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Cheryl Strayed, née Nyland, was born on September 17, 1968 in Spangler, Pennsylvania. She is an American memoirist, novelist and essayist. Her second book, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail was published in the United States on March 20, 2012, and has been translated into more mostrar mais than thirty languages. It is an Oprah Book Club 2.0 choice, made the New York Times Bestseller list and was optioned for film rights by Reese Witherspoon even before it was published. The film is scheduled to be released in 2014. Strayed's first book, the novel Torch, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in February 2006. She attended the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree, graduating magna cum laude with a double major in English and Women's Studies. A long-time feminist activist, Strayed served on the first board of directors for VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Obras de Cheryl Strayed

Torch (2006) 397 cópias
Brave Enough (2015) 287 cópias
The Best American Essays 2013 (2013) — Editor — 217 cópias
The Best American Travel Writing 2018 (2018) — Editor — 69 cópias
This Telling (2020) 46 cópias
My First Novel (2013) 1 exemplar(es)
Vadon 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

The Best American Essays 2003 (2003) — Contribuinte — 314 cópias
The Best American Essays 2000 (2000) — Contribuinte — 214 cópias
Pen and Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them (2014) — Introdução — 74 cópias
Best New American Voices 2003 (2002) — Contribuinte — 58 cópias
2011 Pushcart Prize XXXV: Best of the Small Presses (2010) — Contribuinte — 39 cópias
Going Om: Real-Life Stories On and Off the Yoga Mat (2014) — Prefácio — 18 cópias
Out of Line: Women on the Verge of a Breakthrough — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)

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Conhecimento Comum

Outros nomes
Nyland, Cheryl (birth name)
Data de nascimento
1968-09-17
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Spangler, Pennsylvania, USA
Locais de residência
Portland, Oregon, USA
Chaska, Minnesota, USA
Aitkin County, Minnesota, USA
Educação
University of Minnesota
Syracuse University
McGregor High School
University of St Paul
Ocupação
memoirist
novelist
essayist
Organizações
Vida: Women in Literary Arts
Pequena biografia
Cheryl Strayed (born September 17, 1968) is an American memoirist, novelist, essayist and podcast host. The author of four books, her award-winning writing has been published widely in anthologies and major magazines.

Strayed's first book, the novel Torch, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in February 2006 to positive critical reviews. Torch was a finalist for the Great Lakes Book Award and selected by The Oregonian as one of the top ten books of 2006 by writers living in the Pacific Northwest. In October 2012, Torch was re-issued by Vintage Books with a new introduction by Strayed.

Strayed's second book, the memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, was published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf on March 20, 2012. It has been translated into 30 languages. The week of its publication, Wild debuted at number 7 on the New York Times Best Seller list in hardcover non-fiction. In June 2012, Oprah Winfrey announced that Wild was her first selection for her new Oprah's Book Club 2.0. The next month Wild reached number 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list, a spot it held for seven consecutive weeks. The paperback edition of Wild, published by Vintage Books in March 2013, spent 126 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list. The book has also been a bestseller around the world—in the UK, Germany, Australia, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Denmark and elsewhere. Wild won the Barnes & Noble Discover Award and the Oregon Book Award.

In July 2012, Vintage Books published Strayed's third book: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar. The book debuted in the advice and self-help category on the New York Times Best Seller list at number 5 and it has also been published internationally. Tiny Beautiful Things is a selection of Strayed's popular "Dear Sugar" advice columns, which she wrote for no pay for the literary website The Rumpus from 2010 to 2012.

Strayed's fourth book, Brave Enough, was published in the United States by Knopf on October 27, 2015, and in the United Kingdom a week later by Atlantic Books. It debuted in the advice and self-help category on the New York Times Best Seller list at number 10.

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Discussions

Gone Girls, Found em Reading Books by Women (Fevereiro 2015)

Resenhas

Aos 22 anos, Cheryl Strayed achou que tivesse perdido tudo. Após a repentina morte da mãe, a família se distanciou e seu casamento desmoronou. Quatro anos depois, sem nada a perder, tomou a decisão mais impulsiva da vida: caminhar sozinha cerca de 1.770 quilômetros pela costa oeste dos Estados Unidos, do deserto de Mojave, no sul da Califórnia, atravessando Oregon até o estado de Washington. Cheryl não tinha experiência em caminhadas de longa distância e a trilha era pouco mais que uma linha num mapa. Mas guardava uma promessa - a promessa de juntar os pedaços de uma vida em ruínas. O relato de Cheryl captura a agonia, tanto física quanto mental, de sua incrível jornada; como a enlouqueceu e assustou e, principalmente, como a fortaleceu. Livre é uma história de sobrevivência e redenção, um retrato pungente do que a vida tem de pior e de melhor.… (mais)
 
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Obras
11
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Membros
11,828
Avaliação
3.9
Resenhas
639
ISBNs
126
Idiomas
13
Favorito
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