And he is equally distressed with how easily Communist Poland sank into a mirror of its own dark past, if only now in the name of the proletarian rather than the inherited over lords. Photo byRobert Wilson, via Wikimedia Commons. Michener is unblinking in his discussion of Poland’s cruel suffering under the rarely discussed Nazi Holocaust. His first book was adapted as the popular Broadway musical South Pacific by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, and later as a film by the same name, adding to his financial success.īio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Return to Paradise combines fictional short stories with Michener's factual descriptions of the Pacific areas where they take place. His non-fiction works include Iberia, about his travels in Spain and Portugal his memoir titled The World Is My Home, and Sports in America.
Michener's novels include Tales of the South Pacific for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1948, Hawaii, The Drifters, Centennial, The Source, The Fires of Spring, Chesapeake, Caribbean, Caravans, Alaska, Texas and Poland. He was also known for his meticulous research behind the books. Michener was known for the popularity of his works he had numerous bestsellers and works selected for Book of the Month Club.
James Albert Michener (/ˈmɪtʃnər/ FebruOctober 16, 1997) was an American author of more than 40 books, the majority of which were fictional, lengthy family sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and incorporating solid history.
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