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Date of Birth
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12-April-1954
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Place of Birth
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Brookline
(Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Profession
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Journalist, Author, Writer, Mountaineer
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Jon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer, primarily known for his writings about the outdoors, especially mountain-climbing. He is the author of best-selling non-fiction books—Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, Under the Banner of Heaven, and Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman—as well as numerous magazine articles.
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