William Knowlton Zinsser




William Knowlton Zinsser

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born
October 07, 1922

gender
male

genre
Nonfiction


about this author

William Knowlton Zinsser (born October 7, 1922) is a writer, editor, and teacher. He began his career as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune, where he worked as a feature writer, drama editor, film critic, and editorial writer, and has been a longtime contributor to leading magazines.

In his books, Zinsser emphasizes word economy. Author James J. Kilpatrick, in his book The Writer's Art says that if he were limited to just one book on how to write, it would be William Zinsser's On Writing Well. Adds Kilpatrick, "Zinsser's sound theory is that 'writing improves in direct ratio to the number of things we can keep out of it.'"

Throughout the 1970s, Zinsser taught writing at Yale University where he was ...more




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On Writing Well, 30th Annivers... On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
by William Knowlton Zinsser
avg rating 4.16 — 786 ratings — published 1976
21 editions
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Inventing the Truth: The Art a... Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir
by William Knowlton Zinsser
avg rating 3.81 — 62 ratings — published 1987
3 editions
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Writing To Learn Writing To Learn
by William Knowlton Zinsser
avg rating 3.85 — 48 ratings — published 1989
2 editions
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Writing About Your Life: A Jou... Writing About Your Life: A Journey into the Past
by William Knowlton Zinsser
avg rating 3.31 — 26 ratings — published 2004
2 editions
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Worlds of Childhood: The Art a... Worlds of Childhood: The Art and Craft of Writing for Children
by William Knowlton Zinsser
avg rating 3.73 — 11 ratings — published 1998
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Writing Places: The Life Journ... Writing Places: The Life Journey of a Writer and Teacher
by William Knowlton Zinsser
avg rating 4.17 — 6 ratings — published 2009
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American Places: A Writer's Pi... American Places: A Writer's Pilgrimage to Sixteen of This Country's Most Visited and Cherished Sites
by William Knowlton Zinsser
avg rating 4.17 — 6 ratings — published 1992
4 editions
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Easy to Remember: The Great Am... Easy to Remember: The Great American Songwriters and Their Songs
by William Knowlton Zinsser
avg rating 3.67 — 6 ratings — published 2001
2 editions
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Mitchell & Ruff: An American P... Mitchell & Ruff: An American Profile in Jazz
by William Knowlton Zinsser
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 2000
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Spring Training Spring Training
by William Knowlton Zinsser
avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 1989
3 editions
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