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George Saunders
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George Saunders is an American translator, essayist, journalist, and prose writer born in Amarillo, Texas, on December 2, 1958. He was educated at Syracuse University and the Colorado School of Mines. Saunders has worked as an employee at both Syracuse University and Wesleyan University, with work locations in Rochester and Syracuse. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Saunders has received several awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship, the PEN/Malamud Award, the MacArthur Fellows Program, and the National Magazine Award. He was also nominated for the Locus Award for Best First Novel. His notable works include *Tenth of December*, *Congratulations, by the way*, *Fox 8*, and *The very persistent gappers of Frip*. He is influenced by John Updike and practices Buddhism.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1958
- Works
- 57
Top works
- The Best American Short Stories 2008
- The Story Prize
- Tenth of December
- Congratulations, by the way
- Fox 8
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Film & TV
Writing · Amarillo, Texas, USA
George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an American writer of short stories, essays, novellas, children's books, and novels. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, McSweeney's, and GQ. He also contributed a weekly column, American Psyche, to the weekend magazine of The Guardian between 2006 and 2008. A professor at Syracuse University, Saunders won the National Magazine Award…
Known for
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest2015
- Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest2014
- The Colbert Report — Self - Guest2005
- The Daily Show — Self - Guest1996
- Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest1993
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 213
- Total plays
- 2,435
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
· 2007 · cited 79,937x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 48,614x
- Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 40,865x
- <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination
· 2015 · cited 27,619x
- A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity
· 1961 · cited 23,198x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1958-12-02 ) December 2, 1958 (age 67) , Amarillo, Texas , U.S.
- Occupation
- Writer journalist college professor
- Language
- English
- Education
- Colorado School of Mines ( B.S. ) Syracuse University ( M.F.A. )
- Period
- 1986–present
- Notable works
- CivilWarLand in Bad Decline (1996) Pastoralia (2000) Tenth of December (2013) Lincoln in the Bardo (2017)
- Notable awards
- MacArthur Fellowship , 2006 , PEN/Malamud Award , 2013 , Folio Prize , 2014 Tenth of December: Stories , Booker Prize , 2017 Lincoln in the Bardo
- Spouse
- Paula Redick
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
George Saunders Books
The official website of bestselling author George Saunders
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Encyclopedic overview
George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an American writer. He is best known for his short stories and his novel Lincoln in the Bardo (2017), which won the Booker Prize. Saunders's short stories have been published as several collections, including CivilWarLand in Bad Decline (1996) and Tenth of December: Stories (2013).
A professor at Syracuse University, Saunders won the National Magazine Award for fiction in 1994, 1996, 2000, and 2004, and second prize in the O. Henry Awards in 1997. His first story collection, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, was a finalist for the 1996 PEN/Hemingway Award. In 2006, Saunders received a MacArthur Fellowship and won the World Fantasy Award for his short story "CommComm".
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