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Jonathan Franzen appears in Vinony's National Book Award collection — one of 301 entries. It also appears in American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Within Vinony's link graph, Jonathan Franzen is referenced by 408 other articles, and connects out to Die Welt, Harper's Magazine and Salon.com.
It is catalogued under topics including 1959 births, 20th-century American essayists and 20th-century American male writers.
Its subject is documented across 44 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- August 17, 1959
- Works
- 127
Top works
- The Peanuts Papers
- The Twenty-Seventh City (Bestselling Backlist)
- How to Be Alone
- אזור אי־הנוחות
- Corrections Reading Group Guide
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Watching People Watching Birds — Himself2026
- Le cri du rhinocéros — Self2018
- Ferrante Fever2017
- Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott — Self2016
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self2015
- Philip Roth: Unmasked — Himself2013
- Revenge of the Mekons — Self2013
- Birders: The Central Park Effect — Himself2012
- Skavlan — Self - Guest2009
- maybrit illner — Self1999
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Jonathan Earl Franzen , ( 1959-08-17 ) August 17, 1959 (age 66) , Western Springs, Illinois , U.S.
- Occupation
- Novelist, essayist
- Education
- Swarthmore College ( BA )
- Genre
- Literary fiction
- Literary movement
- Social realism , New Sincerity
- Notable works
- The Corrections (2001), Freedom (2010), Crossroads (2021)
- Notable awards
- National Book Award , 2001 , James Tait Black Memorial Prize , 2002
- Spouse
- Valerie Cornell ( divorced )
- Partner
- Kathy Chetkovich
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jonathan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Western Springs
- Occupation
- opinion journalist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Freedom
- Field of work
- opinion journalism
- Official website
- jonathanfranzen.com
- Image
- Jonathan Franzen 2011 Shankbone 2.JPG
- Work location
- New York City
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- Commons category
- Jonathan Franzen
- date of birth
- 1959-08-17
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- influenced by
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- student
- Rachel Kushner
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- has written for
- The New Yorker
- name in native language
- Jonathan Earl Franzen
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Encyclopedic overview
Jonathan Earl Franzen (born August 17, 1959) is an American novelist and essayist. His 2001 novel The Corrections drew widespread critical acclaim, earned Franzen a National Book Award, was a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist, earned a James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His novel Freedom (2010) garnered similar praise and led to an appearance on the cover of Time magazine alongside the headline "Great American Novelist". Franzen's latest novel Crossroads was published in 2021, and is the first in a projected trilogy.
Franzen has contributed to The New Yorker magazine since 1994. His 1996 Harper's essay "Perchance to Dream" bemoaned the state of contemporary literature. Oprah Winfrey's book club selection in 2001 of The Corrections led to a much publicized feud with the talk show host.
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