Pablo Vierci

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Pablo Vierci
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Born Carrasco, Montevideo, Uruguay
Occupation
  • journalist
  • author
  • screenwriter
Alma mater Stella Maris College

Pablo Vierci is a Uruguayan journalist, author, and screenwriter.

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1972 Andes Plane crash

Vierci was born in Carrasco, Montevideo, Uruguay. [1] He attended, and was the school “scribe” [2] for, the Stella Maris College with Nando Parrado, [2] Roberto Canessa [1] and the other rugby players involved in the 1972 plane crash in the Andes mountains. [3] [4] He was also part of the rugby team while a student at Stella Maris College. [5] [6]

In February 1973, shortly after Parrado returned to Montevideo, he asked Vierci to help him write a book about his experience in the Andes. [2] [6] Although Vierci agreed (and worked with Parrado on it for a few months), he was later asked to drop the project after the survivors began to work on what would become the 1974 book, Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors. [2]

In 2005, Vierci was asked to write a book on the Stella Maris College that included a chapter on the Andes. [7] His work on that project eventually led to his 2008 book [1] La sociedad de la nieve (The Society of the Snow), [8] which retells the events of the Andes plane crash through the perspectives of the survivors three decades later. It also offers full oral histories of each of the 16 survivors. [6] Filmmaker J. A. Bayona adapted this book into the 2023 Spanish film Society of the Snow . [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Canessa, Roberto; Vierci, Pablo (2016). I Had to Survive: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives (A Note from Pablo Vierci). Atria. p. 289. ISBN   978-1476765457.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Vierci, Pablo (2024). Society of the Snow: The Definitive Account of the World's Greatest Survival Story (Acknowledgements). Constable. p. 353. ISBN   978-1408716373.
  3. ↑ Meza, Ed (October 20, 2023). "'Society of the Snow' Director J.A. Bayona and Author Pablo Vierci on Giving a Voice to Victims of 1972 Andes Flight Disaster: 'A Life-Affirming Experience'". Variety .
  4. ↑ Mayorga, Emilio; Hopewell, John (29 April 2022). "Netflix, 'The Impossible' Director J.A. Bayona Wrap Spain Shoot on 'Society of the Snow,' an Uplifting Disaster Movie". Variety. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  5. ↑ Vierci, Pablo (2024). Society of the Snow: The Definitive Account of the World's Greatest Survival Story (Acknowledgements). Constable. p. 354. ISBN   978-1408716373.
  6. 1 2 3 Blyth, Antonia (December 8, 2023). "The Partnership: J.A. Bayona & Author Pablo Vierci Tell The Real Story Behind 'Society Of The Snow'". Deadline Hollywood .
  7. ↑ Vierci, Pablo (2024). Society of the Snow: The Definitive Account of the World's Greatest Survival Story (Acknowledgements). Constable. p. 355. ISBN   978-1408716373.
  8. ↑ Vierci, Pablo (2024). Society of the Snow: The Definitive Account of the World's Greatest Survival Story (Acknowledgements). Constable. p. 356. ISBN   978-1408716373.
  9. ↑ Ritman, Alex (8 September 2023). "J.A. Bayona on Gaining the Trust of the Crash Survivors for Venice-Closing Real-Life Disaster Thriller 'Society of the Snow'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Presentación Libro". Cámara Uruguaya del Libro. 5 August 2011. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.(in Spanish)
  11. ↑ Ellas 5 Archived 2019-07-31 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  12. ↑ El fin de la inocencia Archived 2019-04-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  13. ↑ Biography and awards of Vierci (in Spanish)
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