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Anthony Swofford
Sign in to saveAmerican writer and former U.S. Marine
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Tin House
- Food and Booze
- Exit A
- Jarhead
- Hotels, hospitals, and jails
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Film & TV
Fairfield, California
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Anthony Swofford (born August 12, 1970 in Fairfield, California) is a United States Marine and is author of the book Jarhead, published in 2003, which is primarily based on his accounts of various situations encountered in the first Gulf War. This memoir was the basis of the 2005 movie of the same name, directed by Sam Mendes. The title is derived from the…
Known for
- Semper Fi: Life After the Corps — Self2006
- The Daily Show — Self1996
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest1993
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 77
- Total plays
- 1,746
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anthony
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Fairfield
- Occupation
- autobiographer
- Employer
- Lewis & Clark College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- Gulf War
- Military branch
- United States Marine Corps
- Military rank
- Corporal
- Official website
- www.anthonyhswofford.com
- Image
- Anthony Swofford.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1970-08-12
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
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