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'''Walter Kirn''' (born 1962)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://mormonlit.byu.edu/lit_author.php?a_id=1505|title= Walter Kirn|author= |date= c2003|work= Mormon Literature Database|publisher= Brigham Young University|accessdate=June 30, 2010}}</ref> is an American [[novelist]], [[literary criticism|literary critic]], and [[essay]]ist. He is the author of eight books, including [[Up in the Air (novel)|Up in the Air]], which was made into a major motion picture starring [[George Clooney]], and ''[[Blood Will Out]]'', a memoir of his friendship with the imposter and convicted murder, [[Christian Gerhartsreiter|Clark Rockefeller]]. |
'''Walter Kirn''' (born 1962)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://mormonlit.byu.edu/lit_author.php?a_id=1505|title= Walter Kirn|author= |date= c2003|work= Mormon Literature Database|publisher= Brigham Young University|accessdate=June 30, 2010}}</ref> is an American [[novelist]], [[literary criticism|literary critic]], and [[essay]]ist. He is the author of eight books, including ''[[Up in the Air (novel)|Up in the Air]]'', which was made into a major motion picture starring [[George Clooney]], and ''[[Blood Will Out]]'', a memoir of his friendship with the imposter and convicted murder, [[Christian Gerhartsreiter|Clark Rockefeller]]. |
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Walter Kirn | |
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| Born | 1962 |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education | English Literature |
| Alma mater | Princeton University, Oxford University |
| Occupation | Novelist |
Walter Kirn (born 1962)[1] is an American novelist, literary critic, and essayist. He is the author of eight books, including Up in the Air, which was made into a major motion picture starring George Clooney, and Blood Will Out, a memoir of his friendship with the imposter and convicted murder, Clark Rockefeller.
Overview
A 1983 graduate of Princeton University, he has published a collection of short stories and several novels, including Thumbsucker, which was made into a 2005 film featuring Keanu Reeves and Vince Vaughn; Up in the Air, which was made into a 2009 film directed by Jason Reitman; and Mission to America. In 2005, he took over weblogger Andrew Sullivan's publication for a few weeks while Sullivan was on vacation. He has also written The Unbinding, an Internet-only novel that was published in Slate magazine.[2]
He has also reviewed books for New York Magazine and has written for The New York Times Book Review and New York Times Sunday Magazine, and is a contributing editor of Time, where he has received popularity for his entertaining and sometimes humorous first-person essays among other articles of interest. He also served as an American cultural correspondent for the BBC.
In addition to teaching nonfiction writing at the University of Montana, Kirn was the 2008-09 Vare Nonfiction Writer in Residence at the University of Chicago.[3] He received his A.B. in English at Princeton University in 1983, and obtained a second undergraduate degree in English Literature at Oxford University, where he was a Keasbey Scholar.[4]
Personal life
Kirn's family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when he was twelve, but Kirn is no longer affiliated with the church.[5] Kirn received the 2009 William Law X-Mormon of the Year award.[6] Kirn married Maggie McGuane, a model and journalist and the daughter of actress Margot Kidder and novelist Thomas McGuane, in 1995. Kirn was 32 at the time; McGuane was 19.[7] The couple had two children, Masie and Charlie, and are now divorced.
Bibliography
- My Hard Bargain: Stories (1990)
- She Needed Me (1992)
- Thumbsucker (1999)
- Up in the Air (2001)
- Mission to America (2005)
- The Unbinding (2006)
- Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever (2009)
- Blood Will Out (2013)
Filmography
- Thumbsucker (2005)
- Up in the Air (2009)
References
- ^ "Walter Kirn". Mormon Literature Database. Brigham Young University. c2003. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "The Unbinding: An exclusive Slate novel. By Walter Kim". Slate. Retrieved 2006-06-22.
- ^ Coming This Fall: Walter Kirn
- ^ "Walter Kirn". Retrieved 2009-07-06.
- ^ NPR: Writer Walter Kirn, on a 'Mission to America'
- ^ Mainstreet Plaza - The 2009 William Law X-Mormon of the Year: Walter Kirn
- ^ Brozan, Nadine (1995-08-16). "Chronicle". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
External links
- Larry Weissman, Interview with Walter Kirn, Random House.
- Terry Gross, Writer Walter Kirn, on a 'Mission to America', Fresh Air, NPR.
- Essay: The Autumn of the Multi-Taskers, The Atlantic Monthly, November 2007.
- Article: More Than a Numbers Game, The New York Times Magazine, May 2009.
- Essay: Lost in the Meritocracy, The Atlantic, January 2005.
- Profile: Poison IvyTime Out New York, May 14–20, 2009.
- C-SPAN Q&A interview with Kirn, July 5, 2009
- Walter Kirn on Twitter
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