CONGRATULATIONS TO KAI BIRD FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE “OPPENHEIMER” A MULTI AWARD WINNING FILM!
Read his reflections on the success of the film and his book on this article in the Indian Express: https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2024/Feb/26/i-was-brought-to-tears-kai-bird-reflects-on-oppenheimer-films-journey-and-its-cultural-impact?fbclid=IwAR3bI4JbXNiKA6-ty6bbLUYnIvMk9v4d7sBb2VSAhWXe1ae7sscufqdMaC8
Kai Bird is a Pulitzer Prize winning historian who has published biographies of John J. McCloy, McGeorge Bundy, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Robert Ames—and now The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter. He has also authored a memoir about his childhood in the Middle East. He is the Director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Kai remembers with fondness his two years at Kodai from 1968-69.
As an esteemed KIS alumnus and the brilliant mind behind “American Prometheus”, the inspiration for Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer”, Kai engaged in an insightful and interactive discussion with KIS students. Dive into this treasure trove of literary wisdom by clicking on this link: