恰克·帕拉尼克

查尔斯·迈克尔·“恰克”·帕拉尼克（Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk，/ˈpɔːlənɪk/，1962年2月21日—）是一位美国越界小说家和自由记者。以1996年发表的小说《搏击俱乐部》最为闻名，这部小说获得了各种奖项，并在后来被美国导演大卫·芬奇拍成电影。他住在美国俄勒冈州的波特兰，还曾在华盛顿州的西雅图生活过。

获奖纪录

帕拉尼克获得了以下奖项：

1997年太平洋西北书商公会图书奖 (《搏击俱乐部》)

1997年俄勒冈州图书奖：最佳小说 (《搏击俱乐部》)

2003年太平洋西北书商公会图书奖 ( 《摇篮曲》 )

作品

小说

《搏击俱乐部》 (1996)

《幸存者》 (1999)

《隐形怪物》 (1999)

《窒息》 (2001)

《摇篮曲》 (2002)

《孤岛日记》(2003)

《恶搞研习营》 (2005)

《撞车俱乐部》 (2007)

Snuff (2008)

Pygmy (2009)

Tell-All (2010)

《地狱派对》 (2011)

《重返人间》 (2013)

《搏击俱乐部2》 (2015) （与Cameron Stewart合作的图像小说）

短篇小说

《肠子》 － 《花花公子》 (2004)

"Fetch" － Dark Delicacies III (2009)

"Loser" － Stories (2010)

"Romance" － 《花花公子》 (2011)

非小说

Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon (2003)

《比虚构更离奇 : 真实的故事》 (2004)

You Do Not Talk About Fight Club: I Am Jack's Completely Unauthorized Essay Collection (2008)

电影

《搏击俱乐部》 (1999)

《窒色》 (2008)

Charles Michael Palahniuk (PAW-lə-nick; Ukrainian pronunciation: [pɐlɐɦˈnʲuk], born February 21, 1962) is an American novelist who describes his work as transgressive fiction. He has published 19 novels, three nonfiction books, two graphic novels, and two adult coloring books, as well as several short stories. His first published novel, Fight Club, was adapted into a film of the same title.

Early life

Palahniuk was born in Pasco, Washington, the son of Carol Adele (née Tallent) and Fred Palahniuk. He has French and Ukrainian ancestry. His paternal grandfather migrated from Ukraine to Canada and then to New York in 1907.

Palahniuk grew up living in a mobile home in Burbank, Washington. His parents separated when he was 14 years old; they subsequently divorced, often leaving him and his three siblings to live with their maternal grandparents at their cattle ranch in eastern Washington. He was 18 when his parents told him that his paternal grandfather murdered his paternal grandmother.

In a 2007 interview, Palahniuk said that he is a distant relative of actor Jack Palance (né Volodymyr Palahniuk) and his daughter Holly.

Palahniuk attended the University of Oregon, graduating with a degree in journalism in 1986. As part of his coursework, he interned at the local public radio station, KLCC.

Career

Early career

Palahniuk wrote for his local newspaper for a short while but then began working for Freightliner Trucks as a diesel mechanic, until gaining traction in his writing career. During that time, he wrote manuals on fixing trucks and had a stint as a journalist, a job which he did not return to until after he became a successful novelist. After attending a seminar by Landmark Education, Palahniuk quit his job as a journalist in 1988. He performed volunteer work for a homeless shelter and volunteered at a hospice as an escort, providing transportation for terminally ill people, taking them to support group meetings. He ceased volunteering upon the death of a patient to whom he grew attached.

Palahniuk began writing fiction in his early 30s. By his account, he started writing while attending workshops for writers that were hosted by Tom Spanbauer, which he attended to meet new friends. Spanbauer largely inspired Palahniuk's minimalistic writing style.

Fight Club

After his first novel – Invisible Monsters – was rejected by all publishers he submitted it to, he began work on his first published novel, Fight Club. Palahniuk wrote this story in his spare time while working for Freightliner. After initially publishing it as a short story (which became chapter 6 of the novel) in the 1995 compilation Pursuit of Happiness, Palahniuk expanded it into a full novel, which a publisher accepted.

Initially, Palahniuk struggled to find a literary agent and went without one until after the publication of Fight Club. After he began receiving attention from 20th Century Fox, Palahniuk was signed by actor and literary agent Edward Hibbert. Hibbert eventually guided and brokered the deal that took Fight Club to the big screen. In 1999, the film adaptation by director David Fincher was released.

Invisible Monsters, Survivor, and Choke

A revised version of Invisible Monsters, as well as his fourth novel, Survivor, were published in 1999. A few years later Palahniuk completed his first New York Times bestseller, the novel Choke, which later was made into a movie.