| LC control no. | no2005092673 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Rusesabagina, Paul, 1954- |
| Biography/History note | Individual was a U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom awardee. |
| Located | Rwanda Belgium |
| Birth date | 1954-06-15 |
| Place of birth | Gitarama (Rwanda : Province) |
| Field of activity | Refugees--Rwanda |
| Affiliation | Hotel des milles collines (Kigali, Rwanda) Utalii College (Nairobi, Kenya) Diplomate Hotel (Kigali, Rwanda) |
| Profession or occupation | Hotelkeepers Authors |
| Found in | Hotel Rwanda, c2005: closing credits (Paul Rusesabagina sheltered 1,268 Tutsi and Hutu refugees at the Milles Collines Hotel in Kilgali; now live[s] in Belgium) Internet movie database, Oct. 4, 2005 (Paul Rusesabagina; born June 15, 1955, Murama-Gitarama, Rwanda) trivia (The film Hotel Rwanda is based on his real-life actions) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed April 20, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Rusesabagina, Paul; author, hotel manager; born 1954 in Gitarama, Rwanda; hotel management degree from Utalii College in Nairobi, Kenya; assistant to the general manager at Hôtel des Mille Collines, Kigali, Rwanda (1984-1992); general manager of the Diplomate Hotel in Kigali (1992); gained international acclaim as the subject of Hotel Rwanda (2004), nominated for an Academy Award; received US Presidential Medal of Freedom; resided in Belgium with his family, owned and operated a trucking company (2011); published his story, No Ordinary Man: An Autobiography (2006)) Rusesabagina, Paul. An ordinary man, 2006: page 1 (born summer 1954) |
| Associated language | eng |
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