William T. Vollmann
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About the Author
Journalist and novelist William T. Vollmann was born in 1959 and educated at Cornell University. He worked as a comptuer programmer before becoming a journalist and covering Bosnia, Sarajevo and Afghanistan. He has written extensively since 1987, when his first book, You Bright and Risen Angels, mostrar mais was published. The Atlas (1996) won the PEN Center USA West Award for the best novel by a writer living west of the Mississippi. His newest work of Non-Fiction is entitled, Imperial. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por William T. Vollmann
Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means {abridged} (2004) 658 exemplares
Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means {7 Volumes} (2003) 107 exemplares
Into the Forbidden Zone: A Trip Through Hell and High Water in Post-Earthquake Japan (2011) 57 exemplares
Historias del arcoíris (2ªED) 3 exemplares
Shadows of Love, Shadows of Loneliness: Volume Two: Drawings, Prints & Paintings: 1980-2020 (2022) 3 exemplares
The Cloud Shirt (extract) 2 exemplares
The Tale of the Dying Lungs 1 exemplar
Red Hands [short fiction] 1 exemplar
Nicole 1 exemplar
The Convict Bird: A Children's Poem 1 exemplar
Machines of Loving Grace {article} 1 exemplar
De Sade's Last Stand 1 exemplar
Expectations (in McSweeney's 33 - EGGERS) 1 exemplar
Yellow Rose (in Love is Strange, ROSE) 1 exemplar
Vollmann William 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk and Postmodern Science Fiction (1991) — Contribuidor — 248 exemplares
McSweeney's Issue 9 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): We Feel This One Is More Urgent (2002) — Contribuidor — 201 exemplares
Take My Advice: Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two (2002) — Contribuidor — 45 exemplares
The Review of Contemporary Fiction 1996: The Future of Fiction (1996) — Contribuidor — 21 exemplares
Die Geschichtenerzähler: Neues und Unbekanntes von Allende bis Zafón (suhrkamp taschenbuch) (2008) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
Black Clock 3 — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Vollmann, William Tanner
- Data de nascimento
- 1959-07-28
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Locais de residência
- Sacramento, California, USA
Bloomington, Indiana, USA - Educação
- University of California, Berkeley (Graduate Studies)
Cornell University (BA summa cum laude|1982 - Comparative Literature)
Deep Springs College - Ocupações
- journalist
novelist - Prémios e menções honrosas
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 2007)
Whiting Writers' Award (1988)
National Book Award for Fiction (2005)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 52
- Also by
- 36
- Membros
- 8,503
- Popularidade
- #2,832
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 160
- ISBN
- 203
- Línguas
- 8
- Marcado como favorito
- 43
I think I'd probably be happier reading the imaginary book: "Best American Adventure Travel Writing".
The thing I like best about collections like this is being able to come to them when you need something to read but can't commit to a serious novel. This has been good bedtime reading for me this month.… (mais)