윈스턴 그룸

소개

윈스턴 F. 그룸(Winston F. Groom, 1943년 3월 23일 ~ 2020년 9월 17일)은 미국의 소설가이자 논픽션 작가이며, 1994년에 한 영화로 각색되었던 그의 책 《포레스트 검프》로 가장 잘 알려져있다.

Winston Francis Groom Jr. was an American author. He is best known for his best-selling novel Forrest Gump (1986), which became a 1990s cultural phenomenon after being adapted as the film of the same name directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks. After the film was released, gaining a high box office and winning numerous awards, Groom's novel sold more than one million copies worldwide. Groom wrote a sequel, Gump & Co., published in 1995. His last novel was El Paso (2016).