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• Marlantes|2011}}|What it is Like {{nowr|to go to War}} (2011)
• Marlantes|2019}}|Deep River (2019)}}

• Rhodes Scholarship
• Flaherty-Dunnan Prize
• Indies Choice Book Awards
• James Webb AwardWEB, Karl Marlantes,weblink 2011-10-20, dmy-all, Chicago, Pritzker Military Library, 2012-12-30,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121126075544weblink">weblink November 26, 2012, dead,
• WA State Book Award
• William E. Colby Award}}

}}Karl Arthur Marlantes (born December 24, 1944) is an American author and Vietnam War veteran. He has written four books: (Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War) (2010), Marlantes|2011}}|What it is Like to go to War (2011), Marlantes|2019}}|Deep River (2019), and Cold Victory (2024).

Biography

Early life

Marlantes grew up in Seaside, Oregon, a small, coastal logging town.WEB, Karl Marlantes: 'Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War',weblink Pritzker Military Museum & Library, 14 November 2020, Chicago, Video, September 23, 2010, NEWS, Baker, Jeff, 2011-09-10, mdy-all, Seaside native Karl Marlantes follows up his celebrated novel Matterhorn,weblink The Oregonian, 2018-12-12, He played football and was student body president at Seaside High School, from which he graduated in 1963.WEB,weblink 2010-10-02, mdy-all, Seaside HS class of 1965, Seaside, Oregon, Seaside Reunion 1965, dead,weblink" title="archive.today/20130218044110weblink">weblink February 18, 2013, 2018-12-12, His father was the school principal.{{sfn|Q&A transcript|2011|loc="Well my dad was a high school teacher and then later became the principal, much to my chagrin"}}He won a National Merit Scholarship and attended Yale University, where he was a member of Jonathan Edwards College and Beta Theta Pi,NEWS, Six Fraternities Select Members,weblink 1964-10-15, mdy-all, Yale Daily News, 24, 6, 2018-12-12, November 4, 2020,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20201104162229weblink">weblink dead, and played as wing forward in the rugby team.NEWS, Ruggers close season against New York RC,weblink 1967-05-11, mdy-all, Yale Daily News, 140, 6, 2018-12-12, November 2, 2020,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20201102101433weblink">weblink dead, During his time at Yale, Marlantes trained in the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class.WEB,weblink Q&A with Karl Marlantes {{!, C-SPAN.org|website=www.c-span.org|language=en-us|access-date=2020-01-12}} He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship at University College, Oxford.NEWS, Yale Seniors Win Rhodes, NCAA Awards,weblink 1967-01-01, mdy-all, Yale Daily News, 86, 3, 2018-12-12, November 6, 2020,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20201106122233weblink">weblink dead, He returned to Oxford after his military service and earned a master's degree.

Vietnam War

Marlantes left after one semester at Oxford to join active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps as an infantry officer. He served during the Vietnam War with 1st Battalion, 4th Marines from October 1968 to October 1969, and was awarded the Navy Cross for action in Vietnam in which he led an assault on a hilltop bunker complex.WEB, Karl A. Marlantes, Hall of Valor Project, Military Times, 2018-12-12, mdy-all,weblink He also served as an aerial observer while in Vietnam. Marlantes was also awarded a Bronze Star, two Navy Commendation Medals for valor, two Purple Hearts, and 10 Air Medals.He served another year of active duty at Marine Corps Headquarters after his combat tour.{{sfn|Q&A transcript|2011|loc="... after the war, I was assigned to Headquarters Marine Corps"}} He suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.{{sfn|Q&A transcript|2011|loc="... and when he finally got me back into some semblance of control he said you've got PTSD"}}Marlantes is featured in Ken Burns' and Lynn Novick's 10-part documentary series, The Vietnam War (2017), where he reflects on his experiences during the war.{{IMDb title|1877514|The Vietnam War}}

Literary career

Marlantes is the author of (Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War) (2010). Sebastian Junger of The New York Times declared Matterhorn: "one of the most profound and devastating novels ever to come out of Vietnam - or any war".NEWS,weblink The New York Times Book Review, Sebastian, Junger, Sebastian Junger, The Vietnam Wars: Matterhorn, 2010-04-01, mdy-all, It received the 2011 Washington State Book Award in the fiction category.NEWS, Gwinn, Mary Ann, 2011 Washington State Book Awards winners,weblink 2011-09-15, mdy-all, Seattle Times, 2012-12-29, The novel is based on Marlantes' combat experience in the Vietnam War.NEWS,weblink Karl Marlantes On His 30-Year Quest To Publish 'Matterhorn', The Wall Street Journal, 2010-05-31, mdy-all, Steven, Kurutz, His next book was "What It Is Like to Go to War," a biographical non-fiction work published in 2011 about his return to the civilian world and modern veteran life in general.NEWS,weblink Coming to Terms With the Experience of Combat, Elizabeth D., Samet, 2011-09-16, mdy-all, The New York Times Book Review, New York Times Sunday Book Review, 2012-12-29, Marlantes's novel Deep River (2019) was published in July 2019. It follows a Finnish family which flees Finland and settles in the Pacific Northwest in a logging community. The story examines the logging industry and labor movements of the early 1900s and rebuilding a family in America while balancing family tradition.WEB,weblink Deep River (Hardcover) {{!, Politics and Prose Bookstore|website=www.politics-prose.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-12}}

Published works

• BOOK, Marlantes, K., 2010, Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War, New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 9780802119285, registration,weblink
• BOOK, Marlantes, K., 2, 2011, What it is Like to Go to War, New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 9780802119926, registration,weblink
• BOOK, Marlantes, K., 2, 2019, Deep River, New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 9780802125385,
• BOOK, Marlantes, K., 2, 2024, Cold Victory, New York, Grove Press, 9780802161420, Book Review: ‘Cold Victory’ by Karl Marlantes

Footnotes

{{reflist}}Sources

• EPISODE, Lamb, B. (host), Brian Lamb, Karl Marlantes,weblink 2011-09-19, mdy-all, Q&A, Q&A (U.S. talk show), Transcript,weblink C-SPAN, 2018-12-12, {{sfnref, Q&A transcript, 2011, }}

External links

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• NEWS, Coming to Terms With the Experience of Combat, 2011-09-16, mdy-all, The New York Times Book Review, Book Review, NYT,weblink 2018-12-12, Samet, Elizabeth D.,
• WEB, Matterhorn Author On What It's Like To Go To War, 2011-08-30, mdy-all, NPR, Talk of the Nation,weblink 2018-12-12,
• WEB, Karl Marlantes in Vietnam: What It Takes to Be a Hero, 2011-08-03, mdy-all, MHQ Magazine, HistoryNet,weblink 2018-12-12,
• WEB, A Vietnam Epic Uncovers Old Wounds: An Interview with Karl Marlantes, 2010-04-30, mdy-all, Mother Jones (magazine), Mother Jones,weblink 2018-12-12,

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