Ned Vizzini
Edison Price "Ned" Vizzini (born April 4, 1981 in New York City , New York ; † December 19, 2013 there ) was an American writer .
Life
Vizzini grew up in Manhattan before his family moved with him to Brooklyn . He attended the prestigious Stuyvesant High School .
At the age of 15, Ned Vizzini wrote his first stories and was a columnist for the New York Press . The book Teen Fear? Naaah ... he published in 2000. In 2003 he graduated from Hunter College with a degree in computer science .
Vizzini then lived in Brooklyn, where he worked as a freelance writer and taught at a high school.
Ned Vizzini spent the days from November 29th to December 3rd, 2004 in the adult psychiatry of the Methodist Hospital, Park Slope, Brooklyn, because of severe depression . He processed this experience immediately afterwards in his novel It's Kind of a Funny Story (Eng. A really crazy story ), which he wrote from December 10th to January 6th, 2005 according to his own statements. The film adaptation with Keir Gilchrist , Lauren Graham and Zach Galifianakis was also released in 2010 in German-speaking countries under the original title It's Kind of a Funny Story .
In 2005 he founded the Barnes & Noble Teen Writers Workshop , which he led until 2012.
Together with Chris Columbus he worked on a three-part book series, the first part of which was published in House of Secrets in 2013.
Ned Vizzini died of suicide in December 2013 at the age of 32 . He left behind his wife and their son.
Works
- Teen scared? Naaah ... , Delacorte Press, New York 2000, ISBN 978-0-385-73945-0
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Be More Chill , Hyperion Books, New York 2004, ISBN 0-7868-0996-5
- dt. Cool - And what about love? , C. Bertelsmann Jugendbuchverlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-570-12795-8
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It's Kind of a Funny Story , Hyperion Books, New York 2006, ISBN 0-7868-5197-X
- German A really crazy story , Heyne Verlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-453-53438-4
- The Other Normals , Balzer + Bray, New York 2012, ISBN 9780062079909
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House of Secrets , Balzer & Bray, New York 2013, ISBN 978-0-06-219246-2
- German House of Secrets - The Curse of Denver Kristoff , Arena Verlag, Würzburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-401-06851-0
Awards
- Goldener Lufti in the 14th prize round (February 11, 2008)
- Jugend LITERAturpreis 2008
Web links
- Literature by and about Ned Vizzini in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ned Vizzini in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Obituary New York Post
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c William Yardley: Ned Vizzini, Author of Teenage Novels, Dies at 32. In: The New York Times, December 20, 2013 (accessed December 20, 2013).
- ↑ a b c d Ned Vizzini: It's Kind of a Funny Story. Hyperion Books, New York 2015
- ↑ The Other Normals - Ned Vizzini - hardcover. In: harpercollins.com. Retrieved June 7, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vizzini, Ned |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vizzini, Edison Price (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4th 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th December 2013 |
| Place of death | New York City , New York |