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Samuel Hynes

In today's world, Samuel Hynes has become a topic of great relevance and interest to a wide spectrum of society. From its impact on the global economy to its influence on people's daily lives, Samuel Hynes has sparked debates and discussions in different areas. In order to understand this phenomenon more deeply, it is essential to analyze its different dimensions and repercussions. In this article, we will explore the many facets of Samuel Hynes and its relevance today, as well as the future perspectives it raises.

Samuel Lynn Hynes (August 29, 1924 – October 9, 2019) was an American author. He won a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for The Soldiers' Tale in 1998.

Biography

Hynes was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the University of Minnesota and Columbia University.

Hynes served as a Marine Corps pilot from 1943 until 1946 and in 1952 and 1953. In a memoir, "Flights of Passage," Hynes explored in detail his pilot training and subsequent service in the Pacific during World War II. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross. He also discussed his experiences as a pilot in the documentary series The War by Ken Burns (2007). Burns interviewed Hynes again for The Vietnam War (2017), where Hynes discussed his experiences at Northwestern University during its anti-Vietnam War protests.

Hynes was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature emeritus at Princeton University. His other books include On War and Writing (University of Chicago Press, 2018), A War Imagined, The Growing Seasons and The Unsubstantial Air: American Fliers in the First World War published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in October 2014.

Family

Alex Preston (born 1979), British author and journalist, and his brother Samuel Preston (1982) lead singer of English band The Ordinary Boys, are among his grandsons.

Death

Hynes died of congestive heart failure at the age of 95 in his home in Princeton, New Jersey, on October 9, 2019.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Samuel Hynes". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  2. ^ Hynes, Samuel (1988). Flights of Passage. US Naval Inst. 1988.
  3. ^ Sam Hynes
  4. ^ Hynes, Samuel Lynn (1991). A war imagined: the First World War and English culture. Atheneum. ISBN 978-0-689-12128-9.
  5. ^ "Five Under-The-Radar Reads From Librarian Nancy Pearl," NPR, December 19, 2014.
  6. ^ Carole Cadwalladr (19 July 2009). "Interview with Preston, former singer with the Ordinary Boys and now launching a solo career". The Observer. UK. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  7. ^ "Fifteen minutes with Samuel Preston, singer_guitarist_songwriter with The Ordinary Boys and fan of Morrissey". Julie Hamill. February 20, 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Samuel Hynes, Professor Whose Books Taught Lessons of War, Dies at 95". The New York Times. 18 October 2019.
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