Ariel Durant

Ariel Durant, born Chaya Kaufman ( born May 10, 1898 in Proskurov, Russia, today Ukraine, † October 25, 1981 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American writer.

Life

Born in the Russian Empire, the daughter of Joseph and Ethel Appel Kaufman, she moved with her mother in 1901 in the United States. Your Man Will she learned as a student at the Ferrer Modern School in New York City know; they married in 1913, and he gave his teaching profession in order to devote himself entirely to writing. With him, she wrote The Story of Civilization. For the tenth volume of this extensive cultural history, they received the 1968 Pulitzer Prize in the category of nonfiction.

Works

Books (together with her husband )

• The Story of Civilization, 11 vol. , Simon and Schuster, New York 1935-75 German edition: The history of civilization and ( from 1956) cultural history of mankind, 10 volumes, Francke, Bern / Munich 1946-69 first complete edition: cultural history of mankind, 18 volumes, Southwest, Munich 1978

• Dt The lessons of history, Francke, Bern / Munich 1969

Movies (together with her husband )

• Journey, Robert Cohn Productions, 1973
• A Visit with Will and Ariel Durant, Northern River Productions, 2003