Jonathan Weiner
American non-fiction writer (born 1953) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jonathan Weiner (born November 26, 1953) is an American writer of non-fiction books based on his biological observations, focusing particularly on evolution in the Galápagos Islands, genetics, and the environment.
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Born | (1953-11-26) November 26, 1953 (age 70) New York City, U.S. |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction |
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His latest book is Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality (Ecco Press, July 2010) a look at the scientific search for the Fountain of Youth.
He won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and the 1994 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science for his book The Beak of the Finch.[1][2] In 1999 he won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was shortlisted for the Aventis Prize in 2000 for his book Time, Love, Memory about Seymour Benzer.