Chuck palahniuk biography
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Palahniuk was born on February 21, in Pasco, Washington, and spent much of his childhood in nearby Burbank, Washington living with his family in a mobile home. His parents would later divorce, leaving he and his three siblings to live with their grandparents on a cattle ranch in Eastern Washington state.
Palahniuk attended the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism. While a college student he spent time working as an intern for National Public Radio member station KLCC in Eugene, Oregon. Palahniuk graduated in and moved to Portland, Oregon where he began working for local newspapers. He eventually left these positions to work as a diesel mechanic for truck manufacturer Freightliner, and stayed with this job until his writing career began to blossom. Palahniuk did not return to journalism until after becoming established as a novelist. He also spent time doing volunteer work at a homeless shelter as well as
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Palahniuk, Chuck
PERSONAL:
Surname is pronounced "paul-ah-nik"; born February 21, , in Pasco, WA; son of Fred (a railroad brakeman) and Carol (an office manager at a nuclear power plant) Palahniuk. Education: University of Oregon, received journalism degree,
ADDRESSES:
Home—Portland, OR. Agent—Edward Hibbert, Donadio and Olson, Inc, W. 27th St, Ste. , New York, NY
CAREER:
Writer and novelist. Briefly worked for a newspaper in Gresham, OR; worked for Freightliner as a service documentation specialist for thirteen years; appeared as rapper "Chucky P." on BBC Radio.
MEMBER:
National Cacophony Society.
AWARDS, HONORS:
Oregon Book Award, and Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, both for Fight Club;Bram Stoker Award nomination for best novel, Horror Writers Association, , for Lullaby.
WRITINGS:
NOVELS
Fight Club, W.W. Norton (New York, NY),
Invisible Monsters, W.W. Norton (New York, NY),
Survivor, W.W. Norton (New York, NY),
Choke, Doubleday (New Y
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Fiction writer and journalist Chuck Palahniuk (pronounced paula-nick) was born on February 21, , in Pasco, Washington. He attended the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism, graduating in , and began his journalism career at National Public Radio hållplats KLCC in Eugene before moving to Portland to work for the Oregonian. He also worked as a diesel mechanic for Portland-based Freightliner and volunteered for a Portland-area ett hem eller vårdinrättning för terminalt sjuka patienter program. He now researches and writes full time and lives in both Portland and Washington State.
Palahniuk’s fiction fryst vatten often darkly comic, incisively satirical, and written in a staccato rhythm that strings tillsammans a collage of moments, which he likens to the jump-cut technique of Citizen Kane. He developed this distinctive style in the Portland writing workshops of Tom Spanbauer. Palahniuk’s works have also been associated with a movement labeled “transgressive fiction,” which creates characters seeking to transcend the psychological and mate