Lauren Redniss

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Lauren Redniss
LanguageEnglish and French
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBrown University
Notable awardsPEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, MacArthur Fellow

Lauren Redniss is an American artist, writer, and teacher.[1]

She has been awarded the MacArthur Foundation's "Genius Grant" and is a fellow of think tank New America.

Her work has won a PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, been listed as a finalist for the National Book Award, and adapted into a movie distributed by Amazon Studios.

Career[]

She is the author of three works of visual non-fiction: Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future (2015), Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout (2010), and Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West (2020).

Thunder and Lighting won the 2016 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award.[2][3] and Radioactive was a finalist for the 2011 National Book Award, the first work of visual non-fiction to be so recognized.[4]

Redniss is also the author of Century Girl: 100 Years in the Life of Doris Eaton Travis, Last Living Star of the Ziegfeld Follies (2006).[5] Her writing and drawing have appeared in numerous publications including the New York Times, which nominated her work for the Pulitzer Prize.[1] She teaches at Parsons the New School for Design in New York City.[6]

The Sunday Telegraph has called Redniss' work "some of the most inventive, rigorous and beguiling published anywhere in the world."[7] In its citation of Radioactive, the National Book Foundation wrote: “Redniss’ achievement is a celebration of the essential power of books to inform, charm, and transport. In marrying the graphic and visual arts with biography and cultural history, she has expanded the realm of non-fiction.”[1]

Redniss was the recipient of a "Genius Grant" from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in 2016. She is a 2017 New America Foundation fellow.[8]

In other media[]

It was announced in February 2017 that Marjane Satrapi would direct a film adaptation of Redniss's graphic novel Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout, with StudioCanal and Working Title Films serving as producers. An Autumn 2017 production start was initially foreseen.[9] In May 2017, during the Cannes Film Festival, Rosamund Pike was cast as Curie.[10]

In February 2018, the film was acquired by Amazon Studios, with filming beginning in Budapest and Esztergom[11] the same week.[12] The cast was rounded out by Sam Riley, Anya Taylor-Joy, Aneurin Barnard and Simon Russell Beale a few days later.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "About Lauren Redniss". Laurenredniss.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award | PEN America". Pen.org. September 22, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  3. ^ Schuessler, Jennifer (October 26, 2015). "For the Author Lauren Redniss, No Such Thing as Bad Weather". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Cavna, Michael (January 1, 1970). "'RADIOACTIVE' MAKES HISTORY: 'Curie' author shares shock over becoming National Book Award finalist". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  5. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Century Girl: 100 Years in the Life of Doris Eaton Travis, Last Living Star of the Ziegfeld Follies by Lauren Redniss". Publishersweekly.com. October 30, 2006. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  6. ^ "Lauren Redniss - Assistant Professor of Illustration". Newschool.edu. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  7. ^ Gaby Wood (January 23, 2016). "Is this the year's most political picture book?". The Telegraph. Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  8. ^ "Current Roster". Newamerica.org. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  9. ^ Nancy Tartalione (2019-02-16), "Marjane Satrapi To Helm ‘Radioactive’ Marie Curie Story For Working Title & Studiocanal", Deadline.
  10. ^ John Hopewell and Elsa Keslassy (2017-05-16), "Rosamund Pike Set for Marie Curie Story ‘Radioactive’ From Working Title, Studiocanal (EXCLUSIVE)", Variety.
  11. ^ Varsóvá változott a Víziváros
  12. ^ Elsa Keslassy (2018-02-19), "Amazon Boards Marjane Satrapi's Marie Curie Biopic ‘Radioactive’ (EXCLUSIVE)", Variety.
  13. ^ Berlin: Sam Riley, Anya Taylor-Joy, Aneurin Barnard Join Marie Curie Biopic 'Radioactive'
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