Jon Krakauer
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1954-04-12 ) April 12, 1954 (age 72) , Brookline, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Hampshire College ( BA )
- Occupations
- Writer, mountaineer
- Spouse
- Linda Mariam Moore ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1980 )
- Period
- 1990–present
- Subject
- Outdoor literature
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brookline
- Occupation
- mountaineer
- Educated at
- Hampshire College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- mountaineering
- Official website
- jonkrakauer.com
- Image
- Jon Krakauer speaking in 2009.jpg
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- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Jon Krakauer
- date of birth
- 1954-04-12
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Jon Krakauer (born April 12, 1954) is an American writer and mountaineer. He is the author of bestselling nonfiction books—Into the Wild; Into Thin Air; Under the Banner of Heaven; and Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman—as well as numerous magazine articles. He was a member of an ill-fated expedition to summit Mount Everest in 1996, one of the deadliest disasters in the history of climbing Everest, which would become the subject of Into Thin Air.
Early life
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