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Kai Bird (born September 2, 1951) is an American author and columnist, best known for his works on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, United States-Middle East political relations, and his biographies of political figures.
Kai Bird is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist. On July 21, 2023 Universal Studios will release a major motion picture, Oppenheimer, based on American Prometheus, the biography Bird co-authored with the late Martin J. Sherwin.
Jul 26, 2014 · Kai Bird is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist, best known for his biographies of political figures. He has also won the National B...
Jul 10, 2023 · On April 5, 2005, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin’s “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer” was published to enormous acclaim. The Boston Globe raved that it ...
Jul 17, 2023 · Kai Bird, one of the co-authors of "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer"—which 25 years to complete—explains why he once described biography as: “The hardest form of history. And the most expensive.”
Jul 17, 2023 · Kai Bird is the director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography and co-author with the late Martin J. Sherwin of “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert...
By Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the atomic bomb," the brilliant, charismatic physicist who led the effort to capture the awesome fire of the sun for his country in time of war.
In this magisterial, acclaimed biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer’s life and times, from his early career to his central role in the Cold War.
We had a chat with Kai Bird, the bestselling author of The American Prometheus (co-written with Martin J. Sherwin) and The Outlier, at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2024. Some excerpts: We’ll start with your experience at JLF. You’ve been here quite a few times… Kai Bird: This is my fourth Jaipur Literature Festival.
Jul 21, 2023 · A conversation with Kai Bird, a co-writer of the mammoth biography from which the new film is adapted
