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Tracy Kidder was born on 12 November, 1945 in New York City, is an American writer and Pulitzer Prize winner. Discover Tracy Kidder's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

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Born 12 November, 1945
Birthday 12 November
Birthplace New York City
Nationality United States

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1945

John Tracy Kidder (born November 12, 1945) is an American writer of nonfiction books.

John Tracy Kidder was born November 12, 1945, in New York City.

1963

He graduated from Phillips Academy in 1963.

He attended Harvard College, originally majoring in political science, but switching to English after taking a course in creative writing from Robert Fitzgerald.

1967

He received an AB degree from Harvard in 1967.

Kidder served in the United States Army as a first lieutenant, Military Intelligence, Vietnam, from 1967 to 1969.

After returning from Vietnam, he wrote for some time and was admitted to the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

1970

The Atlantic Monthly commissioned the work, and he continued writing as a freelancer for the magazine during the 1970s.

1974

He received an MFA degree from the University of Iowa in 1974.

Kidder wrote his first book, The Road to Yuba City: a Journey into the Juan Corona Murders, while at the University of Iowa.

His works for The Atlantic Monthly include several essays and short stories about the Vietnam War, including "The Death of Major Great" (1974), "Soldiers of Misfortune" (1978), and "In Quarantine" (1980).

1981

He received the Pulitzer Prize for his The Soul of a New Machine (1981), about the creation of a new computer at Data General Corporation.

"I can't say anything intelligent about that book, except that I learned never to write about a murder case. The whole experience was disgusting, so disgusting, in fact, that in 1981 I went to Doubleday and bought back the rights to the book. I don't want The Road to Yuba City to see the light of day again."

Kidder has said that, unlike many other writers, he was not much influenced by his Vietnam experience: "Of course, whenever you're in an experience like Vietnam, it is bound to influence your work; it's inevitable, but I really don't think it greatly shaped me as a writer."

Kidder's second book, The Soul of a New Machine (1981), was much more successful than his first.

1982

His account of the complex community and environment of programming and computer development won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1982.

He has continued to write nonfiction books and articles, and these have been well received by the critics.

1984

In a 1984 interview he said, "McPhee has been my model. He's the most elegant of all the journalists writing today, I think."

1985

He has explored a wide range of topics through his books: House (1985), a "biography" of a couple having their first house built, and the people involved in the project; Among Schoolchildren (1989), set in an elementary-school classroom in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and reflecting on US education through the lives of these 20 children and their teacher (these two books were both bestsellers); and Old Friends (1993), which explored the daily lives and personal growth of a pair of elderly men in a nursing home.

His books have made "Notable" annual lists of The New York Times and received positive praise from critics, in addition to awards.

1994

Kidder wrote in a 1994 essay, "In fiction, believability may have nothing to do with reality or even plausibility. It has everything to do with those things in nonfiction. I think that the nonfiction writer's fundamental job is to make what is true believable."

1995

The Road to Yuba City was a critical failure, and Kidder said in a 1995 interview that

1997

Writing in 1997, David Bennett rated these three pieces "among the finest reporting to come out of Vietnam."

2003

He has received praise and awards for other works, including his biography of Paul Farmer, a physician and anthropologist, titled Mountains Beyond Mountains (2003).

Kidder is considered a literary journalist because of the strong story line and personal voice in his writing.

He has cited as his writing influences John McPhee, A. J. Liebling, and George Orwell.

2009

Kidder's 2009 book, Strength in What Remains, is a portrait of a man who survived the genocide in Burundi.

2010

In fall 2010 Kidder was selected as the first A. M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence at the Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.

At the center, he worked with his onetime editor at The Atlantic, Richard Todd, on a book about writing, titled Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction.

He lectured to students and did research to identify his next narrative subject.