Karapetyan Christina8 class

Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk Biography:

• His birthday is on February 21st, 1962. Born in Pasco, Washington, USA.

• Modern American writer and a journalist.

• He began writing books when he was 30.

• Became really famous after his book «Fight Club».

• Palahniuk's Grandfather was from Ukraine. His original surname is Palahgniuk.

• His creations in the style of of such writers such as Easton Ellis, Irvine Welch and Douglas Kauplend made him one of the most popular novelists of "Generation X".

• PAUL-AH-NIK (Paula Nick). The story goes that Chuck's Grandparents decided to pronounce their name as a combination on their two first names, Paula and Nick.

• He has a brother and four sisters.

• Now Palahniuk lives in Portland, USA.

Fight Club Fight Club was written in

1996.

The book made its way to Hollywood, where interest to make a film increased.

In 1999 David Fincher made the film.

The Film:Initially the film was a

kind of disappointment and caused different

reactions of critics, but later became a cult film.