Winston Groom

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human non-fiction writer novelist screenwriter

Winston Groom was an American novelist and non-fiction writer best known as the author of the novel "Forrest Gump," which inspired the acclaimed film adaptation.

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Label	Occurrences
Winston Groom canonical	12

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instanceOf	human ⓘ non-fiction writer ⓘ novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
author	Winston Groom self-linksurface differs ⓘ Winston Groom self-linksurface differs ⓘ Winston Groom self-linksurface differs ⓘ Winston Groom self-linksurface differs ⓘ Winston Groom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
awardReceived	Pulitzer Prize ⓘ surface form: Pulitzer Prize finalist
basedIn	Fairhope ⓘ surface form: Fairhope, Alabama
conflict	Vietnam War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1943-03-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2020-09-17 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Alabama ⓘ
employer	Washington Star ⓘ
familyName	Groom ⓘ
genre	biography ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ history ⓘ war literature ⓘ
givenName	Winston ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank	lieutenant ⓘ
name	Winston Groom self-link ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
nominatedFor	Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction ⓘ surface form: Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
notableWork	Better Times Than These ⓘ Conversations with the Enemy ⓘ Forrest Gump ⓘ Gump and Co. ⓘ Patriotic Fire ⓘ Shrouds of Glory ⓘ The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight ⓘ The Crimson Tide: An Illustrated History of Football at the University of Alabama ⓘ The Generals: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and the Winning of World War II ⓘ
occupation	journalist ⓘ non-fiction writer ⓘ novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
placeOfBurial	Fairhope ⓘ surface form: Fairhope, Alabama
placeOfDeath	Fairhope ⓘ surface form: Fairhope, Alabama
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Ruth Noble ⓘ
workInspired	Forrest Gump ⓘ surface form: Forrest Gump (1994 film)

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Forrest Gump → basedOnWorkBy → Winston Groom ⓘ

Lieutenant Dan Taylor → createdBy → Winston Groom ⓘ

Mrs. Gump → creator → Winston Groom ⓘ

Lieutenant Dan Taylor – Gary Sinise → createdBy → Winston Groom ⓘ

subject surface form: Lieutenant Dan Taylor

Winston Groom → name → Winston Groom self-link ⓘ