Henry Morton Robinson
Henry Morton Robinson ( born September 7, 1898 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, † January 13, 1961 in New York, NY) was an American writer.
Robinson was born the eldest of eleven children in a poor neighborhood. He served in World War II in the Navy, then graduated and had since 1924 a lecturer at Columbia University held. Later he was editor in chief of Reader's Digest. His most famous work, The Cardinal ( 1950), filmed in 1963. Contents of this book is the conflict between a minister of God and love of man.
Works ( German title )
- The Cardinal. Frankfurt / M: Ullsteinhaus, 1995, Unabridged ed ISBN 3-548-23606-5
- In the snow written. 2nd edition Bergisch Gladbach: Bastion - Luebbe Verlag 1975 ( Bastion Luebbe; 12036: Exclusive ) ISBN 3-404-00204-0
- The closed circular. Wiesbaden: Rhine. ET - Anst.
- Water of Life. ( Book club editions licensed under the titles The Whisky King and The Whiskey Baron)