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Pablo Vierci

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Pablo Vierci
BornCarrasco, Montevideo, Uruguay
Occupation
  • journalist
  • author
  • screenwriter
Alma materStella Maris College

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

1972 Andes Plane crash

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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]

Works

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  • Vierci, Pablo (2024). Society of the Snow: The Definitive Account of the World's Greatest Survival Story. Translated by Erikson, Jennie. Constable. ISBN 978-1408716373. Originally published in Spanish in 2008 as La Sociedad de la Nieve: Por Primera Vez Los 16 Sobrevivientes Cuentan la Historia Completa.
  • Canessa, Roberto; Vierci, Pablo (2016). I Had to Survive: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives. Translated by Frias, Carlos. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4767-6545-7. Originally published in Spanish as Cómo un accidente aéreo en los Andes inspiró mi vocación para salvar vidas.

Additional works

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  • 1979, Los tramoyistas
  • 1984, Pequeña historia de una mujer
  • 1987, Detrás de los árboles
  • 2004, 99% asesinado
  • 2010, De Marx a Obama (ISBN 978-6074298802)
  • 2011, Artigas La Redota[10]
  • 2012, El desertor (ISBN 978-9500744300)
  • 2014, Ellas 5[11]
  • 2018, El fin de la inocencia[12]

Awards

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  • 2003: Citi Journalistic Excellence Award.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c d 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. ^ a b c 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 (in Spanish)
  12. ^ El fin de la inocencia (in Spanish)
  13. ^ Biography and awards of Vierci (in Spanish)
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