Winston Groom – American writer of the 20th–21st c.; Forrest Gump, Gump & Co; global fame after the Tom Hanks film. A Vietnam veteran, journalist, and novelist, he wrote about war, U.S. history, and human fate. His style mixed satire, humour, and tragedy.
🎬 Forrest Gump (1986) became the basis for Zemeckis’s Oscar-winning film. 📖 In Gump & Co, the hero wryly comments on his Hollywood fame. 🪖 Served in Vietnam, inspiring Better Times Than These. 📰 Worked as a reporter for the Washington Star. 📚 Authored nonfiction histories of the Civil War and WWII. 🌍 His works were translated into many languages. 🏆 Received the Harper Lee Award (2011) for contributions to Alabama literature. 👨💻 Lived most of his life in Alabama, a local literary figure. 📝 Blended fiction with real historical figures. 📗 Wrote on Antietam and General Robert E. Lee. 🙂 Fun fact: joked he was a “one-book author,” despite a shelf full of works.