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Winston Groom

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 3

TMDB ID: 26

IMDb ID: nm0343165

Known for: Writing

Born: March 23, 1943

Died: September 17, 2020

Age: 77

Place of birth: Washington, D.C., USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1994 - 2022

Years active: 29

Average TMDB rating: 7.4

Wikidata: Q464700

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Biography

Winston Francis Groom Jr. (March 23, 1943 – September 17, 2020) was an American author. He is best known for his best-selling novel Forrest Gump (1986), which became a 1990s cultural phenomenon after being adapted as the film of the same name directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks. After the film was released, gaining a high box office and winning numerous awards, Groom's novel sold more than one million copies worldwide. Groom wrote a sequel, Gump & Co., published in 1995. His last novel was El Paso (2016). Groom wrote a total of fifteen nonfiction works on such varied subjects as the American Civil War and World War I, including five multiple biographies. Description above from the Wikipedia article Winstom Groom, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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