Laura Hillenbrand
Auteur van De Zamperini legende van olympisch atleet tot oorlogsheld
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Laura Hillenbrand was born in Fairfax, Virginia on May 15, 1967. She studied at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, but was forced to leave before graduation because she contracted chronic fatigue syndrome. She has been writing about history and thoroughbred racing since 1988 and has been a toon meer contributing writer and editor at Equus magazine since 1989. Her work has appeared in many other publications including The New Yorker, American Heritage, ABC Sports Online, Thoroughbred Times, Talk, and The Backstretch. Her 1998 American Heritage article on Seabiscuit won her an Eclipse Award for outstanding feature article. In 2004, she won the National Magazine Award for the New Yorker article, A Sudden Illness. Her first book Seabiscuit: An American Legend won the Book Sense Nonfiction Book of the Year Award and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 2001. She served as a consultant on the Universal Pictures movie Seabiscuit, which was based on her book. Her second book, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, a biography of World War II hero Louis Zamperini, was also made into a movie. She was honored by the Turf Publicists of America for her contributions to the sport of thoroughbred racing with the 36th annual Big Sport of Turfdom award, making her just the fifth woman to win the award. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: Baltimore Sun
Werken van Laura Hillenbrand
De Zamperini legende van olympisch atleet tot oorlogsheld (2010) 12,418 exemplaren, 595 besprekingen
Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive (2014) 820 exemplaren, 16 besprekingen
War reporting for cowards 2 exemplaren
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- Gangbare naam
- Hillenbrand, Laura
- Geboortedatum
- 1967-05-15
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Fairfax, Virginia, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Washington, D.C., USA - Opleiding
- Kenyon College (BA|1989)
- Beroepen
- editor
author
sports journalist - Organisaties
- Operation Iraqi Children
Equus - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- William Hill Sports Book of the Year (2001)
Eclipse Award (1998, 2001) - Korte biografie
- Laura Hillenbrand (born May 15, 1967) is an American author of books and magazine articles. Her two bestselling nonfiction books, Seabiscuit: An American Legend (2001) and Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (2010), have sold over 13 million copies, and each was adapted for film. Her writing style is distinct from New Journalism, dropping "verbal pyrotechnics" in favor of a stronger focus on the story itself.
Hillenbrand fell ill in college and was unable to complete her degree. She shared that experience in an award-winning essay, A Sudden Illness, published in The New Yorker in 2003. Her books were written while she was disabled by that illness. In a 2014 interview, Bob Schieffer said to Laura Hillenbrand: "To me your story – battling your disease... is as compelling as his (Louis Zamperini's) story."
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival,… door Laura Hillenbrand
A remarkable story, a remarkable man, a remarkable life.
He was a delinquent and an athlete and when WWII broke out he became an airman. In 1943 he embarked on a doomed flight and he crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Against all odds, he survived. Then a trial even greater. This is a unforgettable testament to the resilience of the human mind, body and spirit.
Wow... words fail me. This book was amazing, heartbreaking, moving, terrifying, inspirational, unbelievable... beautiful. I don't typically read non-fiction, but my book club selected it. I am so very glad they did.
My grandfather was a Navy Ace in WWII, and was shot down over Japanese waters and forced to wait for rescue in his tiny life raft. After almost 12 hours, he saw a ship on the horizon and used his signal mirror (which we still have), not knowing if it was an American or a Japanese vessel. It turned out to be American, and he was rescued. His story has been a part of my family's history for as long as I can remember, and also chronicled in numerous accounts and books. Clearly, my grandfather's story doesn't come close to what Louie endured, however my beloved, heroic grandfather died in 2009, and after reading this book, I now realize the unparalleled opportunity I missed out on by not speaking with him in detail about his time in the war. READ THIS BOOK.… (meer)
My grandfather was a Navy Ace in WWII, and was shot down over Japanese waters and forced to wait for rescue in his tiny life raft. After almost 12 hours, he saw a ship on the horizon and used his signal mirror (which we still have), not knowing if it was an American or a Japanese vessel. It turned out to be American, and he was rescued. His story has been a part of my family's history for as long as I can remember, and also chronicled in numerous accounts and books. Clearly, my grandfather's story doesn't come close to what Louie endured, however my beloved, heroic grandfather died in 2009, and after reading this book, I now realize the unparalleled opportunity I missed out on by not speaking with him in detail about his time in the war. READ THIS BOOK.… (meer)
Note to self: unread but own (read juvenile edition)
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