Jack Urwin
Jack Urwin (* 1992 in Loughborough ) is a British author.
Jack Urwin was born in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England in 1992. His father died of a heart attack shortly before Urwin's tenth birthday without first consulting a doctor about his heart problems.
Urwin went to London at the age of 18 and studied journalism. He then worked as a promoter for various large and indie music labels. Urwin now lives in Toronto , Canada.
As an author, Urwin writes for various magazines on political topics, mental health and gender issues. He writes for McSweeney and VICE .
His first book, Boys don't cry, on male identity in modern societies, received wide reviews.
publication
- Jack Urwin (2016): Man Up. Surviving Modern Masculinity. Icon Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78578-069-1
- Jack Urwin (2017): Boys don't cry. Identity, feeling and masculinity. Translated from the English by Elvira Willems. German first edition Edition Nautilus ISBN 978-3-96054-042-7
- Jack Urwin: A Stiff Upper Lip Is Killing British Men. In: Vice , October 20, 2014
- Jack Urwin: Justin Trudeau's First 100 Days As Seen by a Clueless, Optimistic Englishman . In: Vice, February 11, 2016
- Jack Urwin and Emely Reynolds: Can Men and Women Ever Just Be Friends? An investigation . In Vice, June 5, 2016
- Jack Urwin: A Guide for Brits Who Want to Move to Canada After Brexit. In Vice, June 26, 2016
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jack Urwin. Retrieved March 9, 2017 (UK English).
- ↑ Jack Urwin - Boys don? T cry - at Edition Nautilus. Retrieved March 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Jack Urwin - VICE. Retrieved March 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Ann-Kristin Tlusty: "Boys Don't Cry": May contain traces of poison . In: The time . March 6, 2017, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed March 7, 2017]).
- ↑ Why I want to be a different man to my father . In: The Telegraph . ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed March 7, 2017]).
- ↑ Katrin Gottschalk: Author Jack Urwin on masculinity: “You don't have to be an ass” . In: the daily newspaper . ( taz.de [accessed on March 7, 2017]).
- ↑ Mithu Sanyal: Jack Urwin - Boy's don't cry . March 2, 2017 ( wdr.de [accessed March 7, 2017]).
- ↑ Francesco Giammarco: Feminist Jack Urwin: Men among the victims too. In: Spiegel Online . March 8, 2017, accessed June 10, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Urwin, Jack |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1992 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Loughborough |