The Resume

(March 23, 1943-September 16, 2020)
Born in Washington, District of Columbia
Novelist, journalist, and author
Grew up in Alabama
Best-known for the novel 'Forrest Gump' (1986)
Other works include 'Better Times Than These,' 'As Summers Die,' 'Only,' 'Gone the Sun,' and 'Gump and Co.'

Why he might be annoying:

He claims that most of the characters in his novels speak with thick Southern accents.
He said that he felt uncomfortable when he was living in New York City.
He is divorced.
He wrote 'Gump and Co.' only after the success of the film.

Why he might not be annoying:

He served in the Vietnam war (just like Forrest).
The famous writers he met in New York City include Joseph Heller and Truman Capote.
The film version of 'Forrest Gump' was the top-grossing movie of 1994 and won the Oscar for Best Picture.
He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for 'Conversations with the Enemy.'

Credit: Birdienest81

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Birdienest81's Profiles [Series 05]
• I Attended University of Alabama
• I Died in 2020 (Ranked: 77)
• I Publicly Trashed My Book’s Movie
• I Write Bildungsroman
• Newspaper Journalists/Editors/Publishers
• Profiles 28751-29000 (Ranked: 28816)
• Served in the Vietnam War
• Sweet Home Alabama
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20200916)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 38 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 54 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying