ZUM TOD DES US-AMERIKANISCHEN SCHRIFTSTELLERS WINSTON GROOM

Der am 23. März 1943 in Washington D.C. geborene Autor Winston Groom (Bild) ist am 16. September 2020 in Point Clear (Baldwin County, Alabama) gestorben. Weltberühmt wurde er durch die Verfilmung seines Romans «Forrest Gump» durch Robert Zemeckis.

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Winston Groom, Author of ‘Forrest Gump,‘ Dies at 77

He wrote the 1986 novel that inspired the Oscar-winning film starring Tom Hanks. Another book was a finalist for a Pulitzer.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/books/winston-groom-dead-forrest-gump.html?fbclid=IwAR1Usj2

Beloved author and Alabama son Winston Groom has died

A spokesperson for the Fairhope Mayor’s office, Jessica Walker, confirmed Groom’s passing. Groom lived in Fairhope. Groom may be best known for his novel «Forrest Gump» which became an Oscar-winning movie.

https://www.wbrc.com/2020/09/17/forrest-gump-writer-winston-groom-dies/

Groom wrote eight novels, but none more famous than one centered around an unlikely hero from Alabama

Groom created the character of Forrest Gump, he said in 1994, after he and his father had enjoyed a weekend visit together. His father, in his eighties, told him of a neighborhood boy who was called «slow» but could play a piano brilliantly.

That same night, he began writing the book, which he said «just wrote itself.» He finished the first draft six weeks later. He wanted to the character to have dignity, which he said later was the reason the story appealed to people.

William Thornton

https://www.al.com/life/2020/09/forrest-gump-author-winston-groom-dead-at-77.html

Writer Winston Groom, whose novel Forrest Gump was made into the hugely successful Oscar-winning 1994 film starring Tom Hanks, has died aged 77

The book, about the childlike optimism of a slow-thinking but kind-hearted man, won six Oscars including best film and actor, plus three Golden Globes.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54202555

Tributes have been paid to the writer whose work was adapted into the film starring Tom Hanks that won six Oscars

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/sep/18/forrest-gump-author-winston-groom-dies-aged-77

Winston Groom, l’auteur de «Forrest Gump», meurt à 77 ans

Célèbre pour son livre «Forrest Gump», dont l’adaptation au cinéma avait connu un triomphe populaire, l’écrivain américain Winston Groom est décédé jeudi dans la ville d’Alabama, au sud-est des États-Unis.

https://www.lematin.ch/story/winston-groom-lauteur-de-forrest-gump-meurt-a-77-ans-741682733238

«Forrest Gump»-Autor ist tot

Alabama hat einen seiner begabtesten Schriftsteller verloren. Gemäss US-Medien verstarb Winston Groom am Mittwochabend im Alter von 77 Jahren. 

SDA

https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/forrest-gump-autor-tot-5335027699

Mehr:

https://biography.jrank.org/pages/4380/Groom-Winston.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Groom

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