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Michael Cunningham
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1952-11-06 ) November 6, 1952 (age 73) , Cincinnati, Ohio , U.S.
- Occupation
- Author screenwriter senior lecturer in creative writing at Yale University
- Education
- Stanford University ( BA ), University of Iowa ( MFA )
- Notable work
- The Hours
- Notable awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction , PEN/Faulkner Award
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Family name
- Cunningham
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cincinnati
- Employer
- Brooklyn College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- creative writing
- Genre
- romance
- Official website
- www.michaelcunningham.com
- Image
- Michael Cunningham JB by David Shankbone.jpg
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- Commons category
- Michael Cunningham
- date of birth
- 1952-11-06
- influenced by
- Virginia Woolf
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
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Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to Michael Cunningham, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for his 1998 novel The Hours, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1999. Cunningham is Professor in the Practice of Creative Writing at Yale University.
Early life and education
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