David Sedaris Libros Populares

David Sedaris Biografía y Hechos

David Raymond Sedaris (Johnson City, 26 de diciembre de 1956)[1]​ es un escritor, humorista y colaborador de radio. Sus libros consisten principalmente en colecciones de ensayos humorísticos autobiográficos que han sido publicados también en revistas como The New Yorker. Es hermano y colaborador de la actriz Amy Sedaris. Biografía y vida personal David Sedaris nació en 1956 en el estado de Nueva York, Estados Unidos. Sus padres, Sharon Elizabeth y Louis Sedaris, tuvieron otros cinco hijos: Lisa, Gretchen, Amy, Tiffany y Paul. Durante su infancia, Sedaris creció en Raleigh, Carolina del Norte[2]​, en donde su padre trabajaba como ingeniero en IBM.[3]​ Sedaris estudió en la Universidad de Carolina Occidental en 1975 por un año[4]​ y posteriormente se transfirió a la Universidad Estatal de Kent en 1977, pero no terminó sus estudios y decidió viajar por Estados Unidos, tomando diferentes trabajos para mantenerse[5]​. En 1983 se mudó a Chicago para estudiar en la Escuela del Instituto del Arte de Chicago, de donde se graduó en 1987[6]​. Su madre murió de cáncer en 1991[7]​ y su hermana Tiffany se suicidó en 2013[8]​ tras años de problemas de adicción y de salud mental[9]​. Su padre, con quien tuvo siempre una relación difícil y combativa, murió en 2021[9]​. Sedaris vive actualmente en Rackham, Sussex Occidental, Inglaterra, con su pareja desde hace casi treinta años, Hugh Hamrick[2]​. Carrera David Sedaris comenzó a leer sus diarios en público cuando vivía en Chicago. Ira Glass, entonces locutor de radio para WBEZ, lo escuchó en un club llamado Lower Links y lo invitó a participar en el programa de radio The Wild Room. Su carrera comenzó a ascender cuando fue invitado a participar en el programa de radio Morning Edition para NPR en 1992[10]​[11]​. En su primera participación en el programa, producida por Ira Glass, Sedaris leyó una historia llamada SantaLand Diaries, basada en sus experiencias de cuando trabajó en una temporada navideña como elfo en Macy's[12]​. SantaLand Diaries tuvo tal éxito entre la audiencia que convirtió a Sedaris en un "pequeño fenómeno" y a partir de entonces se volvió colaborador mensual para el programa de radio, en donde tenía un segmento con historias basadas en sus diarios[10]​; recibió además una oferta la editorial Little, Brown and Company para publicar sus historias[12]​. En 1994, Sedaris publicó Barrel Fever, su primera colección de historias y ensayos. En 1995 comenzó a publicar sus ensayos en The New Yorker y Esquire[13]​[14]​, además de que se convirtió en colaborador frecuente en el programa de radio This American Life[15]​, producido también por Ira Glass. En 1997 publicó los libros Naked y Holidays on Ice. A éstos le siguió Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000), un libro de ensayos autobiográficos que escribió en siete meses mientras vivía en Francia y que recibió excelentes críticas, además de que llegó a las listas de los libros de no ficción más vendidos[16]​. Por este libro, Sedaris recibió el premio Thurber for American Humor[17]​. Sus siguientes libros fueron Vestido de domingo (Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim), publicado en 2004 y que llegó a la posición número uno en la lista del New York Times de los libros de no ficción más vendidos en junio de ese año[18]​, y Cuando te envuelvan las llamas (When You Are Engulfed in Flames), publicado en 2008. Calypso, publicado en 2018, consta de 21 ensayos, menos de la mitad de los cuales no habían sido publicados anteriormente en otros medios[19]​ . Este libro es considerado más oscuro, triste y crudo que otros de sus trabajos considerados más cómicos[20]​. En él, Sedaris habla, entre otras cosas, sobre el suicidio de su hermana Tiffany, el alcoholismo de su madre y su difícil relación con su padre[21]​[19]​. En 2022, Sedaris publicó Happy-Go-Lucky, otra serie de ensayos autobiográficos. En él, trata nuevamente sobre su relación con su padre y los últimos meses de vida de éste, así como del tiempo que pasó en confinamiento debido a la pandemia de COVID-19 y los subsecuentes cambios con los que se encuentra cuando vuelve de gira por Estados Unidos tras el fin del confinamineto[22]​. El estilo de Sedaris se caracteriza por ser mayoritariamente autobiográfico, en donde combina el humor con observaciones de los comportamientos de la gente con la que se relaciona[16]​. Escribe frecuentemente sobre su familia, su relación con sus hermanos y con su padre[20]​. Sedaris sale de gira constantemente para leer fragmentos de sus libros[16]​[21]​ y suele llenar los teatros y librerías en los que se presenta[23]​[20]​. Obra literaria Colecciones de historias y ensayos Barrel Fever (1994) Naked (1997) Holidays on Ice (1997) Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000) Vestido de domingo (Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim), trad. Toni Hill (Blackie Books, 2004) Cuando te envuelvan las llamas (When You Are Engulfed in Flames), trad. Victoria Alonso Blanco (Literatura Random House, 2008) Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (2010) Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls (2013) Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977–2002) (2017) Calypso, trad. Jorge de Cascante (Blackie Books, 2018) A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003–2020) (2021) Happy-Go-Lucky (2022) Como editor Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (2005), antología de historias de sus autores favoritos[24]​ Obras de teatro, junto con Amy Sedaris bajo el nombre The Talent Family[25]​: Stump the Host Stitches One Woman Shoe Incident at Cobbler's Knob The Book of Liz Premios y reconocimientos Obie Award for Special Citations por One Woman Shoe, (junto con Amy Sedaris) (1995)[26]​ Thurber Prize for American Humor por Me Talk Pretty One Day (2001)[27]​ Nombrado "Humorista del Año" por la revista Time (2001)[28]​ Doctorado Honoris Causa por la Universidad de Binghamton (2008)[28]​ Nominaciones a un Premio Grammy[29]​: Mejor álbum hablado por Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004) Mejor álbum de comedia por David Sedaris: Live at Carnegie Hall (2004) Mejor álbum hablado por When You Are Engulfed in Flames (2008) Mejor álbum hablado por Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls (2013) Mejor álbum hablado por Calypso (2018) Premio Literario Internatcional Jonathan Swift por Sátira y humor (2018)[30]​ Premio Terry Southern por Humor (2018)[31]​ Medalla de la American Academy of Arts and Letters (2018)[32]​ Referencias. 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    Shifting Landscapes

    Henry Roth

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    All the Fun of the Fair

    Caroline Hulse

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    Memoirs

    Tennessee Williams

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    Summary: David Sedaris' Calypso

    Sarah Fields

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    Calypso by David Sedaris (Discussion Prompts)

    bestof.me

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    Summary of David Sedaris's The Best of Me

    Swift Reads

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    The Ringmaster's Daughter

    Jostein Gaarder

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    Collected Essays

    Graham Greene

    Collected Essays contains nearly eighty essays, reviews and occasional pieces composed between novels, plays and travel books over four prolific decades. From Henry James and Somer...

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    Calypso by David Sedaris (Trivia-On-Books)

    Trivia-On-Books

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    David Sedaris Diaries

    David Sedaris & Jeffrey Jenkins

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    Truth in Advertising

    John Kenney

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    All About Me!

    Mel Brooks

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    Library Confidential

    Don Borchett

    The public library a haven of calm, source of information, home to the student, the geek and the aging librarian. Or so you might think.Don Borchert's ten years as assistant libra...

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    On Grief And Reason

    Joseph Brodsky

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    The 50 Funniest American Writers

    Andy Borowitz

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    Born A Crime

    Trevor Noah

    WINNER OF THE THURBER PRIZEThe compelling, inspiring, (often comic) comingofage story of Trevor Noah, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that f...

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    Language Myths

    Laurie Bauer & Peter Trudgill

    A unique collection of original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists. The topics discussed focus on some of the most popular myths about language: The Media Are Ruining En...

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    Undoctored

    Adam Kay

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    Disquiet, Please!

    David Remnick & Henry Finder

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    High Fidelity

    Nick Hornby

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    The Uncanny

    Sigmund Freud & David McLintock

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    Jellybird

    Lezanne Clannachan

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    Sección fumadores (Flash Relatos)

    David Sedaris

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    Traces Remain

    Charles Nicholl

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    Summary of David Sedaris's Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

    Everest Media

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    The Boy Who Taught The Beekeeper To Read

    Susan Hill

    A young school boy visiting his aunt's country house finds company and friendship with the gentle beekeeper and begins teaching the man to read, so that it seems nothing can ev...

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    Summary of Happy-Go-Lucky By David Sedaris

    Willie M. Joseph

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    Calypso by David Sedaris: Conversation Starters

    Daily Books

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    Memoir

    Ben Yagoda

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    The Mystery Guest

    Grégoire Bouillier & Ben Truman

    A “frank and wry, mad and graceful” (Slate) true story about getting dumped, and getting over it.When the phone rang on a cold November afternoon in 1990, Grégoire Bouillier had no...

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    Teenage Revolution

    Alan Davies

    When Alan Davies was growing up he seemed to drive his family mad. 'What are we going to do with you?' they would ask as if he might know the answer.Perhaps it was because he came...

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    Summary of David Sedaris's Me Talk Pretty One Day

    Slingshot Books

    Excerpt From Summary of David Sedaris's Me Talk Pretty One Day #1 One Go Carolina is the author's attempt to make sense of her life. It's a collection of autobiograph...

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    Me Talk Pretty One Day

    David Sedaris

    Anyone that has read NAKED and BARREL FEVER, or heard David Sedaris speaking live or on the radio will tell you that a new collection from him is cause for jubilation. His recent ...

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    Less is Lost

    Andrew Sean Greer

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    Summary of Calypso by David Sedaris (Discussion Prompts)

    Sarah Fields

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    Sophie's World

    Jostein Gaarder

    The international bestseller about life, the universe and everything.'A simply wonderful, irresistible book' DAILY TELEGRAPH'A terrifically entertaining and imaginative story wrapp...

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    Whitstable Mum In Custard Shortage

    Penguin Books Ltd

    'Mattress Falls Off Truck Into Kidderminster Road'... 'Man Stole Tortoise To Pay For Booze'... 'Aquatic Centre Roof Sag Explained'... Every week Britain's local newspapers bring th...

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    Quicklet on Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

    Jessica Wilson

    Quicklets: Learn More. Read Less. David Sedaris is an American writer and comedian. In 1994, National Public Radio (NPR) broadcast his autobiographical essay, SantaLand Diaries, a...

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    Do Not Deny Me

    Jean Thompson

    When Jean Thompson“America’s Alice Munro” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)is telling stories, “You cannot put the book down” (The Seattle Times), and her superlative new collection...

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    The Solitaire Mystery

    Jostein Gaarder

    Twelveyearold Hans Thomas lives alone with his father, a man who likes to give his son lessons about life and has a penchant for philosophy. Hans Thomas' mother left when he was fo...

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    Replay

    Ken Grimwood

    At fortythree Jeff Winston is tired of his lowpaid, unrewarding job, tired of the long silences at the breakfast table with his wife, saddened by the thought of no children to comf...

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    Geek Love

    Katherine Dunn

    A National Book Award Finalist: This 'wonderfully descriptive' novel from an author with a 'tremendous imagination' tells the unforgettable story of the Binewskis, a carny family w...

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    The Orange Girl

    Jostein Gaarder

    From the author of SOPHIE'S WORLD, a modern fairy tale with a philosophical twist.'It should be read by all' VOGUE'My father died eleven years ago. I was only four then. I never th...

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    Exactly What You Mean

    Ben Hinshaw

    The BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick'Sentence by sentence, Ben Hinshaw offers wit, sensitivity and sharp observation. Then slowly the reader sees the grand design the intrica...

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    Being Sam Frears

    Mary Mount

    This is Sam Frears' story.This is also the story of an actor, a rockclimber and a man born with an extremely rare genetic disorder only affecting Ashkenazi Jews. Sam was supposed t...

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    Science...For Her!

    Megan Amram

    “One of the funniestand most subversivebooks of the year” (Esquire): Megan Amram, a writer for Parks and Recreation, delivers a politically, scientifically, and anatomically incorr...

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    Calypso

    David Sedaris

    'Sedaris is the premier observer of our world and its weirdnesses'ADAM KAY'Funnier and more heartbreaking than pretty much anything out there' HADLEY FREEMAN, GUARDIAN'The brillian...

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    Homesickness

    Murray Bail

    Thirteen Australian package tourists set off around the world on the holiday of a lifetime. But as they trawl from country to country, through cities and round ever more obscure mu...

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    Insights on David Sedaris' Me Talk Pretty One Day

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  • Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk sinopsis y comentarios

    Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

    David Sedaris

    This collection of sharply observed animalthemed tales is a delight, told with David Sedaris's trademark blend of hilarity and goodnaturedness. Though the characters may not be hum...