Chuck Palahniuk Biography and Wiki
Chuck Palahniuk is an American freelance journalist and novelist. He is for his work which he describes as transgressional fiction. He is most known for being the author of the novel Fight Club, which also was made into a film, which starred Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, and Edward Norton. Chuck has published 19 novels, 3 nonfiction books, 2 graphic novels and also 2 adult coloring books.
In his mid-thirties, Palahniuk began writing novels. According to his story, he began writing while attending Tom Spanbauer’s writer seminars, which he went to meet new people. Palahniuk’s minimalistic writing style was heavily influenced by Spanbauer.
After his debut novel, Invisible Monsters, was rejected by every publisher he approached, he began work on Fight Club, his most famous work. While working for Freightliner, Palahniuk created this novella in his leisure time. After first releasing it as a short tale in the 1995 anthology Pursuit of Happiness, Palahniuk developed it into a whole novel, which a publisher accepted, much to his surprise. The book’s initial hardcover version garnered great reviews and won some accolades, but it only lasted a few months.
Palahniuk initially failed to acquire a literary agent and went without one until after Fight Club was published. Edward Hibbert, an actor and literary agent, signed Palahniuk after he received interest from 20th Century Fox. Hibbert was ultimately responsible for guiding and brokering the arrangement that brought Fight Club to the big screen. Director David Fincher’s film adaptation of the novel was released in 1999, three years after the novel’s publication.
Palahniuk’s life was rocked by a series of major personal disasters in 1999. His father, Fred Palahniuk, had begun dating Donna Fontaine, whom he had met through a personal ad titled “Kismet.” Dale Shackelford, her ex-boyfriend, had previously been incarcerated for sexual abuse and had threatened to kill Fontaine as soon as he was released. Fontaine, Palahniuk believes, was seeking for “the biggest man she could find” to protect her from Shackelford, and Palahniuk’s father fit the bill.
Chuck Palahniuk Age
Chuck is 59 years old as of 2021, he was born on February 21, 1962, in Pasco, Washington.
Chuck Palahniuk Height
Chuck stands at an average height of 5 feet 9 inches.
Chuck Palahniuk Parents and Family
Chuck was born to Carol Adele and Fred Palahniuk. When he was 14, his parents split, and he and his three siblings were frequently sent to live with their maternal grandparents on their cattle ranch in eastern Washington. Chuck’s ancestors are French and Ukrainian. In 1907, his paternal grandfather moved from Ukraine to Canada, then to New York. Palahniuk earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Oregon in 1986.
Chuck Palahniuk Husband and Married
Chuck has not disclosed any information on his marital status and relationships. It is not known whether he is married or in a relationship right now. His wife and spouse will soon be updated.
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Chuck Palahniuk Quotes
- “It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. …
- “The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.” …
- “All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. …
- “We all die. …
- “It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.”
Chuck Palahniuk Diary
Chuck Palahniuk’s novel Diary was published in 2003. The book is written in the style of a diary. Misty Wilmot, a once-promising young artist now working as a waiter at a hotel, is the protagonist. Her contractor husband is in a coma after attempting suicide. Misty “soon finds herself a pawn in a greater plan that threatens to cost hundreds of lives,” according to the back of Diary.
Diary is a contemporary horror film that eschews gore and shock methods in favor of psychological shocks and dark humor.
Chuck Palahniuk Movies
- Fight Club
- Choke
- Romance
- The Royal Bengal Tiger
Chuck Palahniuk Best Books
- Fight Club
- Lullaby
- Choke
- Invisible Monsters
- Haunted Survivor
