David Quammen
Auteur de The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction
A propos de l'auteur
Writer David Quammen grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and was later educated at both Yale and Oxford Universities. Quammen began his career by writing for The Christian Science Monitor, the National Center for Appropriate Technology, and Audubon, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and Harpers Magazines. He wrote afficher plus the novels The Soul of Viktor Tronko and The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions, which won the 1997 New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism. He also received two National Magazine Awards for his column "Natural Acts" in Outside magazine. (Bowker Author Biography) David Quammen is the author of "The Boilerplate Rhino" & "The Song of the Dodo." Among his honors are two National Magazine Awards for his writing in "Outside." (Bowker Author Biography) David Quammen is a two-time winner of the National Magazine Award for his science essays & other work in "Outside" magazine. He is the author of three novels & several other books, including the award-winning "The Song of the Dodo". He lives in Bozeman, Montana. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de David Quammen
Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind (2003) 773 exemplaires
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution (2006) 687 exemplaires
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2000 (2000) — Directeur de publication — 194 exemplaires
Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature {revised & expanded edition} (2008) 191 exemplaires
The Heartbeat of the Wild: Dispatches From Landscapes of Wonder, Peril, and Hope (2023) 21 exemplaires
The Long Follow: J. Michael Fay's Epic Trek Across the Last Great Forests of Central Africa (2006) 4 exemplaires
The Next Pandemic: Not if, but When 1 exemplaire
The Origin of Species: Descent of a Text, With Modification (Bradley Lecture Series Publication) (2002) 1 exemplaire
Strawberries Under Ice 1 exemplaire
Darwin's Conundrum 1 exemplaire
Life in Equilibrium 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Adrenaline 2001: The Year's Best Stories of Adventure and Survival (2001) — Contributeur — 22 exemplaires
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1989 (1989) — Author "The Ineffable Union of man and Horse" — 16 exemplaires
TriQuarterly 48: Western Stories — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1948-02-24
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Bozeman, Montana, USA
- Études
- Yale University
Oxford University - Professions
- journalist
science writer - Relations
- Quammen, Betsy Gaines (wife)
- Organisations
- National Geographic
- Prix et distinctions
- Lannan Literary Award (Nonfiction, 1997)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1996)
Rhodes Scholar
National Magazine Award (x3)
Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism
Guggenheim Fellowship (tout afficher 7)
John Burroughs Medal
Membres
Critiques
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Health & Medical (1)
Reading list (1)
Five star books (1)
Reading Queue (1)
Extinct Animals (1)
Disaster Books (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 31
- Aussi par
- 23
- Membres
- 7,442
- Popularité
- #3,291
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 171
- ISBN
- 182
- Langues
- 15
- Favoris
- 31
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