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Stephen Becker
Stephen Becker (1927–1999) was an American author, translator, and teacher whose published works include eleven novels and the English translations of Elie Wiesel’s The Town Behind...view moreStephen Becker (1927–1999) was an American author, translator, and teacher whose published works include eleven novels and the English translations of Elie Wiesel’s The Town Behind the Wall and André Malraux’s The Conquerors. He was born in Mount Vernon, New York, and after serving in World War II, he graduated from Harvard University and studied in Peking and Paris, where he was friends with the novelist Richard Wright and learned French in part by reading detective novels. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Becker taught at numerous schools throughout the United States, including the University of Iowa, Bennington College, and the University of Central Florida in Orlando. His best-known works include A Covenant with Death (1965), which was adapted into a Warner Brothers film starring Gene Hackman and George Maharis; When the War Is Over (1969), a Civil War novel based on the true story of a teenage Confederate soldier executed more than a month after Lee’s surrender; and the Far East trilogy of literary adventure novels: The Chinese Bandit (1975), The Last Mandarin (1979), and The Blue-Eyed Shan (1982).view less
Books by Stephen Becker
The Chinese Bandit A Covenant with Death: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Far East Trilogy: The Chinese Bandit, The Last Mandarin, and The Blue-Eyed Shan Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Last Mandarin Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Blue-Eyed Shan Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Rendezvous in Haiti: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When the War Is Over: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dog Tags: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Outcasts: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Season of the Stranger: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5