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Max Wallace

マックス・ウォレス

Makkusu Wōresu

別名: Maxwell Wallace

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
United States
国籍
Canadian
言語
English
居住地歴
Montreal, Quebec, Canada → United States

経歴

職業
Writer, Filmmaker, Historian, Disability advocate
活動期間
1985年〜2024年
所属
Anne and Max Bailey Centre for Holocaust studies, Shoah Foundation, AMI-TV
ノミネート
2001 Gemini Award nomination (Too Colorful for the League), 2018 Vine Award shortlist (In the Name of Humanity)

受賞歴

Canadian Jewish Literary Award
2018
対象作品: In the Name of Humanity: The Secret Deal to End the Holocaust
部門: ホロコースト部門
主催: Keren Hayesod
結果: Winner
RBC Taylor Prize
2018
対象作品: In the Name of Humanity: The Secret Deal to End the Holocaust
結果: Finalist
Rolling Stone Magazine Award for Investigative Journalism
1985
主催: Rolling Stone
結果: Winner
David Suzuki Digs My Garden
2009
主催: David Suzuki Foundation
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

In the Name of Humanity: The Secret Deal to End the Holocaust

2018年 non-fiction

Published by Penguin/Random House, this work focuses on the heroic actions of a Swiss-based rescue committee headed by an ultra-Orthodox Jewish couple, Recha and Isaac Sternbuch. The book presents evidence linking Himmler's decree to these secret negotiations.

HolocaustRescue operationsSecret negotiations with Nazis

The American Axis: Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh and the Rise of the Third Reich

2003年 non-fiction

Published in 2003 by St. Martin's Press about the Nazi sympathies of two American icons, Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh.

NazismAntisemitismHistory

Who Killed Kurt Cobain?

1998年 non-fiction

Co-authored with Ian Halperin, explores the 68 copycat suicides following Cobain's death.

Rock musicSuicideInvestigative journalism

Love and Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain

2004年 non-fiction

Presents tapes by Tom Grant questioning the suicide theory.

Rock musicMurder theoryInvestigative journalism

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight: Cassius Clay vs. the United States of America

2000年 non-fiction

Covers Ali's battle against the US government over Vietnam War stance. Adapted into a film in 2013.

Human rightsSportsVietnam War
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight / Stephen Frears (2013)

全著作

  • After the Miracle: The Political Crusades of Helen Keller
  • In the Name of Humanity: The Secret Deal to End the Holocaust
  • The American Axis: Ford, Lindbergh, and the Rise of the Third Reich
  • Who Killed Kurt Cobain?
  • Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight: Cassius Clay vs. the United States of America
  • Love & Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain

翻案

  • Film adaptation of Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013, dir. Stephen Frears)

作風・主題

文体
Investigative journalism styleDetailed historical analysisEngaging narrative
頻出モチーフ
HolocaustHuman rights advocacyDark sides of American historyPopular culture

評価・遺産

New York Times-bestselling author and historian specializing in the Holocaust, human rights in sport, and popular culture. Long-time disability advocate.