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The Yellow Birds is the debut novel from American writer, poet, and Iraq War veteran Kevin Powers. It was one of The New York Times's 100 Most Notable Books of 2012 and a finalist for the 2012 National Book Award. It was awarded the 2012 The Guardian First Book Award, and the 2013 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award.
- Kevin Powers
- 226
- 2012
- 11 September 2012
Oswald Durand. " Choucoune " is a 19th-century Haitian song composed by Michel Mauléart Monton with lyrics from a poem by Oswald Durand. It was rewritten with English lyrics in the 20th century as "Yellow Bird". Exotica musician Arthur Lyman made the song a hit in 1961.
- "Yellow Bird"
- Michel Mauléart Monton
- 1893
- Haitian Creole
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Budget. $12 million [1] Box office. $57,946 [2] The Yellow Birds is a 2017 American war film directed by Alexandre Moors and based on the novel The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers. The film stars Tye Sheridan, Alden Ehrenreich, Toni Collette, Jason Patric, Jack Huston, and Jennifer Aniston .
- $12 million
Set in the contemporary, twenty-first-century political world, Kevin Power’s novel The Yellow Birds relates a soldier’s experience before, during, and after the war in Iraq, revealing the physical and psychological impact of such an intense experience.
Sep 6, 2012 · By Michiko Kakutani. Sept. 6, 2012. Kevin Powers joined the Army when he was 17 and served as a machine-gunner in Iraq in 2004 and 2005. Drawing upon those experiences, he has written a...
- Michiko Kakutani
Apr 13, 2024 · Q1: Who wrote the lyrics for Yellow Bird? A: The lyrics of Yellow Bird were written by American songwriter and music arranger, Norman Luboff. Q2: What is the history behind the song Yellow Bird? A: Yellow Bird was based on a 19th-century Haitian folk song called “Choucoune” or “Ti Zwazo,” rearranged in Calypso style by Norman Luboff.
A contemporary war novel centered on the physical and psychological trauma of taking part in war, The Yellow Birds has been compared to other classics of the genre, written about twentieth-century wars.
