Sneider, Vern J., 1916-1981.

                   born Vernon Sneider

A.B. (in philosophy) from Notre Dame University, 1940


Vern Sneider (author of the original novel, The Teahouse of the August Moon) was born in Monroe, Michigan and attended Notre Dame University. In World War II he served in both the Army and the Navy. In the Army he served in Intelligence, commanding regimental scouts. Later he was transferred to Military Government and sent to Okinawa with the invasion forces, where he was in charge of Tobaru Village, a native refugee camp of about 5,000 people. He went to Korea with the first Military Government team when peace was declared. A novel also about an American in Asia, "A Pail of Oysters," written by Mr. Sneider, was published following his authorship debut with "Teahouse", and it was also well-received.



Publications:

King from the Ashtabula (1960)  
     set in a small Pacific island nation

Long way from home, and other stories (1956)

Also in:
Retrieving Bones : Stories and Poems of the Korean War. Edited by W. D. Ehrhart and Philip K. Jason. New Jersey and London: Rutgers University Press, 1999.
    (second story: A long way from home by Vern Sneider)
 

A pail of oysters (1953)  
      set in Taiwan or Formosa
     一桶蚵仔﹔ 草根出版﹔前衛發行
      吳英資譯﹐ 2003 (310 p.)
      洪湘嵐譯﹔ 2002 (380 p.)


Teahouse of the August Moon (1951) ; a novel;

Teahouse of the August Moon ; a play by John Pastrick (i.e. John Pastrick Goggan)
         (Putnam, 1952)
 
      motion picture starring Marlon Brando, Glen Ford, etc.   

Also in:
Four Complete Modern Novels : The Teahouse of the August Moon, The Romance of Rosy Ridge, The Sea of Grass, The Wreck of the Mary Deare.
Popp, Lilian, editor; Sneider, Vern; Kantor, MacKinlay; Richter, Conrad; Innes, Hammond  (Globe Book Co., 1962)

West of the North Star (1971)