Which nationality belongs to the writer of Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains?
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Eiger Dreams Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains is a non-fiction collection of articles and essays by Jon Krakauer on mountaineering and rock climbing. Eleven out of twelve of the chapters were initially published between 1982 and 1989 in the magazines "Outside", "Smithsonian", and "New Age Journal".
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Jon Krakauer Jon Krakauer (born April 12, 1954) 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 ""—as well as numerous magazine articles. He was a member of an ill-fated expedition to summit Mount Everest in 1996, one of the deadliest disasters in the history of climbing Everest.
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Anton Zischka Anton Emmerich Zischka (von Trochnov) (September 14, 1904 in Vienna – May 31, 1997 Pollença (Majorca, Spain)) was an Austrian journalist and one of the most successful non-fiction writers in the 20th century. He wrote also under the pseudonyms "Rupert Donkan", "Thomas Daring", "Darius Plecha" and "Antal Sorba". His some 40 books that mostly covered non-fictional economic and technical topics have been translated into 18 languages.
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Alexander Fasser Alexander "Alex" Fasser (born May 20, 1975) is an Austrian ski mountaineer and mountain biker.
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Cesare Maestri Cesare Maestri (born 2 October 1929) is an Italian mountaineer and writer.
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Stefan Zweig Stefan Zweig ( ; ] ; November 28, 1881 – February 22, 1942) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most popular writers in the world.
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Trevor Braham Trevor Braham (born 22 April 1922), is a prominent figure in Himalayan exploration and mountaineering.
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Sophie Wörishöffer Sophie Wörishöffer, or Sophie Andresen (6 October 1838 in Pinneberg - 8 November 1890 in Altona, Hamburg) was a German writer of over a dozen adventure stories for young people.
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Stefan Winter Stefan Winter (born 16 March 1968) is a German ski mountaineer, former coach of the German ski mountaineering team and alpine sports author.
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Edward Wyke Smith Edward Augustine Wyke-Smith (12 April 1871 – 16 May 1935) was an English adventurer, mining engineer and writer. He is known mainly for "The Marvellous Land of Snergs", a children's fantasy novel he wrote as E. A. Wyke-Smith, whose "snergs" provided inspiration for Tolkien's creation of hobbits.
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Bruce Eisner Bruce Jay Ehrlich (February 26, 1948 – January 1, 2013), better known by his pen name Bruce Eisner, was an American writer, psychologist, and counterculture spokesman best known for his book "Ecstasy: The MDMA Story".
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John Man (author) John Anthony Garnet Man (born 15 May 1941) is a British historian and travel writer. His special interests are China, Mongolia, and the history of written communication. He takes particular pleasure in combining historical narrative with personal experience.
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David Von Drehle David James Von Drehle (born February 6, 1961) is an American author and journalist.
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Marcus Reichert Marcus Reichert (born June 19, 1948) is an American painter, poet, author, photographer, and film writer/director.
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Ranulph Fiennes Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, OBE (born 7 March 1944), commonly known as Ranulph "Ran" Fiennes ( ), is a British explorer and holder of several endurance records. He is also a prolific writer and poet.
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Bruce M. Bailey Bruce M. Bailey, (born August 10, 1935), is an American author and humorist who also used the pen name of R. Adam Solo.
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John Knittel John Knittel, originally Hermann Emanuel Knittel (March 24, 1891 in Dharwar, India – April 26, 1970 in Maienfeld, Graubünden) was a Swiss writer.
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Ove von Spaeth Ove von Spaeth ("Christian Ove Wilhelm von Spaeth", born February 23, 1938) is a Danish writer, graphic designer and independent scholar.
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Ella Maillart Ella Maillart (or "Ella K. Maillart"; February 20, 1903, Geneva – March 27, 1997, Chandolin) was a French-speaking Swiss adventurer, travel writer and photographer, as well as a sportswoman.
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Edward Hoagland Edward Hoagland (born December 21, 1932) is an American author best known for his nature and travel writing.
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Kenneth Weaver Kenneth Franklin Weaver (November 29, 1915 – September 20, 2010) enjoyed a substantial 33-year career as a writer for the "National Geographic Magazine". His prolific tenure with "National Geographic" produced articles encompassing a range of subjects until he retired as Senior Science Editor in 1985.
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Benedict Allen Benedict Colin Allen FRGS (born 1 March 1960) is an English writer, traveller and adventurer known for his technique of immersion among indigenous peoples from whom he acquires survival skills for hazardous journeys through unfamiliar terrain. In 2010, Allen was elected a Trustee of the Royal Geographical Society.