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Colson Whitehead
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Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead (born November 6, 1969) is an American novelist. He is the author of nine novels, including his 1999 debut, The Intuitionist; The Underground Railroad (2016), for which he won the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; and The Nickel Boys, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction again in 2020, making him one of only four…
Known for
- The Last Critic2026
- Marcians — Self - Interviewee2017
- The Daily Show — Self1996
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Key facts
- Born
- Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead , ( 1969-11-06 ) November 6, 1969 (age 56) , New York City, U.S.
- Occupation
- Writer
- Education
- Harvard University ( BA )
- Genres
- Fiction, non-fiction
- Literary movement
- Afro-Surrealism
- Notable works
- The Intuitionist (1999), John Henry Days (2001), Zone One (2011), The Underground Railroad (2016), The Nickel Boys (2019)
- Notable awards
- National Book Award for Fiction (2016) , Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2017 and 2020)
- Spouse
- Julie Barer
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Whitehead
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- novelist
- Employer
- Princeton University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- The Nickel Boys
- Field of work
- journalism
- Official website
- www.colsonwhitehead.com
- Image
- Honoree Colson Whitehead at the National Arts and Humanities Medal Ceremony on March 21, 2023, in the East Room of the White House (cropped).jpg
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- Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead
- date of birth
- 1969-11-06
- nominated for
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
- pseudonym
- Colson Whitehead
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Encyclopedic overview
Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead (born November 6, 1969) is an American novelist. He is the author of nine novels, including his 1999 debut The Intuitionist; The Underground Railroad (2016), for which he won the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; and The Nickel Boys, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction again in 2020, making him one of only four writers ever to win the prize twice. He has also published two books of nonfiction. In 2002, he received a MacArthur Fellowship.
Early life
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