de l'amĂ©ricain par Laura Derajinski, Éditions Gallmeister, 2009, 232 p. (ISBN 978-2-35178-028-2)
  • En Alaska (Coming Into the Country, 1976), traduit de l'amĂ©ricain par Richard Matas, Editions Payot, 1992, 405 p. (ISBN 978-2-2288-8476-1)
  • The Control of Nature, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (ISBN 0-374-12890-1), 272 p., oĂą il dĂ©crit par exemple la structure de rĂ©gulation des eaux d'Old River sur le Mississippi.
  • Cargos (Looking for a ship, 1990), traduit de l'amĂ©ricain par Richard Matas, Éditions Payot, 1993, 303 p. (ISBN 978-2-2288-8605-5)

en anglais
  • A Sense of Where You Are (1965) (ISBN 0-374-51485-2)
  • The Headmaster (1966) (ISBN 0-374-16860-1)
  • Oranges (1967) (ISBN 0-374-22688-1)
  • The Pine Barrens (1968) (ISBN 0-374-23360-8).
  • A Roomful of Hovings and Other Profiles (ISBN 0-374-51501-8) (collection, 1969)
  • Levels of the Game (1969) (ISBN 0-374-51526-3). Explores the relationship between two champion tennis players.
  • The Crofter and the Laird (1969) (ISBN 0-374-13192-9)
  • Encounters with the Archdruid (1971) (ISBN 0-374-14822-8).
  • The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed (1973) (ISBN 0-374-51635-9). Story of the Aereon, a combination aerodyne/aerostat, a.k.a. hybrid airship.
  • The Curve of Binding Energy (1974) (ISBN 0-374-13373-5) —finalist for the National Book Award
  • Pieces of the Frame (collection, 1975) (ISBN 0-374-51498-4)
  • The Survival of the Bark Canoe (1975) (ISBN 0-374-27207-7)
  • The John McPhee Reader (collection, 1977) (ISBN 0-374-17992-1)
  • Coming into the Country (1977) (ISBN 0-374-52287-1)
  • Giving Good Weight (collection, 1979) (ISBN 0-374-16306-5)
  • Basin and Range (1981) (ISBN 0-374-10914-1). Republished in Annals of the Former World. —finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
  • In Suspect Terrain (1983) (ISBN 0-374-17650-7). Republished in Annals of the Former World.
  • La Place de la Concorde Suisse (1984) (ISBN 0-374-51932-3)
  • Table of Contents (collection, 1985) (ISBN 0-374-52008-9)
  • Rising from the Plains (1986) (ISBN 0-374-25082-0). Republished in Annals of the Former World. —finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
  • Heirs of General Practice (1986) (ISBN 0-374-51974-9)
  • The Control of Nature (1989) (ISBN 0-374-12890-1)
  • Looking for a Ship (1990) (ISBN 0-374-19077-1) —finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
  • Assembling California (1993) (ISBN 0-374-52393-2). Republished in Annals of the Former World.
  • The Ransom of Russian Art (1994) (ISBN 0-374-24682-3)
  • The Second John McPhee Reader (1996) (ISBN 0-374-52463-7)
  • Irons in the Fire (1997) (ISBN 0-374-17726-0)
  • Annals of the Former World (1998) (ISBN 0-374-10520-0). Compilation of five stories on geology. LaurĂ©at du Prix Pulitzer en 1999.
  • The Founding Fish (2002) (ISBN 0-374-10444-1)
  • The American Shad: Selections from the Founding Fish (2004) (ISBN 1-886967-14-8) (limited edition)
  • Uncommon Carriers (2006) (ISBN 0-374-28039-8)
  • Silk Parachute (2010) rĂ©-Ă©dition 2011 (ISBN 978-0-374-53262-8)

Bibliographie
  • (en) Caroline Wells Kraus, "On Hurting People's Feelings: Journalism, Guilt, and Autobiography", Biography, University of HawaĂŻ Press, Volume 26, NumĂ©ro 2, printemps 2003, p. 283-297.
  • (en) Jeffrey K. Stine, "Technology, Policy, and a Passion for Shad: John McPhee, The Founding Fish", Technology and Culture, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Volume 45, NumĂ©ro 4, , p. 830-833.
  • (en) Norma Tilden, "Stratigraphies: Writing A Suspect Terrain", Biography, University of HawaĂŻ Press, Volume 25, NumĂ©ro 1, hiver 2002, p. 25-45.

Liens externes

Notes et références
  1. (en) Elizabeth Royte, New York Times, , Book Review on Silk Parachute: «For the last 45 years, John McPhee has come out with a work of narrative nonfiction about every year and a half. The quantity impresses, but not nearly so much as the quality. McPhee has a nearly cultish following among nonfiction writers, who admire his quirky choice of subjects [...]».
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