Paul Theroux
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 10 April 1941
- Works
- 264
Top works
- The Imperial Way, By Rail from Peshawar to Chittagong
- Sailing Through China by Paul Theroux (1984-01-01)
- Blinding Light
- O-Zone
- The shortest day of the year
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Film & TV
Writing · Medford, Massachusetts, United States
Paul Edward Theroux (born April 10, 1941) is an American novelist and travel writer. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel The Mosquito Coast, which was adapted for the 1986 movie of the same name and the 2021 television series of the same name. He is the father of English-American authors and documentary filmmakers Marcel and Louis Theroux, the brother of authors…
Known for
- Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene — Self2013
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown2013
- Blackpool Wakes — Self1989
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Paul Edward Theroux (born April 10, 1941) is an American travel writer and novelist, whose best known work of travel writing is perhaps The Great Railway Bazaar (1975). He has published numerous works of fiction, some of which were made into feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel The Mosquito Coast on which the 1986 movie is based. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Paul+Theroux">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations
· 1958 · cited 70,537x
- “Mini-mental state”
· 1975 · cited 67,641x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 45,245x
- Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks
· 2003 · cited 44,555x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,272x
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Key dates
- Born
- 10 April 1941
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Medford
- Child
- Louis Theroux
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- National University of Singapore
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
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