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<p><b>Sebastian Junger</b> (* <a href="17._Januar" title="17. Januar">17. Januar</a> <a href="1962" title="1962">1962</a> in <a href="Belmont_(Massachusetts)" title="Belmont (Massachusetts)">Belmont</a>, <a href="Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>) ist ein <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanischer</a> <a href="Autor" title="Autor">Autor</a>, <a href="Journalist" title="Journalist">Journalist</a> und Dokumentarfilmer; bekannt wurde er als Verfasser des Bestsellers <i><a href="The_Perfect_Storm" title="The Perfect Storm">The Perfect Storm</a></i> über das Unglück der <a href="Andrea_Gail" title="Andrea Gail">Andrea Gail</a>. Das Buch wurde in <a href="Der_Sturm_(Film)" title="Der Sturm (Film)">Der Sturm</a> verfilmt.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben">Leben</h2></div>
<p>Jungers Mutter Ellen Sinclair ist Malerin, sein deutschstämmiger Vater Miguel Junger ist Physiker.<sup id="cite_ref-afterstorm_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afterstorm-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nose_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nose-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Er wuchs in der Gegend des Serienkillers <a href="Albert_Henry_DeSalvo" title="Albert Henry DeSalvo">Albert Henry DeSalvo</a> auf, was ihn später dazu anregte, das Buch <i>A Death in Belmont</i> über die Mordserie zu schreiben.<sup id="cite_ref-nose_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nose-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Junger besuchte die Concord Academy in <a href="Concord_(Massachusetts)" title="Concord (Massachusetts)">Concord</a> bis 1980 und erwarb 1984 an der <a href="Wesleyan_University" title="Wesleyan University">Wesleyan University</a> einen <a href="Bachelor_of_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> in <a href="Kulturanthropologie" title="Kulturanthropologie">Kulturanthropologie</a>.
</p><p>Jungers erstes Buch <i>The Perfect Storm</i> von 1997 wurde zu einem Bestseller, Junger selbst dafür oftmals mit <a href="Ernest_Hemingway" title="Ernest Hemingway">Ernest Hemingway</a> verglichen.<sup id="cite_ref-gotowar_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gotowar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Er gewann den <a href="National_Magazine_Award" title="National Magazine Award">National Magazine Award</a> 2000 für „The Forensics of War“, veröffentlicht in <i>Vanity Fair</i> 1999. Anfang 2007 berichtete er aus Nigeria über Blut-Öl.<sup id="cite_ref-bloodoil_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloodoil-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gemeinsam mit dem Fotografen Tim Hetherington erhielt Junger den DuPont-Columbia Award für Rundfunkjournalismus für <i>The Other War: Afghanistan</i>, produziert mit ABC News und Vanity Fair, das auf ABC Nightline im September 2008 gezeigt wurde.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Junger lebte zwei Jahre in <a href="Gloucester_(Massachusetts)" title="Gloucester (Massachusetts)">Gloucester</a>. Mit seiner Frau Daniela lebt er derzeit in <a href="New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, wo er Mitinhaber einer Bar namens <i>The Half-King</i> ist.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Werke">Werke</h2></div>
<ul><li>1998: <i><a href="The_Perfect_Storm" title="The Perfect Storm">The Perfect Storm</a></i> (deutsch: <i>Der Sturm – die letzte Fahrt der Andrea Gail</i>, Diana Verlag, München, ISBN 978-3-8284-5008-0).</li>
<li>2002: <i>Feuer</i>, ISBN 978-3-8284-5044-8.</li>
<li>2007: <i>Tod in Belmont</i>, ISBN 978-3-89667-320-6.</li>
<li>2010: <i><a href="Restrepo_(Film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Restrepo (Film)">Restrepo</a></i>.</li>
<li>2010: <i>War.</i> Twelve, New York City, USA, ISBN 978-0-446-55624-8.
<ul><li>in Deutsch: <i>War. Ein Jahr im Krieg.</i> Karl Blessing, München 2010, ISBN 978-3-89667-441-8.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>Rezension v. Daniel-Dylan Böhmer: <i>Im Rausch des Krieges.</i> <a href="Die_Welt_Kompakt" title="Die Welt Kompakt">Die Welt Kompakt</a> vom 6. Januar 2011, S. 3.</li></ul></li>
<li><i>Tribe. On Homecoming and Belonging</i>. Twelve, New York City, USA 2016, ISBN 978-1-4555-6638-9.
<ul><li>deutsch von Teja Schwaner: <i>Tribe – Das verlorene Wissen um Gemeinschaft und Menschlichkeit</i>. Blessing, München 2017, ISBN 978-3-89667-587-3.</li></ul></li></ul>
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<div class="sisterproject" style="margin:0.1em 0 0 0;"><div class="noresize noviewer" style="display:inline-block; line-height:10px; min-width:1.6em; text-align:center;" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons"></span></span></div><b><span class=""><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sebastian_Junger_(film_director)?uselang=de"><span lang="en">Commons</span>: Sebastian Junger</a></span></b>&nbsp;– Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien</div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&amp;query=121167801">Literatur von und über Sebastian Junger</a> im Katalog der <a href="Deutsche_Nationalbibliothek" title="Deutsche Nationalbibliothek">Deutschen Nationalbibliothek</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sebastianjunger.com/">SebastianJunger.com</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vanityfair.com/contributors/sebastian-junger"><i>Vanity Fair</i></a>, Artikel.</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-may-11-2010/sebastian-junger">The Daily Show</a>, Interview vom 11. Mai 2010 über sein Buch „War“</li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-afterstorm-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-afterstorm_1-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Michael Shnayerson: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/afterthestorm/"><i>Sebastian Junger: After The Storm Interview.</i></a> In: <i>NationalGeographic.com.</i> National Geographic,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 10.&nbsp;September 2010</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ASebastian+Junger&amp;rft.title=Sebastian+Junger%3A+After+The+Storm+Interview&amp;rft.description=Sebastian+Junger%3A+After+The+Storm+Interview&amp;rft.identifier=&amp;rft.creator=Michael%26%2332%3BShnayerson&amp;rft.publisher=National+Geographic&amp;rft.date=&amp;rft.language=en">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-nose-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-nose_2-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-nose_2-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Gaby Wood: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/apr/16/fiction.crimebooks"><cite>A writer with a nose for trouble</cite></a> In: <cite>Guardian.co.uk</cite>, The Observer, 16.&nbsp;April 2006. Abgerufen am 10.&nbsp;September 2010 (englisch).<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rft.type=newspaperArticle&amp;rft.subject=News&amp;rft.aufirst=Gaby&amp;rft.aulast=Wood&amp;rft.title=A+writer+with+a+nose+for+trouble&amp;rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fbooks%2F2006%2Fapr%2F16%2Ffiction.crimebooks&amp;rft.source=Guardian.co.uk&amp;rft.publisher=The+Observer&amp;rft.date=2006-04-16&amp;rft.language=en">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-gotowar-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-gotowar_3-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Chris Nashawaty: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20387032,00.html"><i>Sebastian Junger goes to 'War'.</i></a> In: <i>ew.com.</i> Entertainment Weekly,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 10.&nbsp;September 2010</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ASebastian+Junger&amp;rft.title=Sebastian+Junger+goes+to+%27War%27&amp;rft.description=Sebastian+Junger+goes+to+%27War%27&amp;rft.identifier=&amp;rft.creator=Chris%26%2332%3BNashawaty&amp;rft.publisher=Entertainment+Weekly&amp;rft.date=&amp;rft.language=en">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-bloodoil-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-bloodoil_4-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Sebastian Junger: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/02/junger200702"><i>Blood Oil.</i></a> In: <i>Vanity Fair.</i><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 10.&nbsp;September 2010</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ASebastian+Junger&amp;rft.title=Blood+Oil&amp;rft.description=Blood+Oil&amp;rft.identifier=&amp;rft.creator=Sebastian%26%2332%3BJunger&amp;rft.date=&amp;rft.language=en">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/01/dupont-jury-honors-sebastian-junger-tim-hetherington.html">http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/01/dupont-jury-honors-sebastian-junger-tim-hetherington.html</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100520013224/http://www.buzztab.com/information/war-another-book-best-seller-sebastian-junger/"><i>War, Another Book By The Best Seller Sebastian Junger.</i></a> In: <i>BuzzTab.</i> Archiviert vom <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r250917974">
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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Interview mit Junger zum Buch, über die Website eines Internet-Buchhändlers, Link auf der Produktseite</span>
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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="Frankfurter_Allgemeine_Sonntagszeitung" title="Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung">Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung</a> vom 11. Oktober 2010, Seite 27: Die Hitze, die Flöhe, der Kick</span>
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