Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005)
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Om författaren
Hunter S. Thompson was born on July 18, 1937 in Louisville, Kentucky. At the age of sixteen he was inducted into the Athenaeum Literary Association and wrote for the Athenaeum Journal. During his two years in the US Air Force, Thompson wrote a sports column for The Common Courier. After he was visa mer discharged, he moved to New York to work as a copy boy at Time Magazine and later moved to San Juan to write for a Puerto Rican bowling magazine. He also reported to the National Observer from South America. Upon his return to the US, Thompson wrote Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga, which became a national bestseller and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which was originally published in Rolling Stone magazine. Thompson wrote for Rolling Stone, Playboy, and Esquire. Both Bill Murray and Johnny Depp portrayed Hunter in feature film movies based on his books, Where the Buffalo Roam and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, respectively. Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide on February 20, 2005 at his home in Colorado. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Serier
Verk av Hunter S. Thompson
The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (1997) — Författare — 935 exemplar
Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness Modern History from the Sports Desk (2004) 572 exemplar
Hunter S. Thompson: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series) (2018) 20 exemplar
Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb 3 exemplar
The Hippies 2 exemplar
Raising Capital for Real Estate: How to Attract Investors, Establish Credibility, and Fund Deals (2019) 2 exemplar
Generation of Swine, Gonzo Papers Vol. 2 2 exemplar
Fear and Loathing in Miami Beach 2 exemplar
Fear and Loathing at the Watergate 2 exemplar
Hunter's Letter 1 exemplar
Królestwo lęku 1 exemplar
Las Vegas 1 exemplar
Fear and Loathing in Florida 1 exemplar
1977 11 01 [sound recording] 1 exemplar
The Harley-Davidson reader 1 exemplar
Fear And Loathing, Campaign 2004 1 exemplar
The temptations of Jean-Claude Killy 1 exemplar
Strange Ramblings in Aztlan 1 exemplar
The murder of Ruben Salazar 1 exemplar
Freak Power in the Rockies 1 exemplar
Strah i požuda u New Yorku 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion (2011) — Bidragsgivare — 244 exemplar
The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism (1997) — Bidragsgivare — 214 exemplar
The Rolling Stone Book of the Beats: The Beat Generation and American Culture (1999) — Bidragsgivare — 167 exemplar
Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (graphic novel) (2015) — Bidragsgivare — 76 exemplar
The Mammoth Book of Tales from the Road: Tales of Life on the Move (Mammoth Books) (2003) — Bidragsgivare — 50 exemplar
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson [2008 film] (2008) — Actor, vissa utgåvor — 17 exemplar
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Allmänna fakta
- Vedertaget namn
- Thompson, Hunter S.
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Thompson, Hunter Stockton
- Födelsedag
- 1937-07-18
- Avled
- 2005-02-20
- Begravningsplats
- The sky!!!
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Dödsort
- Woody Creek, Colorado, USA
- Dödsorsak
- Suicide
- Bostadsorter
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Woody Creek, Colorado, USA - Utbildning
- Columbia University
Florida State University - Yrken
- journalist
author - Relationer
- Thompson, Anita (wife)
- Organisationer
- United States Air Force
National Observer
Rolling Stone
National Rifle Association
NORML - Agent
- Nesbit, Lynn
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1960s (1)
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Best Satire (2)
2005-2010 (2)
Unread books (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
Best First Lines (1)
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Statistik
- Verk
- 70
- Även av
- 20
- Medlemmar
- 39,533
- Popularitet
- #448
- Betyg
- 3.9
- Recensioner
- 441
- ISBN
- 414
- Språk
- 21
- Favoritmärkt
- 346