Journalist Susan Orlean

Susan Orlean

Living place: Cleveland

Birthday: 31-10-1955 (69 years old)

Population of US 1955: 165,931,202

Global rank: #87452

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Journalist Susan Orlean profile

Who is Journalist Susan Orlean?
New Yorker reporter and non-fiction author known for his book Orchid Thief, with inspiration for film adaptations. She also wrote for Esquire and Rolling Stone.
One of her 1998 articles, about a group of girls surfing, served as the inspiration for Blue Crush. Her academic honors include a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University, an honorary doctorate from Michigan, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She studied history and literature at the University of Michigan, after which she began writing for Willamette Weekly in Oregon. She published her first book, Saturday Night, in 1990.

Family life info

She was married to Peter Sistrom from 1983 to 1999. She married John Gillespie in 2001 and has a son and step son.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Journalist Susan Orlean?
Meryl Streep plays an adaptation of Orlean's novel, a role that earned her a Golden Globe Award.

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When was Journalist Susan Orlean born?
Susan Orlean birthday 31-10-1955 (at the age of 69).
Where is Journalist Susan Orlean's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Susan Orlean was born in Cleveland, Ohio- United States. is a Journalist, whose Zodiac is Scorpius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Goat. Susan Orlean's global rank is 87452 and whose rank is 521 in list of famous Journalist. Population of US in 1955 is about 165,931,202 persons.
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Events in 1955 and 31-10

Events in US in the birth year of Susan Orlean

  • President Eisenhower suffers coronary thrombosis in Denver (Sept. 24).
  • Rosa Parks refuses to sit at the back of the bus, breaking Montgomery, Ala., segregated seating law (Dec. 1). Martin Luther King, Jr., leads 381-day black boycott of Montgomery bus system; desegregated service begins Dec. 21, 1956. Background: Civil Rights
  • AFL and CIO merge to become the AFL-CIO (Dec. 5).

Birthday Susan Orlean (31-10) in history

  • Day 31-10 year 1517: To mark the beginning of the Protestant Reformation in Germany, Martin Luther passed the 95 Theses in front of the Wittenberg Palace church.
  • Day 31-10 year 1846: Heavy snowfall leaves the Donner Party stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
  • Day 31-10 year 1864: Nevada became the 36th state.
  • Day 31-10 year 1941: Work on the Mount Rushmore monument was completed.
  • Day 31-10 year 1956: Rear Admiral G. J. Dufek became the first person to land an airplane at the South Pole.
  • Day 31-10 year 1984: Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated.
  • Day 31-10 year 1992: Pope John Paul II admitted that the Roman Catholic Church had erred in convicting Galileo of heresy 350 years earlier.
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