Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1957
- Works
- 18
Top works
- The Overstory
- The Echo Maker
- Bewilderment
- The Time of Our Singing
- Generosity
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Evanston, Illinois, USA
Known for
- Oprah's Book Club — Self2019
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 122
- Total plays
- 2,291
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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Article
Richard Powers (born June 18, 1957) is an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology. His novel The Echo Maker won the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction. He has also won many other awards over the course of his career, including a MacArthur Fellowship. As of 2024, Powers has published fourteen novels and has taught at the University of Illinois and Stanford University. He won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory.
Life and work