Sebastian Young

Sebastian Junge (2013)

Sebastian Junge (born January 17, 1962 in Belmont , Massachusetts ) is an American author , journalist and documentary filmmaker; He became known as the author of the bestseller The Perfect Storm about the misfortune of Andrea Gail . The book was filmed in The Storm .

Life

Junger's mother, Ellen Sinclair, is a painter, his German-born father, Miguel Junge, is a physicist. He grew up in the area of ​​serial killer Albert Henry DeSalvo , which later inspired him to write the book A Death in Belmont about the series of murders. Junge attended Concord Academy in Concord until 1980 and earned a Bachelor of Arts in cultural anthropology from Wesleyan University in 1984 .

Junger's first book, The Perfect Storm, from 1997 became a bestseller, and Jung himself is often compared to Ernest Hemingway for it . He won the 2000 National Magazine Award for "The Forensics of War" published in Vanity Fair 1999. In early 2007, he reported on Blood Oil from Nigeria. Together with photographer Tim Hetherington Junger, he received the DuPont-Columbia Award for Broadcast Journalism for The Other War: Afghanistan , produced with ABC News and Vanity Fair, which was shown on ABC Nightline in September 2008.

Junge lived in Gloucester for two years . He currently lives with his wife Daniela in New York City , where he co-owns a bar called The Half-King .

Works

• 1998: The Perfect Storm (German: Der Sturm - die last Fahrt der Andrea Gail , Diana Verlag, Munich, ISBN 978-3-8284-5008-0 ).
• 2002: Fire , ISBN 978-3-8284-5044-8 .
• 2007: Death in Belmont , ISBN 978-3-89667-320-6 .
• 2010: Restrepo (film) .
• 2010: Was. Twelve, New York City, USA, ISBN 978-0-446556248 .
  • in German: War. A year in the war. Karl Blessing, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-89667-441-8 .
  • Review v. Daniel-Dylan Böhmer: In the intoxication of war. Die Welt Kompakt from January 6, 2011, p. 3.
• Tribe. On Homecoming and Belonging . Twelve, New York City, USA 2016, ISBN 978-1-455566389 .
  • German by Teja Schwaner: Tribe - The lost knowledge of community and humanity . Blessing, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-89667-587-3 .

Web links

Wikiquote: Sebastian Junge  - Quotes

• Literature by and about Sebastian Junger in the catalog of the German National Library
• SebastianJunger.com
• Vanity Fair , article.
• The Daily Show , May 11, 2010 interview about his book "War"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Shnayerson: Sebastian Junger: After The Storm Interview . In: NationalGeographic.com . National Geographic. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Gaby Wood: A writer with a nose for trouble . In: Guardian.co.uk , The Observer, April 16, 2006. Retrieved September 10, 2010. 
3. ↑ Chris Nashawaty: Sebastian Junger goes to 'War' . In: ew.com . Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
4. ^ Sebastian Junge: Blood Oil . In: Vanity Fair . Retrieved September 10, 2010.
5. ↑ http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/01/dupont-jury-honors-sebastian-junger-tim-hetherington.html
6. ^ War, Another Book By The Best Seller Sebastian Junge . In: BuzzTab . Archived from the original on May 20, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 10, 2010. 
7. ↑ Interview with Junge about the book, via the website of an Internet bookseller, link on the product page
8. ↑ Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung from October 11, 2010, page 27: The heat, the fleas, the kick