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George Saunders
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- 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
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
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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
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Official website
George Saunders Books
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Family name
- Saunders
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Amarillo
- Occupation
- novelist
- Employer
- Syracuse University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Official website
- www.saunderssaunderssaunders.com
- Image
- George Saunders at the 2025 National Book Awards 3 (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Syracuse
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- date of birth
- 1958-12-02
- nominated for
- Locus Award for Best First Novel
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- influenced by
- John Updike
- name in native language
- George Saunders
- Commons category
- George Saunders
- writing language
- English language
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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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