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George Plimpton

American journalist, writer, editor and actor

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American writer (1927–2003)

Born 1927
Died 2003

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  • Cover of: Paper Lion.

    Cover of edition paperlion00geor_0 Cover of edition paperlion0000plim_w2s7 Cover of edition paperlion00geor First published in 1966 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: Women Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews

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  • Cover of: Open net

    First published in 1982 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: The Paris Review: 136 (Paris Review)

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  • Cover of: The bogey man

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  • Cover of: Paper Lion: Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback

    First published in 1966 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Bogey Man: A Month on the PGA Tour

    First published in 1967 — 7 editions
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    First published in 1984 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Out of my league

    First published in 1961 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Shadow box

    First published in 1977 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The X factor: a quest for excellence

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  • Cover of: Out of My League: The Classic Hilarious Account of an Amateur's Ordeal in Professional Baseball

    First published in 1961 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Truman Capote: in which various friends, enemies, acquaintances, and detractors recall his turbulent career

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  • Cover of: The Paris Review Book: of Heartbreak, Madness, Sex, Love, Betrayal, Outsiders, Intoxication, War, Whimsy, Horrors, God, Death, Dinner, Baseball, Travels, the Art of Writing, and Everything Else in the World Since 1953

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  • Cover of: Shadow Box: An Amateur in the Ring

    First published in 2010 — 5 editions
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    First published in 2010 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Open Net: A Professional Amateur in the World of Big-Time Hockey

    First published in 2009 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Paper Lion: Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback

    First published in 2011 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Writers at Work 02 (Paris Review)

    First published in 1977 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Best of Plimpton

    First published in 1990 — 4 editions
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Photo of George Plimpton

American writer (1927–2003)

Born 1927
Died 2003

Subjects

Interviews, Authors, History and criticism, Biography, Authorship, Anecdotes, Authors, biography, Fiction, Football players, Sports, English literature, Football, biography, Modern Literature, Baseball, Detroit Lions (Football team), Fiction, humorous, general, Football, Humor, Literature, modern (collections), 20th century, American wit and humor, Baseball players, fiction, Baseball stories, Baseball, anecdotes, Boxers (sports), Boxing

Places

United States, Great Britain, New York (N.Y.)

People

George Plimpton, Hank Aaron (1934-), Alex Karras, Bill Curry (1942-), Caroline Kennedy (1957-), Edith Sedgwick, Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), Ernest Henry Shackleton Sir (1874-1922), George Bush (1924-), Grace Paley, John Cheever, John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), John Gordy, John Updike (1932-2009), Margaret Atwood, Marianne Moore, Maya Angelou, Raymond Carver, Robertson Davies, Truman Capote (1924-), Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1899-1977)

Time

20th century

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  • George PLIMPTON
  • GEORGE PLIMPTON

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July 9, 2024 Edited by kathrinpassig merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 12, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Added photos to author pages.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import