Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1988) Winner
Jonathan Franzen
ジョナサン・フランゼン
Jonasan Furanzen
Aliases:
Jonathan Earl Franzen
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1959-08-17 （Western Springs, Illinois）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English, German
- Residence History
- Webster Groves, Missouri → Somerville, Massachusetts → New York City → Santa Cruz, California
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Essayist
- Active Years
- 1988-
- Affiliations
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Influenced By
- David Foster Wallace
- Influenced
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swarthmore College | — | German | BA | 1977-1981 | United States |
Swarthmore College
German
Degree:
BA
Period:
1977-1981
Year of Graduation:
1981
Country:
United States
Graduated with high honors
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | National Book Award | The Corrections | フィクション部門 | National Book Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2002 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | The Corrections | フィクション | — | 受賞 |
National Book Award
2001
Work:
The Corrections
Category:
フィクション部門
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
受賞
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
2002
Work:
The Corrections
Category:
フィクション
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 84 (2002) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Corrections
2001 Literary fiction 568 pagesA novel of social criticism about a disintegrating family.
FamilySocietyCollapse of the American Dream
Freedom
2010 Literary fiction 562 pagesA novel about family and freedom in contemporary America.
FreedomEnvironmentPolitics
Crossroads
2021 Literary fiction 592 pagesStory of a pastor's family in the 1970s. First in a trilogy.
FaithFamilyCrisis
Bibliography
- The Twenty-Seventh City
- Strong Motion
- The Corrections
- Freedom
- Purity
- Crossroads
Translations by Author
- Spring Awakening (translation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Social realismDetailed character portrayalSatire
- Recurring Motifs
- Dysfunctional familiesContemporary American societyPersonal struggles
Legacy
Major figure in contemporary American literature. Called 'Great American Novelist' by Time.
In Popular Culture
- Famous feud with Oprah Winfrey.
Quotes
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Treat the reader as a friend.
Source: The Guardian's rules for writers (2010)
Trivia
- Avid birdwatcher.
- Controversy with Oprah's Book Club.
- Featured on Time magazine cover.