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Zadie Smith
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english novelist, essayist and short story writer (born 1975)
OverviewAI-generated
Zadie Smith is a British author born on 25 October 1975. Her career began in 2000, and she has produced a body of work that includes titles such as *White Teeth*, *The Library Book*, *In the wild*, *Changing my mind*, and *Best European Fiction 2010*. She is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
Smith’s writing has been noted for specific descriptive passages, including observations on divorce and character traits. Her official website is zadiesmith.com. She has 7,034 social media followers and 323 listeners on Last.fm, where her work has been played 10,543 times.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Spouse
- Nick Laird
- Occupation
- academic
- Employer
- New York University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- essay
- Movement
- literary realism
- Official website
- www.zadiesmith.com
- Image
- Zadie Smith NBCC 2011 Shankbone.jpg
- Work location
- London
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- Commons category
- Zadie Smith
- date of birth
- 1975-10-25
- influenced by
- C. S. Lewis
- name in native language
- Zadie Smith
- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
- social media followers
- 5180
- nominated for
- Booker Prize
- P12749
- Johann Nikolaus Forkel
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Encyclopedic overview
Zadie Smith FRSL (born Sadie Smith; 25 October 1975) is an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Her debut novel, White Teeth, published in 2000, was an immediate best-seller and won a number of awards. Smith became a tenured professor in the Creative Writing faculty of New York University in September 2010.
Early life and education
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