Laura Hillenbrand
Auteur de Invincible. Une histoire de survie et de rédemption
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
Crédit image: Baltimore Sun
Œuvres de Laura Hillenbrand
La légende de Seabiscuit. Le cheval qui ne devait pas gagner (2001) 8,050 exemplaires, 155 critiques
Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive (2014) 858 exemplaires, 16 critiques
War reporting for cowards 2 exemplaires
An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive Unbroken The Young Adult Adaptation (Hardback) - Common 2 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
Unbroken (Blu-ray DVD DIGITAL HD with UltraViolet) (2014) — Original book — 258 exemplaires, 4 critiques
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Hillenbrand, Laura
- Date de naissance
- 1967-05-15
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Etats-Unis
- Lieu de naissance
- Fairfax, Virginie, Etats-Unis
- Lieux de résidence
- Fairfax, Virginie, Etats-Unis
Washington, D.C., Etats-Unis - Études
- Kenyon College (BA|1989)
- Professions
- Journaliste (Sport)
Editeur - Organisations
- Operation International Children, Association (Co-fondatrice)
Equus, Revue d'équitation, USA (Collaboratrice)
American Heritage, Magazine, , USA (Collaboratrice) - Prix et distinctions
- William Hill Sports Book of the Year (2001)
Eclipse Award (1998, 2001) - Courte biographie
- 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."
Membres
Critiques
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival,… par Laura Hillenbrand
WOW! Great story. Great book.
I looked at this book for about a month or so before buying it. I'm not always into war history, but I figured I would give this one a try; I'm so glad I did. Unbroken has to be one of the greatest stories I've ever read.
Don't remember dates, but we definitely listened to this in 2016. It's engrossing but often upsetting. Very worthwhile.
Indeed as the book's subtitle says, this is "A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption". I've learned how men can endure and live through so much suffering as long as they still know and feel their dignity as a human person. Our history keeps on reminding us that violence is never and should never be an answer to humanity's misunderstandings and greed. There are no victors in war. There are only victims. Whether you are the oppressor or the oppressed, you are a victim of the foolishness in the circumstances and decisions that had brought such tremendous insult to our brand as human beings endowed with reason. What I have just read is just a fragment of a long and incomprehensible narrative of inhumanity in the history of humanity. Still there's always hope. As the men in this story kept a hopeful endurance amidst all their tribulations, we too must keep on hoping in a more peaceful and emphatic society. And as Louis Zamperini, the main character of this narrative, had done, let us try to forgive ourselves and the people who have caused us much suffering.… (plus d'informations)
Listes
Female Author (1)
Best War Stories (1)
Read These Too (1)
2000s decade (1)
Olympians (1)
THE WAR ROOM (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 7
- Aussi par
- 4
- Membres
- 21,508
- Popularité
- #1,004
- Évaluation
- 4.3
- Critiques
- 769
- ISBN
- 135
- Langues
- 14
- Favoris
- 19