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Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson
26. juni 2018
Personlig information
PseudonymBill Bryson Rediger på Wikidata
FødtWilliam McGuire Bryson Rediger på Wikidata
8. december 1951 (72 år) Rediger på Wikidata
Des Moines, Iowa, USA Rediger på Wikidata
Uddannelse og virke
Uddannelses­stedDrake University,
Theodore Roosevelt High School Rediger på Wikidata
Medlem afRoyal Society (2013) Rediger på Wikidata
BeskæftigelseVidenskabsformidler, selvbiograf, journalist, rejsende, rejseskribent, forfatter, videnskabsskribent Rediger på Wikidata
FagområdeJournalistik, populærvidenskabelig litteratur, litterær aktivitet, rejseskildring, faglitteratur med flere Rediger på Wikidata
ArbejdsgiverThe Chapel at Former Holloway Sanatorium Virginia Water Rediger på Wikidata
Kendte værkerEn kort historie om næsten alt, A Walk in the Woods, At Home: A Short History of Private Life Rediger på Wikidata
GenreRejselitteratur, populærvidenskabelig litteratur Rediger på Wikidata
Nomineringer og priser
UdmærkelserOfficer of the Order of the British Empire,
Sølvgriffelen (2009),
James Joyce-prisen,
æresdoktor ved Durham-universitetet,
æresmedlem af Royal Society (2013) med flere Rediger på Wikidata
Eksterne henvisninger
Bill Brysons hjemmeside Rediger på Wikidata
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William McGuire "Bill" Bryson, MBE (født 8. december 1951 i Des Moines, Iowa), er en succesrig amerikansk forfatter af humoristiske bøger om rejser, det engelske sprog og videnskabelige emner. Han har boet i North Yorkshire, England, i det meste af sit voksne liv, før han flyttede sydpå til Norfolk i 2003. Bryson arbejder p.t. (2010) som ekstern studielektor ved University of Durham i Nordengland.

Bibliografi

Rejse

  • The Palace Under the Alps and Over 200 Other Unusual, Unspoiled, and Infrequently Visited Spots in 16 European Countries (1985)
  • The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America (1989)
  • Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe (1991)
  • Notes from a Small Island (1995)
  • A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (1998)
  • Notes from a Big Country (UK) / I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away (1998)
  • Down Under (UK) / In a Sunburned Country (2000) (rejser i Australien)
  • Bill Bryson's African Diary (2002) (rejser i Afrika for CARE International, til hvem alle royalties og profit blev doneret)

Sprog

  • Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words|The Penguin Dictionary of Troublesome Words (1984)
  • The Mother Tongue (book)|The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got That Way (1990)
  • Made in America (book)|Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States (1994)
  • Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words (2002)

Videnskab

Memoir

  • The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid (2006)

Biografi

  • Shakespeare: The World as Stage (2007)
Bill Bryson, 2007


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