Robert M. Edsel
Författare till The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
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Robert M. Edsel was born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1956. He is the author of several non-fiction books including Rescuing Da Vinci, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, and Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis. The visa mer Monuments Men was adapted into a film starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, and Cate Blanchett. Edsel is the founder and president of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, which received the 2007 National Humanities Medal under President George W. Bush. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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- Vedertaget namn
- Edsel, Robert M.
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Edsel, Robert Morse
- Födelsedag
- 1956-12-28
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Oak Park, Illinois, USA
- Bostadsorter
- Dallas, Texas, USA
Florence, Italy
New York, New York, USA - Utbildning
- Southern Methodist University (BBA|1979)
- Yrken
- oil company executive
producer
arts patron - Relationer
- Morse, Norma Louise (mother)
Edsel, Alpha Ray (father) - Organisationer
- Gemini Production (Founder)
Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art (Founder and President) - Priser och utmärkelser
- President's Call to Service Award (2008)
“Hope for Humanity Award” from the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance (2008)
Pio Alferano Award (2019)
Decoration of Honor Meritorious for Polish Culture (2021)
Foundation for the National Archives Records of Achievement Award (2014) - Kort biografi
- Robert Morse Edsel (born 28 Dec 1956) is an American writer and businessman. He is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the non-fiction books Rescuing Da Vinci, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History and Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis, about art treasures preserved during and after World War II and the heroes who saved them. Edsel is the founder and president of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art which received the 2007 National Humanities Medal under President George W. Bush and has donated two albums of photographic evidence of the Third Reich's theft of art treasures to the United States National Archives.
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This has a lot of information on the Monument Men. Who they were and the challenges they faces. Than what happened to them after the war.
This is a great book. Lots of information and all based in truth. A top read for 2023.
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focused on the stories of about 8 men- a manageable #.Balanced, for the most part-showing that some Nazi's took steps to protect the art-while others were everybody's idea of a Nazi.
Fills a void, gaining some recognition for these brave people