Susan Quinn (1) (1940–)
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- Syntymäaika
- 1940-03-16
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- Chillocothe, Ohio, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
- Koulutus
- Oberlin College
- Ammatit
- journalist
biographer
musician - Organisaatiot
- PEN Center New England
- Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Susan Quinn was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, and graduated from Oberlin College. She began her writing career as a newspaper reporter on a suburban daily outside of Cleveland. In 1967, she published her first book, On Stage, under her married name of Susan Jacobs. In 1972, after moving to Boston, she wrote for the Cambridge aternative weekly, The Real Paper, then became a contributor and staff writer on Boston Magazine. She has written articles for many publications, including the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly and Ms. Magazine and won awards for her investigative reporting.
In 1987, she published her first biography, A Mind of Her Own; The Life of Karen Horney. She won a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Rockefeller Foundation writing residency at Bellagio in Italy for her next book, Marie Curie: A Life. In 2001, she published Human Trials: Scientists, Investors and Patients in the Quest for a Cure. She has lectured throughout the USA and has given talks in France and Poland about her book on Madame Curie. She has served as the chair of PEN New England
and plays the flute in chamber music groups.
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But when I read it, I did enjoy it - a lot. Marie Curie is fascinating woman, with a fascinating life. Even though I knew basic facts about her before reading this book, I learned a lot of things I had no idea of. Such as her daughter winning a Nobel prize, or her husband dying in an accident (I thought he died of radiation poisoning too).
Since it was set about a hundred years ago, it was also interesting because I don't know much about the every day life during that time period. I definitely didn't know anything about Poland's history, so I learned a lot not just about her, even thought that would have been quite enough. She was very interesting.
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