Alan Weisman
Alan Weisman (born March 24, 1947 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) is an American author and journalist .
His journalistic work originated in numerous countries such as the United States, Canada, Central and South America, Europe, the former Soviet Union and the Middle East. He reports for Harper's Magazine , The Atlantic Monthly , The New York Times Magazine , The Los Angeles Times Magazine and Discover / National Public Radio , among others .
Weisman is Professor of International Journalism at the University of Arizona .
Based on the article Earth without people , which was included in the collection “Best American Science Writing 2006”, his book The World Without Us was published in 2007 , in which he deals with the vision of an earth without people. The German translation by Hainer Kober was published by Piper Verlag under the title Die Welt ohne uns .
Alan Weisman is a second wife to the sculptor Beckie Kravetz and lives in Tucson , Arizona.
Works
- German
- The world without us. Travel across an unpopulated earth. Piper, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-492051324 .
- Countdown. Does the earth have a future? Piper 2013, ISBN 3-492054315 .
- Gaviotas. A village invents sustainability. Piper, 2013, ISBN 3-492302823 .
- English
- We, Immortals . Pocket Books, 1979.
- La Frontera: The United States Border With Mexico . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego 1986, ISBN 978-0-15-147315-1 .
- Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World . Chelsea Green Publishing, Vermont 1998, ISBN 978-1-890132-28-6 .
- An Echo In My Blood . Harcourt Brace, New York 1999, ISBN 978-0-15-100291-7 .
- Lone Star: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Dan Rather . Wiley & Sons, New York 2006, ISBN 978-0-471-79217-8 .
- The World without us . Thomas Dunne Books, New York 2007.
- Countdown . Little Brown, 2013.
literature
- Contemporary Authors . 127, 1989, pp. 477-478
Web links
- Literature by and about Alan Weisman in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography of Alan Weisman (University of Arizona )
- Biography and works of Alan Weisman at Homelands Productions (English)
supporting documents
- ↑ Countdown with cover and table of contents: DNB 1050951778
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weisman, Alan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Minneapolis |