Michael Punke
| Michael Punke | |
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Punke in 2011
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| Born |
December 7, 1964 Torrington, Wyoming |
| Alma mater |
George Washington Univ. (B.A.) Cornell Law School (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Writer, novelist, lawyer, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative and U.S. Ambassador and Representative to the WTO in Geneva, Switzerland |
| Years active | 2002–present |
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| Spouse(s) | Traci Punke |
| Children | Sophie Punke, Bo Punke |
| Parent(s) | Marilyn Punke, Butch Punke |
| Relatives | Tim Punke (younger brother), Amy McManamen (sister) |
Michael W. Punke (born December 7, 1964) is an American writer, novelist, professor, policy analyst, policy consultant, attorney, and currently the Deputy United States Trade Representative and US Ambassador to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. He is best known for writing The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge (2002), which was adapted into film as The Revenant (2015), directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, with a screenplay by Iñárritu and Mark L. Smith, and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy.
Punke was born and raised in Torrington, Wyoming, the son of Marilyn and Butch Punke, a high school biology teacher. He has a younger brother, Tim, and a sister, Amy. They engaged in various outdoor activities in the wilderness like fishing, hunting, hiking, shooting, and mountain biking. When he was a teenager, he also spent at least three summers working at the Fort Laramie National Historic Site as a "living history interpreter." He was also a debate team champion in high school, which he graduated early from to attend the University of Massachusetts Amherst, later transferring to George Washington University to graduate with a degree in International Affairs. He later attended and received his Juris Doctor degree from Cornell Law School, where he focused on trade law, and was elected to become Editor-in-Chief of the Cornell International Law Journal.
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