American writer Richard Yates

American writer Richard Yates put after himself novels that have become popular these days. However, during the author's lifetime his works were not in demand and often stood idle on the shelves of bookstores. The topics he touched on in his books were relevant in the past, but apparently now people have a need to understand their thoughts and feelings, comparing themselves with the characters that Richard Eates came up with.

The origin of interest

He was born in the winter of 1926. He grew up in an incomplete family, his parents divorced when the boy was just three years old. After that, numerous crossings followed. Richard Yates visited various cities, journalism interested him when he lived in Connecticut. But he got a job as a journalist only after the Second World War. During it, he served in the army. In 1946 he returned to New York, where he was engaged in his favorite profession. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy always used his prepared speech during his speeches, which Richard Yates wrote for him. Passion for writing allowed him to earn the adaptation of works of art under the screen version and writing scripts.

Strong personality

Having been ill with tuberculosis in 1950, as a young man, he could not immediately overcome the misfortune that had fallen on him. Therefore, he was persecuted for a long time by poverty and alcohol problems. Richard Yates was married twice. The first time he married at age 22 on Sheila Bryant. Initially, the relationship with her was beautiful. She even gave birth to two daughters, although the family had to live on a disability pension, which the army allocated after Richard's illness. However, in 1959 his wife left him with the children. For the period that lasted their relationship, Yeats spent a lot of time reading and writing his own works. Initially these were stories. One of them - Jody Rolled the Bones - even won the award of The Athlantic Monthly magazine.

The second time Richard was married already in adulthood - on Martha Spears, who also gave birth to his daughter and with whom he divorced in 1975. Perhaps, these complex family relationships gave material for writing books about the life of married couples.

Creative activity

Overcoming life's misery, Richard Yates, whose biography is described in this article, was engaged in writing books. His first novel was published two years after the first divorce. It was the Road of Change. In total for his life he wrote 8 novels, the last of which - Uncertain Times - never finished.

Among the works of Yeats - "Easter Parade", "The Breath of Fate", "Weeping of the Young Hearts" and others. In addition, there were published collections of stories "Eleven kinds of loneliness" and "Lovers in Love", authored by Richard Yates.

His books make an impression and do not leave readers indifferent. All of them agree on one thing: the work of Yeats is filled with longing, despair, loneliness. All of his characters are unhappy. Life in the books of this writer is shown without embellishment, such as it is in his opinion. Not all readers agree with this, but the syllable of Yeats is captivating and makes it necessary to finish the work to the end.

First book

In his first novel, the author tells about the life of April and Frank. Some time after the wedding, having given birth to two children, they suddenly discover that they live a boring life, in which there is no place for realization of their dreams. They decide to go to Paris, hoping that a change of residence will bring something new to their life. But, having moved, the spouses understand that it was in themselves, but you can not escape from yourself. It turned out that they were not connected by love, but by affection.

This book was filmed in 2008. The main roles were played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The film received positive criticism and fell in love with many viewers, although some of them did not even suspect that it was based on the work of Richard Yeats.

The writer, like many unrecognized geniuses, lived the rest of his life in poverty. He drank a lot, did not eat well, lived in rented apartments all abandoned and unloved. The body could not stand such treatment, and in 1992, Yates died of complications after a mild surgery, which could not have been, give his health a little more attention.