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Walter Norris Kirn (born August 3, 1962) is an American novelist, literary critic, and essayist. He is the author of eight books, most notably Up in the Air, which was made into a film of the same name starring George Clooney.
Nato nel 1962 a Akron, nell' Ohio [1], vive e lavora a Livingston, nel Montana [2] . Laureatosi all' Università di Princeton nel 1983 e all' Università di Oxford due anni dopo [3], nel 1990 ha esordito nella narrativa con la raccolte di 13 racconti My Hard Bargain [4].
3 mag 2024 · I left Montana certain that we need provocative contrarians like Walter Kirn, who are stubborn and capable enough to see through and question the powerful. We also need to remember the wisdom...
- Thomas Chatterton Williams
8 mar 2014 · Walter Kirn has written insightful, best-selling novels — including Up in the Air and Thumbsucker, which were made into movies. He's an expert in the art of fiction. So why did he fail to see...
Walter Kirn is a regular reviewer for The New York Times Book Review, and his work appears in The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, Time, New York, GQ and Esquire. He is the author of six previous works of fiction: My Hard Bargain: Stories, She Needed Me, Thumbsucker, Up in the Air, Mission to America and The Unbinding.
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25 lug 2023 · Walter Kirn was born in 1962 in Ohio and grew up in Minnesota. After Princeton and Oxford he embarked on a literary career in New York media, reviewing books and writing for New York Magazine , The New York Times Book Review , Time , The New Republic , and Harper’s .
Walter Kirn has 37 books on Goodreads with 37559 ratings. Walter Kirn’s most popular book is Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
