Ethnicity American Battles and wars Vietnam War Role Author | Name Karl Marlantes Home town Seaside, Oregon | |
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Born December 24, 1944 (age 79) ( 1944-12-24 ) Astoria, Oregon Alma mater Yale 1967, economics
University College, Oxford (master's degree) Occupation international business consultant Notable work •What It Is Like to Go to War. Atlantic Monthly Press. 2011. ISBN 9780802119926.
•Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War. Atlantic Monthly Press. 2010. ISBN 9780802119285. Spouse(s) Gisele Fitch (m. 1971-2001 div.)
Anne (m. ~2007) Residence Woodinville, Washington, United States Service/branch United States Marine Corps Books Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War, What It Is Like To Go To War Education University of Oxford, Yale University Unit 1st Battalion 4th Marines, 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force | ||
Karl marlantes author of matterhorn grove atlantic inc
Karl Marlantes (born December 24, 1944) is an American author, businessman, and decorated U.S. Marine Corps veteran. He has written two books: Matterhorn and What It Is Like to Go to War.
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- Karl marlantes author of matterhorn grove atlantic inc
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- Life
- Decorations
- Works
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Life
Marlantes grew up in Seaside, Oregon, a small logging town. He was a football player and student body president at Seaside High School (class of 1965), where his father was principal. He won a National Merit Scholarship and attended Yale University. He was a member of Jonathan Edwards College and Beta Theta Pi. He played wing forward for Yale's Rugby team. He was a Rhodes Scholar at University College, Oxford. He left after one semester to volunteer for active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps. After his military service, he returned to Oxford and earned a master's degree. He made his living as an international business consultant in India, England, Singapore, and France.
He is the author of Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War, a New York Times Top 10 Bestseller published in 2010. Sebastian Junger, in The New York Times, declared Matterhorn: "one of the most profound and devastating novels ever to come out of Vietnam". Matterhorn received the 2011 Washington State Book Award in the Fiction category. The novel is based on Marlantes' combat experience in the Vietnam War, as a Marine Corps 2nd and 1st lieutenant. His decorations include the Navy Cross, Bronze Star, two Navy Commendation Medals for valor, two Purple Hearts and ten Air Medals. After his combat tour, he served another year of active duty at HQMC. He suffered a severe case of post traumatic stress disorder that led to divorce; he continues treatment for it.
He published a non-fiction work in 2011 entitled What It Is Like To Go To War about modern veteran life upon return to the civilian world. Bill Moyers interviewed Marlantes in connection with the promotion of this book in July 2012.
He occasionally writes for The New York Times.
In 2016, he received an honorary degree from Clarkson University.
Decorations
Marlantes was awarded the Navy Cross for an action in Vietnam in which he led an assault on a hilltop bunker complex the North Vietnamese occupied.