Daniel Quinn

Daniel Quinn (born 1935 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a United States writer.

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1935 - Omaha, Nebraska - United States - Writer

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Quinn received an extensive education at three different universities: Saint Louis University, University of Vienna, Austria, and Loyola University. He abandoned a career as a publisher in 1975 to become a freelance writer. Quinn is best known for his book Ishmael, which won the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship Award in 1991. This fellowship was established to encourage authors to seek "creative and positive solutions to global problems." Ishmael is the first of a trilogy including The Story of B and My Ishmael.

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Saint Louis University - University of Vienna - Austria - Loyola University - Ishmael - Turner Tomorrow Fellowship Award - The Story of B - My Ishmael

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He is the author of the following books:

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• Dreamer (1988)
• Ishmael
• The Story of B
• My Ishmael
• ' (autobiography)
• Beyond Civilization
• The Man Who Grew Young (graphic novel)
• After Dachau
• The Holy

Related authors include Derrick Jensen, Jared Diamond, Jack Forbes and Fredy Perlman.

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Derrick Jensen - Jared Diamond - Jack Forbes - Fredy Perlman

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Currently he lives in Houston, Texas with his wife Rennie.

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