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Russ Rymer

ラス・ライマー

Rassu Raimā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1952-05-17 (United States)
Nationality
American
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
author, freelance journalist, editor
Active Years
1993-
Affiliations
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, California Institute of Technology, Saint Mary's College of California
Nominations
National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

Awards

Whiting Award
1993
Work: Genie: a Scientific Tragedy
Organization: Whiting Foundation
Result: winner
Guggenheim Fellowship
2002
Organization: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result: fellow
Ed Cunningham Award
2012
Work: Vanishing Languages
Category: 雑誌報道
Organization: Overseas Press Club
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Genie: a Scientific Tragedy

1993 Non-fiction

A non-fiction account of the feral child Genie and the scientific tragedy surrounding her.

language acquisitionchild abusescientific ethics
Adaptations
  • [Documentary] NOVA
Translations
  • Translated into six languages

Trivia

  • Married to the writer Susan Faludi.