Dalton Trumbo (1905–1976)
Author of Johnny Got His Gun
About the Author
Image credit: Felix Lützkendorf - Photo uncredited
Works by Dalton Trumbo
The Remarkable Andrew 3 copies
Lettere dalla guerra fredda 2 copies
Associated Works
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Trumbo, James Dalton
- Other names
- Rich, Robert
Lutzkendorf, Felix - Birthdate
- 1905-12-09
- Date of death
- 1976-09-10
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Montrose, Colorado, USA
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Places of residence
- Montrose, Colorado, USA
Mexico
Los Angeles, California, USA
Ashland, Kentucky, USA (Federal Correctional Institution)
Grand Junction, Colorado, USA
Lockwood Valley, California, USA - Education
- University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Southern California
University of California - Occupations
- screenwriter
novelist
critic
essayist
film director
playwright (show all 7)
editor - Relationships
- Trumbo, Christopher (son)
- Organizations
- Writers Guild of America, West
The Hollywood Ten
Delta Tau Delta International fraternity
Screen Writers Guild - Awards and honors
- Academy Award, Best Writing, Motion Picture Story [1993] ( [1954])
central fountain at University of Colorado named the Dalton Trumbo Free Speech Fountain ( [1990])
Academy Award ( [1957])
Academy Award nominee ( [1941])
FIPRESCI Prize ( [1971])
Grand Prize of the Jury ( [1971]) (show all 10)
Golden Palm nominee ( [1971])
Golden Globe nominee (Best Screenplay ∙ 1969)
Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement (1970)
Readers' Choice Award, Kinema Junpo Awards (Best Foreign Language Film, 1974)
Members
Reviews
Exodus by Otto Preminger
You can tell that everyone involved in this movie was extremely talented -- e.g., given the subject matter the dialogue could easily have been over the top, a bunch of heroic expounding, but Dalton Trumbo kept it mostly grounded. However, it never really coheres into much more than a very long string of events, without much character development to speak of. You always sense the high political stakes of what's going on, but from moment to moment you don't actually feel each individual character's personal investment.… (more)
½
I found these letters tedious--the same ironic style over and over again.
I first read this book about a decade ago and have since reread it several times. It is still one of my favorites and is such a well-written book with a powerful antiwar stance. The last chapter gives me chills every time I read through it and the whole book is a harrowing and eye-opening experience.
Lists
War Literature (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
Boy Protagonists (1)
1930s (1)
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Statistics
- Works
- 22
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 4,905
- Popularity
- #5,121
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 98
- ISBNs
- 142
- Languages
- 15
- Favorited
- 2
- Touchstones
- 150
